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Minyard, Brian
From:Minyard, Brian
Sent:Monday, June 29, 2020 4:44 PM
To:'Nicholas Roberts'
Subject:RE: brick work
Thanks for your prompt reply.
Brian Minyard
From: Nicholas Roberts [mailto:nrobertsx1@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 2:23 PM
To: Minyard, Brian
Cc: Tom Marr ; Josi Gass
Subject: Re: brick work
Hi Brian,
Attached is the structural report form Hall engineering.
He did not forbid repointing them or reconstructing them but mentioned that they were currently ok. They
should be re-pointed in the next 5 years.
There's pictures of the sunken piers in the report as well. I'm worried that leaving the piers exposed would hurt
the home value and curb appeal. That sunken pier is fine structurally but it does look bad so we thought that
something should be done to it and covering it up seemed like the best fix.
If you have any more questions please let us know. Thank you for taking the time to help us out, we really
appreciate your help and recommendations in restoring this home.
Thanks,
Nick
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From: Minyard, Brian <BMinyard@littlerock.gov>
Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:19 AM
Subject: RE: brick work
To: Nicholas Roberts <nrobertsx1@gmail.com>, Tom Marr <Tom.marr@arkansas.gov>
Cc: Josi Gass <gass.josephine@gmail.com>
Can you send us the report from the structural engineer? Did he forbid repointing them? Did he say the needed
repointing?
Brian Minyard
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From: Nicholas Roberts [mailto:nrobertsx1@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 6:57 PM
To: Minyard, Brian <BMinyard@littlerock.gov>
Cc: Josi Gass <gass.josephine@gmail.com >
Subject: Re: brick work
Hi Brian,
It’s good to hear from you. I sent this over to our mason to see if he has any ideas on what we could do about
the brick on the piers. The brick on the piers is pretty slanted and probably will not line up nice (hence the
reason for bricking around them). Do you have any suggestions for us on how to make this look uniform? Could
he use brick veneer just on the piers and do it so that it doesn’t stick out? I do not want to jack up the house to
level the piers. We had a structural engineer come out and he recommended not to reconstruct the piers.
I hope to hear back from Tom soon. We’ll wait to do anything until then. We can easily remove the brick
around the porch. When we paint the house, we will paint the block around the porch too. When we get ready to
paint I’ll reach out to you and Tom for approval.
Please let us know what you think we can do about the piers.
Have a good weekend
Thanks,
Nick
501- 794-7342
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From: Minyard, Brian <BMinyard@littlerock.gov>
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 2:01 PM
To: 'Nrobertsx1@gmail.com'; Tom Marr
Subject: brick work
Mr. Roberts,
I visited your house and inspected the brick work. The areas circled in black on this side and anywhere like this
visible from the street will not be signed off as maintenance. This has changed the appearance of the foundation
and therefore is in conflict with state statutes.
It does appear that some mortar has been repaired around the vent in the picture. I can sign off on the mortar
repair as maintenance as long as the brick mason does not use Portland cement mortar which will damage your
bricks. If the piers needed repair, they could be tuck pointed and meet the maintenance threshold. They would
most likely need tuckpointig on all surfaces, even under the house.
The brick on the front porch that is covering the concrete blocks cannot be signed off as maintenance either.
This being said, you are dealing with both City and State on this since you are applying for tax credits. I have
copied Tom Marr on this email to see what he also thinks.
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Brian Minyard, AICP
Urban Designer
City of Little Rock
723 West Markham
Little Rock, AR 72201
bminyard@littlerock.gov
Phone 501-371-4789
Fax 501-399-3435