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Historic Hyde Park Restoration

Historic red brick building with water damage

Hyde Park Historic Restoration


Historic Hyde Park home has suffered from improperly performed tuckpointing. Masons used type N mortar over the original Lime Mortar, causing multiple issues for this lovely home.

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Damaged clay copings and shingled roof on historic building with radius parapet.

Roscoe Village Building Rework


Original 1930s clay coping tiles, covered in roofing tar, require cleaning and proper maintenance.

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Brick parapet with capstone removed

Vitale


Interior of the 3-wythe historic brick parapet.

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Installing vapor permeable membrane on parapet wall

WickRight crew installs Vapor Permeable Membrane on parapet wall. WickRight membrane has a perm rating of 108, but can hold a bottle of water indefinitely.

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Parapet vent with sealant on resting on AC unit

WickRight Vented Receiver Flashing being prepped for installation.

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Rooftop construction with metal flashing along parapet wall

WickRight Vented Drip Edge installed on the exterior side of the parapet wall, WickRight Vented Receiver Flashing installed on the interior side of the parapet.

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Installed flashing on top of parapet wall

HB Tetro-Flashing self-adhered flashing installed on top of the WickRight Products to prevent leaking from the capstone migrating into the venting system below.

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Capstone on top of newly installed flashing on parapet wall

Capstone re-installed on parpaets with WickRight vented drip edge and vented receiver flashing installed.

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Workers placing capstone on top of venting system

Existing roofing membrane removed from parapet to reveal damaged brick and trusses below.

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Wet and damaged wooden beam between concrete structure

Project 9

Water damaged roof trusses and roof sheathing.

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Worker installing venting system

WickRight Roof Vent installation into interstitial roof space and against parapet.

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Worker nailing perimeter vent on side of rooftop

Installation of custom roof perimeter vent on edge of flat roof.

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Worker installing perimeter vent on a sloped brick roof

Installation of custom perimeter vent on edge of flat roof.

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Flat rooftop with damaged wooden floor

Roof tear off

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Rooftop covered with dimple board

Installation of air spacer on top of roof deck.

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Worker installing roof membrane on rooftop floor

Dens deck polyiso coverboard HD installed over air spacer. Roofer installing Liberty self-adhered base sheet roof membrane right-side of picture.

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Finished rooftop venting system view

Installation of smooth modified bitumen over base sheet on low-slope roof

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Finished rooftop venting system view

Finished modified bitumen installation

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Roof membrane installed on rooftop floor

Flat roof Liberty self-adhered base sheet installed top of picture, aluminum silver coating installed on modified bitumen at bottom of picture.

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Rooftop corner of brick parapet wall with installed flashing

Completed WickRight Vented Flashing installation, including offset counter flashing, around chimney base.

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WickRight General Contracting serves Chicago and the following neighborhoods:
Albany Park, Andersonville, Avondale, Belmont/Craigin, Boystown, Bucktown, Buena Park, Edgewater, Edison Park, Forest Glen, Gold Coast, Goose Island, Hermosa, Humbolt Park, Hyde Park, Jefferson Park, Kenwood, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, Logan Square, Magnificent Mile, Margate Park, Near North Side, Near West Side, North Center, North Park, Norwood Park, Old Irving/Irving Park, Printer’s Row, Old Town, Ravenswood, River North, River West, Rogers Park, Roscoe Village, Streeterville, The Loop, Ukrainian Village, Uptown, West Loop, West Town, West Ridge, Wicker Park, Wrigleyville

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Arlington Heights, Bannockburn, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Deer Park, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Kenilworth, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Long Grove, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Northbrook, Northfield, Oak Park, Park Ridge, Prairie View, Skokie, Vernon Hills, Wilmette, Winnetka


WickRight Passive Ventilation® and WickRight Vapor Release Systems®  are a line of United States Patented products owned by WickRight, Inc., including WickRight Metal Coping Vent™, WickRight Capstone Vented Drip Edge™, WickRight Vented Receiver Clip™, WickRight Roof Vent™, WickRight Hip & Valley Vent™, and WickRight Perimeter Vent™ owned by WickRight Inc. WickRight Passive Ventilation®, WickRight Parapet Vent® are registered trademarks of WickRight, Inc.   WickRight™, WickRight Vapor Release Systems™, WickRight VRS™, WickRight Metal Coping Vent™, WickRight Capstone Vented Drip Edge™, WickRight Vented Receiver Clip™, WickRight Roof Vent™, WickRight Breathe-Weep™, WickRight Hip & Valley Vent™, WickRight Perimeter Vent™,  Buildings Breathe Right™ are trademarks of WickRight Inc.
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