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Design Standards for Paint and Stain 1. Identify, retain, and preserve a sound paint film on all painted surfaces to preserve historic building fabric and details. 2. Protect and maintain a sound paint film on all painted surfaces to preserve the historic building fabric and details. 3. Repair all painted surfaces, fabric, materials, and details and apply a sound paint film. 4. It is inappropriate to paint previously unpainted surfaces including brick, stone, concrete, copper, and bronze. 5. Coat replacement gutters and downspouts with paint or a baked enamel finish in the same color as the trim color, unless they are copper, which shall remain uncoated. 6. Paint exterior storm windows a color that matches the corresponding window sash or trim. 7. It is appropriate to use opaque solid pigment exterior stains in lieu of paint for porch floors and decks. 8. It is appropriate to select color schemes that are drawn from the wide range available during the period of construction in the neighborhood. Accessibility and Life Safety To extend the life of a historic structure, adaptive reuse may require additional rehabilitation. Wake Forest’s historic dis- tricts have houses being adaptively reused as offices, bed and breakfast inns, and other uses. Care must be taken to provide
prot ect EXTERIOR PAINT & STAIN w i t h rou t i ne MAINTENANCE P • Conduct routine inspections of painted materials and details. • Keep painted areas free of moisture, vegetation, fungal, and insect infestation. • Keep painted areas clean using the gentlest means possible. • Remove peeling and deteriorated paint using the gentlest means possible down to the first sound layer of paint prior to repainting. • Prime exposed wood or metal prior to repainting. • Methods for removing paint such as sandblasting, waterblasting, pressure washing, chemical stripping, or propane and butane torches may permanently and irreversible damage historic building materials. Contact the Preservation Planner at 919-435-9516 for guidance.
accessibility without compromising character-defining features that contribute to the signifi- cance of the building and district. Projects may require compliance with one or more of the following codes (also referenced in the appendices): • The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires accessibility to public buildings; there are some exceptions for historic buildings. • The North Carolina State Building Code along with ANSI A117.1 provides the necessary guidance for ADA standards. • The North Carolina Rehabilitation Code (Rehab Code) was passed in 2006, and was written specifically for rehabilitation of existing buildings. It provides for retention of historic features without compromising life safety.
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