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We are nearing the point of installing the new bolier. The previous bolier was oil and coverted to wood, and now removed. This half of our basement will not only have the boiler, but will also house…Continue
Tags: primer, TSP, paint, lead, basement
Started by Bill Hendrickson in Old Houses: Pre-1900. Last reply by Bill Hendrickson 1 hour ago.
Let's hear what types of trinkets, treasures, artifacts and oddities people have found in their old houses. Whether it be in the floors, walls, ceilings, cellars or underground. Post pictures if you…Continue
Started by Jim Finley in Old Houses: Pre-1900. Last reply by Bill Hendrickson 2 hours ago.
Anyone know of a product that will remove latex paint without disturbing the hand grained finish that lies beneath the latex paint? Hand graining was done to doors and woodwork in the 1870's .Thanks Continue
Started by Linda Brown in Old Houses: Pre-1900. Last reply by Linda Brown 7 hours ago.
Hello everybody. I found this site by luck while searching for info on steam boilers. I am a general contractor. Until 2008 I specialized in 1900-1945 renovations. As the market fell out I went from…Continue
Tags: load, calculation, J, manual, efficiency
Started by Steve Zarpas in Old Houses: Pre-1900 8 hours ago.
Greetings everyone! I'm new to OldHouseonline and am hoping I can glean some advice on restoring my 1940 Cotswold/Tudor The home is in fairly good shape overall, but the woodwork and panel doors…Continue
Tags: finish, pine, fir, shellac, tudor
Started by Jill Perkins in Old Houses: 1900-1945. Last reply by Nick 9 hours ago.
Well it's almost time to finish the kitchen. We screened the original wood floors from our 1850 farmhouse. They look nice and have a great patina. In order to expedite cabinet installation, I did the…Continue
Tags: restoration, floor, wood, oil, tung
Started by Jessica Lemmon in Old House How-To. Last reply by Nick 11 hours ago.
I thought that I would look for an arts and crafts or mission style radio, but realized that radio had not really become omnipresent until after the peak of this movement. I figure thats why most…Continue
Tags: radio
Started by Nick in Old Houses: 1900-1945 11 hours ago.
How many of you out there have ever encountered the attitude about old houses that "common" people should not touch them, much less own them. In my part of New England this is fairly common among the…Continue
Tags: specialists, restoration, century, 18th
Started by Jim Finley in Old Houses: Pre-1900. Last reply by KenK 23 hours ago.
The plaster in our stairway walls to the second floor had a lot of cracks in it. I thought it was like other areas in the house where the plaster keys broke and all we had to do was pull it back up.…Continue
Tags: repair, paper, wall, Plastering
Started by Bill Hendrickson in Old Houses: Pre-1900. Last reply by Bill Hendrickson yesterday.
Going through a home inspection is enough to make anyone reach for the Maalox—especially if you're buying an old house, where the list of items to repair can seem endless. If you've just purchased…Continue
Tags: home inspection, From the Editors
Started by Clare Martin in The Old-House Attic. Last reply by desiree mccrorey yesterday.
We are trying to get a picture of the original mantle. It was supposedly very ornate and matched the 1/4 sawn oak trim and corinthian columns in our stairway. It is missing, and there are two areas of thought. It was either stolen or the old man who owned the home and may have had some dementia, let it go some how.
In any case it was not there when we bought the house:…
ContinuePosted by Bill Hendrickson on January 19, 2012 at 8:00am — 2 Comments
I am a little late in updating. The major work has occured during the month of November 2011.
The original roof was shake shingles and was replaced sometime with asphalt. We replaced the old shingleswith Owens Corning Duration Premium, which provides that same shake-like look. This was finished between snow storms this week.
The main chimney was rebuilt so that a new gas boiler could be installed. A liner will be put in as well. The chimney was only rebuilt back up to the level…
ContinuePosted by Bill Hendrickson on December 20, 2011 at 6:00am — 2 Comments
The first time I walked through the first floor of my house, it struck me that the house was built in 1924, yet the first floor had a beautiful flow to it, and an open floorplan. The kitchen is separated from the rest of the rooms by a swinging door and a half-stairwell that leads to the basement and the backyard. This was fine with me - I'm not crazy about the contemporary floorplans that slam the kitchen right in the middle of the 'living space'. I don't really want my dirty dishes, and…
ContinuePosted by Karan Andrea on December 18, 2011 at 1:21am — 4 Comments
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