Historic Homes Seminar

6th Annual Historic Homes Seminar Education for the Home Inspector and other Real Estate Professionals September 16, 17, 18, 2008 Tues, Wed And Thurs
The Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors is proud to announced that it has been honored by Preservation League of New York State with the prestigious Excellence in Historic Preservation Award. This award recognizes individuals and organizations for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to the preservation of New York State’s irreplaceable architectural heritage.
Join us for our famous Historic Homes Seminar
where this year we will inspect the homes on Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY September 16, 17, 18, 2008 Tues, Wed And Thurs classes in Newburgh, NY Register for any or all days!

Featuring Our Famous Annual Historic Home Inspection Tour: This year we will inspect the homes on Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY In order to receive the HVASHI rate for overnight accommodations you must reserve your room by August 15, 2008 ASHI, NYS, CT, NJ, MA, NAHI Continuing Education Credits Available click here for details agenda speakers Seminar Location: Ramada Newburgh/West Point 1289 Route 300, Newburgh, NY 12550 accommodations directions registration form and secure online registration seminar fees contact press release This unique seminar will take place on September 16, 17, 18, 2008 return to hvashi home page

Agenda

Tuesday, September 16 (day 1)
7:45-8:30am	registration & **FULL** breakfast — included with the seminar
8:30-noon	Analyzing Historic Metal Roofing: Standing & Flat Solder Seam and Stamped Sheet & Shingle Metal Roofing — Douglass Reed In this session Doug will describe the components and methods used to install 18th and 19th century metal roofs and will review standing seam roofing (the hand applied type) flat solder seam roofing stamped sheet metal roofing and stamped metal shingle roofing. He will also describe proper installation techniques, repair methods, and visual inspection techniques to analyze a historic metal roof's condition. This session will have several interwoven goals. Participants will: gain a working knowledge of the advantages of and differences between the four featured metal roof types understand the basic installation methods of the four featured metal roof types have a basic knowledge of repair techniques that can lengthen the life of metal roofing leave with tips on how to analyze each type of metal roof in order to assist in judging the condition of and life left in the roof. The session will be accompanied by a Power Point presentation showing projects, actual installations, repairs (both good and bad) and inspection techniques. There will be a brief outline handout of the information given to each attendee.
12:00-1:00	lunch — included with the seminar
1:00-4:30	Inspecting Old Houses From the Ground Up — David P. Rushton Old houses have different construction methods and mechanical systems. They have usually been remodeled and updated many times through their lives. In this seminar David explains the varied and unique situations and hazards encountered while inspecting an old house and will present methods of inspecting, evaluating and retrofitting old homes in light of modern standards and expectations. Learn how to be an “old house detective” and “expect the unexpected” This session will cover these topics: What is an old house? What are the standards for old house inspections Personal protection and safety Foundations Floors Walls Exterior SidingRoof Framing Roofing materials, over 50 years old ChimneysInterior Plumbing Electrical Heating Systems Insulation Ventilation Environmental and health concerns
4:30-6:00	dinner (on your own)
6-8:00 pm	Evening Session Plastering in the 21st Century - Restoration, Renovation and New Construction — Henry Mangione Introduction Biography and Experience father, Frank J. Mangione jobs teaching grandfather, John Mangione jobs self education training jobs Plaster Through the Ages Earliest Examples Europe American Plaster Systems Early 17th-19th century wood lath and masonry substrates lime and sand base coat plaster of Paris 20th century metal lath gypsum lath gypsum base coats Drywall Historical Restoration and Plaster Renaissance Veneer Plaster and Venetian Plaster Chemistry of Plaster Plaster and the Old House Problems Cracks causes remedies Peeling paint finish coat base coat causes and remedies Water Damage causes and remedies Renovations Historically Accurate Materials Modern Materials careful use applications to avoid Minimally Invasive Repairs and Interfaces patching resurfacing Plaster and the New House Three Coat Plaster Ornamental Plaster Run-In- Place Cornice Pre-cast and Bench-run Cornice Veneer Plaster Demonstration and Models Models Cut Away View of Scratch, Brown and Finish Coats Casting Molds Cornice Molds Demonstrations (Time Permitting) Finish Coat Ornament Casting in Mold Rubber Bench Run Molding Question and Answer Session
Wednesday, September 17 (Day 2)
7:45-8:30am	registration & **FULL** breakfast — included with the seminar
