Petsmart

2532 N Narragansette Ave, Chicago, Illinois

Contractor: Midwest Construction Partners

Architect: CASCO

New Masonry

  • Furnish, set-up, maintain, dismantle and remove all equipment (forklift, tube scaffolding, ladders, hand tools, etc.) necessary for the masonry portion of the project.
  • Furnish and install standard gray 8” CMU necessary for erecting new exterior rear elevation masonry wall and trash enclosure as per drawings. Block is to be installed in standard running bond using natural gray type ‘S’ mortar. Mortar joints are to be tooled concave, brushed and tooled to a final finish.
  • Furnish and install fully grouted bond beam coursing at roof bearing heights and at the top of masonry walls with two (2) grade 60 #5 rebar installed.
  • Vertical reinforcement to be one (1) grade 60 #5 rebar installed every 16” O.C. horizontally with additional rebar installed per structural drawings. CMU cores containing vertical reinforcing bars to be grouted solid.
  • Horizontal reinforcement to be mill galvanized ladder type wire installed in masonry coursing every 16” O.C. vertically.
  • Install steel lintels and hollow metal door frames furnished by others on project site.
  • Furnish and install 40mil self-adhesive flashing over a 1½” stainless steel drip edge at the base of masonry walls, over openings in masonry, Cotton rope “weeps” are to be installed every 24” O.C. below cast stone.

New E.I.F.S.

  • Furnish, set-up, maintain, dismantle and remove all equipment (boom-lift(s), tube scaffolding, ladders, hand tools, etc.) necessary for the E.I.F.S. portion of the project.
  • Furnish and install approximately 2,800 S.F. of new 1½” E.I.F.S. as per drawings. E.I.F.S. to be StoTherm Essence NEXT System.
  • Furnish and apply Sto Gold Coat® to substrate.
  • Furnish and apply Sto PAB101 to 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 (Sto PAB101) 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 selected from Sto standard color and texture chart.
  • Installation of aesthetic accents, (cornices, reveals, V-grooves, drip edges, etc.) per drawings.
  • 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).