"Energy Efficiency for Old Houses and Buildings" - Wichita, Kansas
Bob has been involved with founding the Window Preservation Standards Collaborative along with four other nationally know window experts - David Gibney, Jim Turner, John Leeke and Duffy Hoffman. During a week-long camp at Pine Mountain Settlement School in July 2011, 40 practitioners met at Pine Mountain Settlement School in southeastern Kentucky to conduct energy tests and develop best p
"Paint it Right!" -Wichita, Kansas
How to get a 12 to 15 year, cost effective paint job for your historic house. You can hire it done, never lift a finger and do it twice in 24 to 30 years for about the same price as a competent vinyl siding job that will last 15 years. Q & A, props & handouts.
"Wood Window Restoration and Repair" - Wichita, Kansas
A primer on how to cost effectively repair/restore and make old windows as or more energy efficient than replacement windows. 1 to 3 hours with Q & A, props and handouts.
"Two Day Window Restoration Boot Camp"-Norman, Oklahoma
This hands-on event takes the student through the repair and restoration process by actually doing the work from beginning to end. Up to 12 students can participate. Students will leave knowing how to cost effectively restore historic windows and make them as or more energy efficient than a replacement window.
"Preservation Doesn't Cost, It Pays!" Keynote-Faribault, Minnesota
In this fun and dynamic talk, Bob Yapp gives practical, humorous and cutting edge advice on the economic benefits of historic preservation. Learn how to counteract property rights arguments using cost comparisons between rehabilitation and new construction projects. You'll leave entertained and empowered.
Bob Yapp, Preservation Resources, Inc., Hannibal, Missouri
"Educate Before You Designate", Faribault, Minnesota
Education is the key ingredient for any successful local historic district. Should the process of public education begin before or after the designation? What types of education are most effective? What are the first steps to take in this process? Bob Yapp will answer these questions and more, and provide strategies for a successful local designation process.
National Window Preservation Standards Summit-Pine Mountain, Kentucky
Step #1 Draft Window Preservation Standards
Old Windows Aren't a Pane - They're Green! & Paint It Right!
"You Can't Live in a Museum - Or Can You?" & "Innovative Woodwork Finishing and Refinishing." Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, February 20, 2011
1:00 to 2:30
Getting Shellacked or Innovative Woodwork Finishing & Refinishing
Safe and efficient ways to remove old paint and natural finishes from woodwork. 1 hour with Q & A and props.
3:00 to 4:30
Five Day Window Restoration College for Contractors-Albuquerque, New Mexico
Window Restoration College for Contractors is an intense, five-day, hands-on learning
Experience specifically designed to train contractors how to go into the window restoration
and repair business. Students will learn cost-effective & energy efficient restoration of
