Governor's mansion closed

Jay Root:

the Republican governor and his family soon will have to move out of the historic building to accommodate a team of workers and architects embarking on a $10 million renovation project.

"The house will essentially be stripped down," said Perry spokesman Robert Black. "They have problems with plumbing right now to where the upstairs toilets overflow once every two weeks at this point."

Gaps around the original window frames, made of longleaf pine that in some areas has begun to rot, are contributing to a mind-boggling loss of energy from an overworked air-conditioning unit. The house is leaking some 4,000 cubic feet of air each minute, about 10 times what building managers would expect in a modern home of equal size.

The project is expected to take about 18 months to complete.

It's almost surprising that Texas let the governor keep the Mansion when Reconstruction ended.

Posted by Evan @ 09/01/07 07:14 PM

 
 

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