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JES Foundation Repair, located in Chesterfield, provided a series of continuing education seminars on foundation systems that attracted over 200 local engineers, architects, building officials and design professionals during the last week of October. Over 200 local engineers, architects, city building officials and design professionals recently attended JES Foundation Repair's series of seminars held in Northern Virginia, Richmond and Norfolk. This series of free seminars, held during the last week in October, educated participants about commercial and residential structural support technologies, applications, designs, installation and terminology while allowing them to also earn professional development hours for their respective professions.
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September isn't just the month when youngsters go back to school. Local real estate, mortgage and foundation repair companies are offering a series of classes covering myriad topics. Best of all: They're free. Here are some of the upcoming sessions: Buying a home Gain insight into complex home-buying issues with the free Home Ownership and Financing Workshop Sept. 20 at 575 Lynnhaven Pkwy., Suite 280-A, Virginia Beach. Hosted by Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, the one-hour overview session at 7 p.m. will cover the best way to find the right home, how to improve your credit score, how much home you can buy, tips for getting the best deals, how to buy with no money down and more. The presenters will also answer mortgage-related questions attendees may have. Those who call first to register w...
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Q: Our house is several hundred years old, according to town records, and has a brick foundation. Some of the mortar around the bricks needs to be replaced. Can I just use a lime-based mortar around the bricks? - G. Coshow A: You definitely should not use a store-bought, bagged mortar on a house this old. Antique houses were mortared with soft lime mortar that could easily absorb movement in the bricks. The mortar sold at home centers these days contains significant amounts of cement and dries quite hard; it could put stress on the bricks that might damage the walls. There are many recipes for soft lime mortar, often one part hydrated lime to two or three parts sand, but your best bet is to try and track down a brick mason in your area who has experience with old houses and can reasonab...
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Hires/Promotions/Honors The Home Improvement Council of Western New York, a not-for- profit organization founded in 1963 to better the image of the remodeling industry, named Bill Miller, of Siegel Landscape and Drainage, chairman of its 2011 board of directors. Other officers: co-chairman, Jeff Valone, Try-Lock Roofing Co.; treasurer, Don Blackman, M&T Bank; and secretary, Ann Phillips, Phillips Construction. Directors: Scott Protas, Sellmore Industries; Skip Roehrig, A.G. Roehrig and Son; Frank DeCarlo, Paragon Restoration Group; Nicole Young, A-1 Concrete Leveling and Foundation Repair; Marc Cagne, AAA Timberline; Allen Dembski, Waddell and Reed; and Bill Wirth, Bill Wirth Roofing and Siding.
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Rich White of Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association, +1-301-654-6664, rich.white@aftermarket.org; or John Lanctot, +1-312-768-7376, jlanctot@maxmarketing.com, for AIAA
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Bryan Speed, of Chesterfield, has earned his Certified Commercial Pesticide Applicator designation from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Bryan is business manager for JES, a leading engineering solutions company specializing in foundation repair, basement waterproofing and crawlspace moisture control in Chester, Virginia. Karan Prakash, MD, MS, FAAOS of the Southside Regional Medical Center Wound Healing Center in Petersburg, is board certified in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
