<div dir="ltr">Many thanks, Aaron - much appreciated. And also to everyone else who has responded on and off list - many people have been very helpful in response to our request! <div><br></div><div>Dwight<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>_____________________________________<br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">"A budget is a moral document." --Jim Wallis </span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 2:12 PM Aaron Marcavitch <<a href="mailto:acornhp@yahoo.com">acornhp@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpe17561c6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div>Dwight,</div><div><br></div><div>A few items to help your process:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/8-aluminum-vinyl-siding.htm" rel="nofollow" class="gmail-m_2857572444806968326enhancr_card_1352101636" target="_blank">Preservation Brief 8: Aluminum and Vinyl Siding on Historic Buildings</a><br></div><div><br></div><div id="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpc399a3eaenhancr_card_1352101636" class="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpc399a3eayahoo-link-enhancr-card gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpc399a3eayahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpc399a3eaymail-preserve-class gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpc399a3eaymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/8-aluminum-vinyl-siding.htm" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpc399a3eayahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" 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style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Removing Artificial Siding</h2><p class="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpe2f4b64fcard-description" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151,155,167)">Q: Our historic Georgian home was clad in vinyl siding about 30 years ago, prior to our purchasing the house. In...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Aaron Marcavitch</div><div>Maryland Milestones</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydpe17561c6signature"><br></div></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, February 23, 2019, 11:29:13 AM EST, Dwight Holmes <<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydp477ff9e3yiv3210611737"><div dir="ltr"><div>Our house is 100+ years old and the vinyl siding that conceals the original wood looks to have been here for a long time as well (!). We're interested in having the vinyl siding removed and restore the original siding. We called a few local contractors that do siding - but they all said they only work with modern siding and haven't done the kind of work we're interested in.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone done this or otherwise know of contractors who do this kind of work? Any leads would be much appreciated! Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Dwight Holmes<br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_2857572444806968326ydp477ff9e3yiv3210611737gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>TownTalk mailing list<br>To post to the list, send mail to <a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a><br><a href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a> is for automated subscription processing only<br><a href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a><br><br>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.riverdaleparkmd.gov</a><br></div>
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