Rebuilding the Mansard roof.

The above picture shows the before condition of the cornice detail.
If you look close, you can see that part of the guttering is missing and the cornice brackets are falling off. 8/98

Below is the cornice rebuilt and primed. Thank goodness for the warm winter that year.12/98

Wow is that the same house? Rebuilt cornice & brackets, new guttering and new hex tab shangles. 2/99

The backside of the house showing the scaffolding and the rottenroof detail. 11/98

The roof over hang all closed up. 3/99

Another nice sunny day in St. Louis, perfect for being up on the scaffolding. 3/99

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