8:30-12:00	Historic American Architectural Styles and Types —Paula S. Reed, PhD Styles and periods of American architecture from the colonial period through the mid 20th century forms the focus of this session. We begin with the definers of historic buildings and address age, visual integrity, and workmanship. Then an overview of American architectural styles and types with examples reflecting regional history, culture and materials. Home inspectors will receive a basic sense of American architectural development, will learn to identify characteristics of various periods and styles, and will gain tools for recognizing stylistic influence and period of construction, “character-defining features” which capture the building’s essence of time and place. Historic American Architecture Styles and Types Part 1 Character Defining Features How do you know it’s historic? Integrity and Authenticity What do Architectural Historians Look For? Historic American Architecture Styles and Types Part 2 Colonial and Pre Civil War Architectural styles Georgian, 1730s-1800+ English/Renaissance influence, symmetrical, massive Federal, 1790s-1820s Neoclassical-Roman, oval forms, smooth surfaces, delicate trim Greek Revival, 1830s-1860s Neoclassical-Greek, symmetrical, strong horizontals (lintels, friezes, transoms) Gothic Revival, 1840s-1870s Early Victorian Period, pointed forms, “gingerbread” trim Architectural styles frequently seen in the Victorian Period Italian Villa/Italianate, 1850s-1870s Brackets, rounded windows, porches Second Empire, 1870s-1880s Mansard roof, brackets, rounded windows High Victorian Gothic, 1870s-1890s Angular, jagged, pointed roofline and details Richardsonian Romanesque (High Victorian), 1870s-1890s Massive construction, usually stone, round arches on short stubby columns, polychroming Queen Anne, 1880s-1900 Surface variety, towers, projecting bays Architectural styles frequently seen in the Twentieth Century Classical Revival, 1890s-1930s Arches, paired columns, elaborate decoration Colonial Revival, 1890s-1940s Elements from various early American styles, often exaggerated, paired or tripled columns American Foursquare, 1910-1930s Square shape, hipped roof, wraparound porch Bungalow, 1920s-1940s >1½ stories, rustic, dormer windows, overhanging porch Modern, 1920s-1950s Geometric or curving, fluid form, glass and shiny material Review, Q&A
12:00-12:50	lunch — included with the seminar.
12:50-1:30	Travel by chartered bus is included in your seminar fee
1:30-4:30	Building Inspection Tour A Special Behind the Scenes Tour of Historic Huguenot Street Bring your flashlight and clipboard New York’s Hudson Valley contains some of the oldest examples of historic architecture in the eastern United States. It is known for its Dutch style houses built in the 17th and 18th centuries by various European groups who settled here. The stone houses in New Paltz were built by French Huguenots in the early 1700’s. Your group will be given a behind-the-scenes tour of our historic street. The tour will focus on restoration and preservation of historic stone houses, and highlight the unique design and construction of 18th century stone buildings. For more information about the tour, click here
4:30-5:00	Travel by chartered bus is included in your seminar fee
5:00-6:30	dinner (on your own)
6:30-8:00 pm	Roundtable Discussion on Tour of Historic Huguenot Street— For more information about this Roundtable Discussion, click here
Thursday, September 18th (day 3)
7:45-8:30am	registration & **FULL** breakfast — included with the seminar
8:30-12:00	Inspecting historical properties to the code. How to inspect for health and safety — Bryck Guibor   This lively and thought provoking class will strongly refer to the onsite inspection tour of the Historic Huguenot Street homes held on the day before. As in past years, Bryck will use the photos he will take on the tour. Of course we know that older homes were built before modern safety requirements were established. So which safety issues must we keep in mind when we're inspecting them? Among the important topics that will be discussed in this session are cloth covered wiring installed in wood conduit, sewer lines made of wood, cess pools, outhouses, lead pipes and asbestos. Bryck will also lead a discussion on the safety issues which, if mitigated, would compromise a historic home's charm and authenticity. These include short balusters and egress-limiting windows. What reporting language do we use when confronting safety concerns for registered homes that have to meet strictly legislated historical requirements? What reporting language do we use when confronting safety concerns for homes that would loose their charm if brought to modern safety standards? In a uniquely humorous and learned style that has been always been well evaluated in our past seminars, Bryck will use plain language to share his experience and knowledge while giving you plenty to think about.
12:00-1:00	lunch — included with the seminar.
1:00-4:30	Home Energy Audits and Effective Corrections Costs — Dan Norby As these issues pertain to historic homes, you will learn how a residential energy audit is performed, how to identify the components of a house that are designed to resist heating and cooling loss, and how to assess the relative efficiencies of these components. You will also receive a primer on how to review the appliances installed in the house, such as the furnace, water heater, shower heads etc. and how to determine their condition and efficiencies. This session will include a class exercise that will teach you how to determine which corrections and solutions are most cost effective for energy savings. The course will follow the following outline: Course introduction. Explaining how an energy audit can benefit homeowners and provide a plan on how to save money on energy costs. What is energy, renewable vs. non-renewable, potential vs kinetic Describe the 3 types of heat transfer What is DOE (department of energy) and Energy Star. Where did it come from and why What are their standards for energy consumption? What uses energy and what actions provide savings and their associated costs Heating, venting, Air conditioning and water heaters Existing household appliances Efficient appliances Windows and doors, existing vs new LightsHow does energy savings affect IAQ Heat recovery ventilators and Energy recovery ventilators and the need to provide air exchange Carbon dioxide and humidity levels that won't promote bacterial growth The effects of an energy tight house and the increased risk of volatile organic compounds, radon and allergensOnline energy audit1 Preparing an energy audit. http://hes.lbl.gov
4:30-5:00	Closing Remarks From The Historic Homes Chair And President of HVASHI

