A
condition survey was conducted over the course of three days, from
October 20 to October 22, 2017. The team identified the primary deterioration condition affecting the cement stucco
was cracking; other secondary conditions, including biological growth
and discolored or deteriorating finishes, were also present.
Sara
Stratte conducts a survey of conditions
from grade. Condition assessment consisted of making annotations on
elevation drawings indicating the size and pattern of cracks in the stucco.
The surface
finish on the north elevation. This detail
shows the irregular nature of the stucco finish.
Conditions Documentation
Conditions
drawings were created to depict the extent and pattern of cracks for
each elevation in order to help diagnose the cause of deterioration.
This method, however, cannot fully establish the area of detachment
beneath the surface of the stucco, nor deformation of the feature due
to racking which are critical to determine in order to estimate risk of
failure. Probing the interface of the stucco and frame could begin to
confirm these conditions, but due to the high integrity of the
structure, it is imperative to use methods that minimize damage to the
historic fabric as much as possible. In order to approximate these
conditions we used spatial-based digital analyses, enumerated in the
Digital Analyses section.
Below:
Deterioration conditions were
annotated onto architectural line drawings of the conditions on each
elevation in order to present the spatial relationship, both on
individual elevations and across the surface of the structure.
