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DRAFT PN: 94-129 March 24, 1994 S'~$UCTURAL VISUAL ASSESSMENT TATUM RESIDENCE, WESTON, COLORADO-- GENERAL DESCRIPTION A visual walk-thru of the adobe structure noted as the Tatum Residence located west of the town of Weston, Colorado was completed by ICLI' Consulting Engineers, Inc. to note the existing structural conditions. The residence is a combined single and two story adobe structure. For the purpose of this report, it is assumed that the front entry exists at the southeast corner with the front of the structure facing east. The two story portion exists at the eastern portion of the main living area. An enclosed court yard exists at the south side. A wing comes off the south side at the west end that consists of a covered patio and enclosed storage area. A garage exists at the south end of this wing, These areas were observed from the exterior only. The predominate drainage is from the southeast to the northeast across the site. The courtyard is enclosed by an adobe fence that restricts drainage while the grade appears to slope to the northeast in this area. This is towards the foundation. The roof drainage from the upper roof discharge from scuppers at the roof level and drops to grade at the southeast corner forming a ponding area next to the foundation. Several large cottonwood trees were cut down at the north side approximately twelve feet from the northeast corner. The tree truck and root systems still remain. EXTERIOR The exterior has been covered by a cement stucco finish. This was installed using chicken wire and cement mortar finish, as shown in Photo P-9. Accordir-g to Mr. Everett Trujillo, who accompanied us on our visit, the structure was not always finished with stucco. An elderly woman down the valley use to apply a surface coating of mud every other year as maintenance. Since the stucco application, the structure has experienced mote cracking according to Mr. Trujillo. The north wall was modified during the stucco process as the projecting framing logs typical of adobe construction were cut off. This was apparently due to the distress at the ends of the logs and leaking problems. The exterior stucco exhibits minor cracking at the west portion both north and south walls. The major distress and deterioration is at the southeast corner of the south wall below the upper roof scuppers. The projection at the northeast comer for the corner fireplace and potential lateral support has a large stucco crack. Referring to Photos P-3 thru P-7, these conditions are shown. Leaking is quite apparent at the scupper penetrations and staining of the walls exists. Minor maintenance has been attempted at these areas without much success.