Featuring an Historic Home Inspection Tour

The Tour of Historic Huguenot Street Included with your Wednesday, September 17th registration fee After decades of sojourn and relocation, a group of twelve French Huguenot refugees and their families linked by family, religion, and friendship purchased nearly 40,000 acres along the Wallkill River in the Hudson Valley from the native Esopus Indians, thus establishing a permanent home where they could pursue their Protestant faith free from religious and political persecution. They named the new town after die Pfalz, the region along the Rhine River where they had found temporary refuge before journeying to the new world. The families began replacing their temporary homes in the early 1700s with stone houses along what is now known as Huguenot Street, seven of which survive today. The houses were added to over the first century or so of their existence to provide more comfortable living arrangements, and today the domestic environments of the colonial period and the early years of the Republic are preserved to inspire and to educate. While four of the houses are similar to their early appearance, the National Historic Landmark district also includes three original stone houses that were altered in the 1830s, the 1890s, and the 1940s, enabling three hundred years of history to be told on the street, displaying both continuity and change in American history. Beginning in the 1890s, these homes came into the possession of the Huguenot Historical Society with the generous assistance of its affiliated family associations, the members of which are descended from the original founders and early residents of the community. Today the houses are furnished with period and heirloom artifacts, many of which descended through the families. Through the preservation of this remarkable site, we have the opportunity to enjoy and investigate the origins and development of our distinctly American culture In the Roundtable Discussion that will follow the inspection you will share your own observations of the buildings on Huguenot Street and contrast them with what you might expect to find in a typical historic home inspection. The Roundtable Team will also talk about the special problems involved in creating an Historic Structures Report for an American landmark. Bring your flashlights!

