La-Z-Boy

Downers Grove, Illinois

Contractor: The Delventhal Company

Architect: William R. Steele

New Masonry

REAR DOOR OPENING

  • Furnish, set-up, maintain, dismantle and remove all equipment (tube scaffolding, ladders, hand tools, etc.) necessary for the masonry portion of the project.
  • Enlarge one (1) existing 4’-0” x 7’-4” opening on rear elevation of building to the new dimensions of 6’-4” x 7’-4” as per drawings.
  • Opening to consist of removal of exiting door frame, steel lintels and masonry as necessary and toothing jamb(s) of masonry opening to allow for the installation of standard gray CMU and salvaged face brick with finished ends. 
  • Furnish and install 5” x 3½” x 5/16” galvanized steel lintels over newly created opening bearing a minimum of 8” at each end.
  • Install new hollow metal door frame furnished by others on project.
  • Furnish and install 40mil self-adhesive flashing over a 1½” stainless steel drip edge above newly enlarged opening steel lintel with cotton rope “weeps” installed in masonry head joints every 16” O.C.

E.I.F.S.

  • Furnish, set-up, maintain, dismantle and remove all equipment (tube scaffolding, ladders, hand tools, etc.) necessary for the E.I.F.S. portion of the project.
  • Furnish and install approximately 1,760 S.F. of new E.I.F.S. at newly redesigned storefront façade as per drawings.  E.I.F.S. to be Dryvit Outsulation Plus MD System.
  • Furnish and apply Backstop NT to substrate.
  • Furnish and apply Genesis DMto the back of insulation board using notched trowel and apply insulation board to substrate.
  • Furnish and apply 48” standard mesh over previously rasped insulation board (9 ½” at termination points) and fully embed mesh into wet base coat (Genesis DM) by troweling from center to the edges of the mesh (double wrapping mesh at all corners).
  • Furnish and apply finish to base coat using trowel to scrape material down to a uniform thickness. Finish color and texture to be as per drawings. 
  • Installation of aesthetic accents, (cornices, reveals, V-grooves, drip edges, etc.) per drawings.  Approximately 80 L.F. of profiled E.I.F.S. cornice to be installed.
  • Furnish and install caulking in those areas where E.I.F.S. butts against dissimilar material (metal, masonry, wood, etc.).  Caulking to consist of installing 3/8” backer rod and filling with a one-part silicone sealant (Tremco® 3 or equal). 
  • Refinish approximately 1,500 S.F. of existing E.I.F.S. as per drawings.  Finish color and texture to be as per drawings.