varying color of brownstones
Hi, Just curious…I noticed that the brownstones on my street vary a lot in brown color from dark to light and everything in between. One of them is a kind of orangey-brown. I think one might even just be painted brown. Some of them are beautiful and others not so much. When brownstones are refaced…
Hi,
Just curious…I noticed that the brownstones on my street vary a lot in brown color from dark to light and everything in between. One of them is a kind of orangey-brown. I think one might even just be painted brown. Some of them are beautiful and others not so much. When brownstones are refaced can an owner choose the brown hue? Does the hue relate to cost because some of the browns look nicer than others and I wonder if it is the color or the quality of the work.
Thanks.
Dave, who’s talking about most of the original brownstone being in nice shape? Arklady said 2/3 of her building was refurbished 25 years ago and is now spalling in places. She’s thinking about either, patching the spalling areas and resurfacing the remaining 1/3 vs. patching everything and paint the whole building.
Arklady,$6K is for patch and paint. Is the $46 for full resurface? Do you have lots of details like lintels, window moldings, brackets or sills?
There’s also a noteworthy difference between $6000 & $46000.
Resurfacing is not the best thing when most of the original brownstone is in nice shape, Steve. You are wrong.
Dave
Would love to see pics and see what the final price was for work done. Have been on the fence for a while about re-doing facade or painting. Would like to get some who knows what they’re doing and are reasonable. Too much to ask, perhaps.
K
Patching and/or painting is a a waste of money. Patching will never blend with the original and paint is going to start peeling after a few years. Save up and do it right by resurfacing the entire building at once.
I’m using a guy that lives right around the corner and has done work in the neighborhood but I think my house is the first entire facad he has done. Where I’ve seen his work it is very good. What makes the difference are the clean, crisp lines of the detail. His price was quite a bit more reasonable than the likes of Malek. I believe he’s doing an extra nice job on my place to be able to show it to other potential customers. he is taking a very long time to do it and says that it is imperative that everything that he has used as a base be thoroughly dried before additional layers are added, which makes sense. He let me specify to the paint shop the quality of the paint I desired. So far, so good.
Can’t wait to see pix. I have 3 floors – top 2 were refurbished before I bought 25 yrs ago but have a bit of spalling. I’m getting estimates for stoop & garden level too. A house across the street is patched & looks like Michael Jackson halfway into his dermo treatment. I’m not sure whether to patch &/or paint or what.
Arkady…redoing. I’m going to post a whole bunch of before & after pics when its done. On the flat vertical brownstone surfaces we are removing the paint and patching whatever has deteriorated. That looks to be very few spots. It remains to be seen how the patches will blend but so far is looking good. It’s best to keep as much of the intact stone as possible and not chip away and then resurface everything. Everything on the “garden level” and the stoop needs to be resurfaced as do dome of the lintels and sills above.
I’m painting the cornice and the entryway satin black. It looks nice.
Dibs – are you painting or redoing?