Speakers

Bryck Guibor	Bryck is a 30 year veteran of the home inspection profession. He has been an expert witness in multiple construction cases for the State of Arizona, City Of Tucson, register of contractors, lawyers and home owners in all parts of the United States. He is a general contractor and rehab specialist for older homes. He has expertise in all phases of construction with consulting on new home building and the rehab of older homes and buildings.
Henry Mangione	Henry Mangione is a third generation ornamental and flat plasterer. His grandfather John Mangione emigrated to the United states from Sicily in his early teens and learned plastering in New York City's unions, working as a crew foreman on The Empire State Building and throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. Henry's father Frank learned with his father and apprenticed with other master plasterers in NYC in the 1950's and 60's. As drywall replaced plaster, Frank kept the trade alive doing repairs until the 1980's rebirth of interest in historic preservation put him in demand again as a craftsman and teacher at the National Trust for Historic Preservation at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, NY; at Eastfield Village in East Nassau, NY, and at historic properties and mansions from Maine to Staten Island. Henry graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in Physical Anthropology in 1989 but returned to plastering with his father after college. Mastering the skills he had picked up summers and weekends as a youth, he and David Krein incorporated a partnership with his father as Frank J. Mangione, Inc. in 1992 and the three remained partners until Frank's death in 2006. The company's experience includes significant projects at Lyndhurst, the Jan Martense Schenck House at the Brooklyn Museum; the Winnie House at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, CT; the Mills Mansion State Historic Site in Staatsburg, NY; the Dining Room of 267 Henry Street at the Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan; the Pohndorff Room at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Montgomery Place in Annandale-on -Hudson, NY; Washington's Headquarters in White Plains, NY; many residences at the Dakota in Manhattan; the Hudson River Lighthouse in Saugerties, NY; and many other historic sites, landmark mansions, churches and fine homes. Henry works out of Saugerties, NY where he lives with his wife Jennifer and their three children in an 1867 Classical Revival mansion where he has continued the restoration begun by his father in 1971.
Dan Norby	Dan Norby is an owner of Home Maintainers, one of the Twin Cities largest home maintenance companies. He has 18 years of experience in construction and is a licensed contractor and home inspector in Minnesota. Dan's focus is on the maintenance side of the home industry and he specializes in the application of Minnesota's very unique energy code. He's a past board member of NARI (National Association of Remodeling Industry) and in addition to teaching for Prosource he teaches classes on home maintenance to homeowners in the Twin City area. He studied Architecture at the University of Minnesota and has experience in design, carpentry, commercial and residential project management.
Douglass Reed	A graduate of Antioch College majoring in Early American Cultural Arts with upper graduate work at George Washington University focusing in Historic Preservation Studies, Doug has concentrated during his career on thoroughly understanding and practicing Early American construction techniques. Doug’s hands-on experience ranges from masonry of all types to log, stone, brick and frame construction as well as all types of metal and wood roofing and millwork. His uniquely developed skills in traditional construction are complimented with extensive experience in renovation/restoration design, contracting, project management, and material sciences including conservation techniques. Over the past 34 years, he has researched and written dozens of historic structures reports. Doug has guided numerous award winning restoration projects to successful completion. Locally and nationally, Doug has been involved with hundreds of different projects. The headquarters for the Civil War General George G. Meade during the battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, MD was recently completed, having undergone a full restoration and returned to a single-family dwelling. Doug is studying the Heller Cabin near Elmo, Kansas. A rare surviving settler’s dwelling, the Heller Cabin has recently been moved to Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita, KS. And finally, among other projects too numerous to mention, Doug completed an existing conditions review for the National Park Service of the 1962 reconstructed brick Dunkard Church, which is a well known landmark on the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, MD.
Paula S. Reed, PhD	Paula S. Reed is a professional Historic Preservation Consultant and Architectural/Cultural Historian. She operates a private practice based in Hagerstown, Maryland. Her company, Paula S. Reed and Associates, Inc. has a nationwide clientele and works with research, recordation and evaluation of historic resources. She holds a Ph.D. from the George Washington University in American Studies, a program that emphasized Cultural History, American Architecture and Historic Preservation. Selected Project Experience: During the course of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge survey it was determined that the survey area within the boundary of the Assabet River NWR included cultural resources with integrity and association best representative of the WWII period of military occupation, at which time the area was known as the Maynard Ammunitions Sub-Depot. Eight buildings, 50 structures (bunkers), and landscape features such as roads, were considered contributing to a potential National Register Historic District. A Historic Architectural Survey of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, which included approximately 1,000 acres purchased in 1939 for the establishment of the Patuxent Research Refuge and an additional 100 acres of the South Tract purchased from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (USDA) in 1969. Previously submitted reports on the historic and archaeological resources of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Fort George Meade, and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center provided essential contextual history. We prepared a Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties district form for the historic complex of approximately 91 buildings and structures. We completed a Cultural Resource Study for Monocacy National Battlefield near Frederick, which was essentially an extended historic context document and survey of historic properties on the Battlefield. The product was a 300-page Cultural Resource Report with maps and illustrations placing the five Monocacy Battlefield farms in their larger Frederick County and mid-Maryland historic context. The study was published by Monocacy National Battlefield. We provided additional contextual background for park-owned cultural resources at the Antietam National Battlefield and updated their National Register nomination documentation. Education: Wilson College, Bachelor of Arts, 1970, The George Washington University, Master of Arts, 1973, Doctor of Philosophy, 1988 Selected Awards: 2006 Maryland Governor’s award as one of the Top 100 MBEs in Maryland. Professional Activities: Pioneer America Society, Book Award Committee Chair and co-chairman of the 2007 Annual Conference Advisor, Hagerstown Preservation Design District Commission, PBS series, Great Lodges of the National Parks, Jackson Lake Lodge segment, interviewee. Instructor, CPE credits for Realtors, ASHI, and other professional associations.
David P. Rushton	Studied architecture at M.I.T., graduating in 1976. He began his own general and electrical contracting company after college. The company specialized in renovating old houses and commercial buildings for 17 years. He founded ABLEBuilding Inspection, Inc. in 1993 in southern New Jersey and relocated to the BlueRidge Mountain area of northern Virginia in 1999. He particularly enjoys inspecting homes and commercial buildings from 50 to 250 years old. An ASHI member since 1996, David is on the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia chapter. He and his extraordinarily patient wife, Debra, are constantly working on their 155 year old farmhouse outside of Front Royal

