What Do You Call That Thing?
Forgive my ignorance but what is the proper name for the the trim piece that goes across the uppermost front of most brownstone facades? Is it the cornice? Mine seems to be made out of tin and has been battered by the rains and needs to be replaced. Can someone give me the correct terminology…
Forgive my ignorance but what is the proper name for the the trim piece that goes across the uppermost front of most brownstone facades? Is it the cornice? Mine seems to be made out of tin and has been battered by the rains and needs to be replaced. Can someone give me the correct terminology as well as a resource for its repair?
Thanks!
Just to give you an idea of cost for new fiberglass, I bought one from Edon about five years ago and it was 3,200 for a 20′ run, fairly complex pattern, but they don’t do returns on the corners. Very simple to install, nailing flange on the top, so it was simply a matter of installing a ledger board (pressure treated 2×10) and screwing down the top and then shooting some screws through the front. It came in three sections, each one probably less than fifty pounds. I personally didn’t like it though without the returns, made it look like fiberglass. The pattern that the customer wanted didn’t match up, so mitering the corners myself wasn’t an option, which I was dreading anyway. The problem with repairing what is currently there is that unless something unusual was happening, if one section went, the rest probably isn’t that far behind.
Gowanusgus: You will need LPC permit if your property is located in a historic district. DOB permit needed regardless. Some more info on page 7 of LPC workguide: http://bit.ly/c2dpJj
1930s property photos from NYC Municipal Archives: http://bit.ly/95QPft
Additional general info from following post by Rand Engineering. (I’ve never used them, btw, but their FAQs are informative/useful): http://bit.ly/9VM8cl
Also useful (somewhat duplicative) from Habitat Magazine: http://bit.ly/bUizyu
Our house is missing one…anyone know if we need a DOB permit to install?
Recommending Superior Tinsmith from personal experience. Some additional options below. For cornices in sheet metal:
Superior Tinsmith: http://bit.ly/bnpdAP
B&B Sheetmetal: http://bit.ly/bOdgTN
For fiberglass cornices:
Architectural Fiberglass Corp.: http://bit.ly/93QFJE
Architectural Molded Composites: http://bit.ly/deT1pa
Jabal does exterior work, decent price, decent work. Recommended to me from people who have multiple properties and do these things often. 917-559-9197
Also Amin, (don’t have his number handy at the moment, do a search) but perhaps a little more expensive, good work. The cement work he did for us was very good, its hard to find people who pay attention to detail and care about the work they do. He will do our cornice next year.
I hope someone chimes in re: resource for its repair, cause I need someone for that too.
Yes, cornice.