address: 625 Dumaine St, Front Cottage
description_raw: THE ISSUE:
  >>> A brick side wall of the front cottage facing the neighbor's alley entrance (627 Dumaine) was erected when an addition was constructed some time in the past (presumably pre-VCC).
  >>> That wall---which is just a sheathing, not load-bearing---appears to have been built on top of a brick fence wall that ran from the original side wall of the cottage back along the property line. It's not attached to the framing and there's no footer beneath a section of it.
  >>> The wall is pulling away from the structure;  it is now noticeably skewed from plumb;  and appears to be attached only by the fiberglas sheath that wraps over the top of the parapet and over the metal flashing that is attached to the roof.
  
  THE PROPOSED SOLUTION:
  >>> Two tie rods extending from discreet tie rod ends on the exterior of the brick wall extending all the way through the attic space of that section of the house, anchored into the framing of the opposite wall;
  >>> Four more short tie rods extending from discreet tie rod ends on the exterior of the brick wall to be anchored into the house framing just behind;
  >>> A concrete footer poured beneath a 4-foot section of the wall where an existing pilaster is located.