Seminar Location and Accommodations

Ramada Inn WestPoint/Hudson Valley of Newburgh 1289 Route 300, Newburgh, NY 12550 To make hotel reservations call (845) 564-4500 HVASHI Rate: $85 + tax per night for a standard room $99 + tax per night for a suite In order to receive the HVASHI rate for overnight accommodations you must reserve your room by August 15, 2008 The Ramada Inn WestPoint/Hudson Valley of Newburgh offers you contemporary accommodations within the countryside of the Historic Hudson River Valley. It is located at the crossroads of the New York State thruway, I-87 and I-84, and is only 2 miles from Stewart International Airport, shuttle service provided.

Directions

Directions to the seminar from the East From I-84, West to Exit 7 South onto Route 300. Proceed approximately 1/2 mile and Ramada will be on the right. Directions to the seminar from the North From I-87 Thruway, take Exit 17 Newburgh Stewart Airport and follow the sign to 17k West Stewart Airport. Turn right at the light onto 17k West, at the first traffic light onto Route 300. Go less than 1/4 mile and Ramada will be on the left. Directions to the seminar from the South From I-87 Thruway, take Exit 17 Newburgh Stewart Airport and follow the sign to 17k West Stewart Airport. Turn right at the light onto 17k West, at the first traffic light onto Route 300. Go less than 1/4 mile and Ramada will be on the left. Directions to the seminar from the West From I-84, East to Exit 7 South onto Route 300. Go approximately 1/2 mile and Ramada will be on the right

Continuing Education Credits

Up to 22.5 NYS Continuing Education Credits (CEC's) You must attend the entire day (including the evening sessions on Tues & Wed) to receive NYS CECs for those days
Day 1 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)	9
Day 2 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)	6.5
Day 3 (Thursday, September 18, 20067)	7
Up to 24 ASHI Continuing Education Credits (CE's)
Day 1 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)	8
Day 2 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)	6
Evening Session (after dinner, Wednesday, September 17, 2006)	2
Day 3 (Thursday, September 18, 20067)	8
Up to 24 NAHI Continuing Education Credits (CEC's)
Day 1 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)	8
Day 2 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)	6
Evening Session (after dinner, Wednesday, September 17, 2006)	2
Day 3 (Thursday, September 18, 20067)	8
Up to 24 NJ Continuing Education Credits (CEC's)
Day 1 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)	8
Day 2 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)	6
Evening Session (after dinner, Wednesday, September 17, 2006)	2
Day 3 (Thursday, September 18, 20067)	8
Up to 17 Connecticut continuing education credits
Day 1 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)	9
Day 2 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)	6
Evening Session (after dinner, Wednesday, September 17, 2006)	2
Day 3 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)	7
Up to 24.5 Massachusetts continuing education credits
Day 1 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)	9
Day 2 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)	7
Evening Session (after dinner, Wednesday, September 17, 2006)	1.5
Day 3 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)	7

Registration Fees

	1 day	2 days	3 days
HVASHI Chapter Members	$225.00	$325.00	$425.00
ASHI Members	$240.00	$340.00	$440.00
non-ASHI Members	$265.00	$365.00	$465.00
Spouse (only with a regularly priced admission, no education credits)	$125.00	$200.00	$275.00
Special Bonus: 2 or more from the same company (same address, same check or credit card) take $25. off per person!
Fees Include:
Seminar Sessions Charted bus trip to the historic inspection tour (day 2 only) **FULL** breakfasts Lunches Door prizes
Cancellation & Refund Policy
For a full refund cancellation requests must be sent, in writing, by mail and postmarked by August 30, 2006 to: Don Cocker PO Box 951 Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 a courtesy e-mail to erik@athruzhomeinspection.com would be appreciated

Registration

Register Securely Online: click here Register by mail or fax: click here (requires adobe acrobat reader) Checks should be payable to HVASHI and sent to: Don Cocker PO Box 951 Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

Contact

For additional information contact:
Erik Vandenberg
erik@athruzhomeinspection.com

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