Toronto The Whitfield | 130m | 39s | Menkes | Giannone Petricone

[Justelena]

 

[rdaner]

From Parliament. Taken 8 September.

 

[DavidCapizzano]

 

[slicecom]

Hard to get a photo of the glazing from the ground. Anyone with a view from a nearby window?

 

[reinventingthewheel]

Spray painting the cladding currently:

 

[Northern Light]

Spray painting the cladding currently:

Weird way to do this..........I would have thought it would be cheaper (and an easier to maintain product) to simply order it in the desired colour; failing that, I would have thought it cheaper and easier to paint it on the ground.

What do I know?

I wonder if @ProjectEnd has thoughts.

 

[Towered]

Paint will eventually fade, crack and peel - why did they not just use real brick or red pre-cast panels from the get go instead of inducing a future maintenance nightmare?

 

[DavidCapizzano]

It might be a stain or tint, just being applied via a sprayer which would be significantly faster than pre staining them in the factory. This way the finish doesn’t get messed up during transport or installation.

My guess is they put that pre stained panel up as a test to make sure everyone was happy with the colour in situ before going ahead with the rest.

I guess the only real downside is that over time, the red tint will fade and it will be on the condo corp to pay to have it touched up.

 

[unrealestate]

Paint will eventually fade, crack and peel - why did they not just use real brick or red pre-cast panels from the get go instead of inducing a future maintenance nightmare?

future condo corp's problem!

 

[3Dementia]

Depends on the quality of paint/coating they are using on the precast. The best stuff can last more 25 years before needing a visit to the beauty parlour.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

They got a lot more done in the last couple hours. I took this shot just before the shadow is cast across the painted panels.

 

[daptive]

Depends on the quality of paint/coating they are using on the precast. The best stuff can last more 25 years before needing a visit to the beauty parlour.

I think 8 Mercer also has painted precast and it's held up for the last 8 years.

 

[mburrrrr]

 

[deerparker]

 

[slicecom]