Terra Cotta Restoration-FREE

Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/20/2016
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location
Henry Frerk Sons Workshop

Categories

• Masonry
• Terra Cotta

Learn about terra cotta repair and watch a demonstration of Jahn Terra Cotta Repair products.

 

Course Objectives:

 

• Understand the relative merits of replacing versus repairing terra cotta
• Understand deterioration and repair strategies
• Learn how to plan and schedule terra cotta repair projects

Course Overview

• History and evolution
• Application and use in Chicago
• Manufacturing process, finishing techniques, and installation procedures
• Overview of anchoring system
• Causes of deterioration
• Process for evaluating replacing versus repair
• Repair anchors and Helifix ties
• Casting demonstration
• Glazing demonstration and hands-on opportunity

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