"The mantle has been installed. The fellow who built our cabinets also installed the mantel and he had to use a bit of 1/4 sawn oak to finish the trim:
Now the floors have been totally refinished:
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Removing Dark Stains on Fir Floors
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We have an area that was previously part of a bathroom and is now part of the expanded kitchen. The floors have been lightly standed a bit, just to clean them up and we see some dark stains. Probably…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Hendrickson Apr 22.
Doing something with this brick wall
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In the process of renovating the kitchen, the plaster that was on this wall was crumbling and basically just fell off. The wife wants to keep it this way. Its a double brick wall. The inside is a bit…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Hendrickson Mar 28.
Replacement Radiators
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We have about 8 of these in the house. There were a few others disconnected that we later found cracked these were in the kitchen which froze at some point in the past.Well, the plumber is in the…Continue
Tags: radiator
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Hendrickson Feb 20.
Ideas for Cleaning and Painting Basement Walls and Floors
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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 this discussion. Last reply by Bill Hendrickson Jan 28.
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Bill Hendrickson commented on Bill Hendrickson's blog post Kitchen Transformation"Here is the latest update. The cabinets are all in and are in the process of being painted. The floors have been refinished. We eneded up with a weird dark stain where a bathroom used to be. We thought maybe flipping the boards over, but in the end…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to LindanEddie Jones's discussion Need input on resealing flat balcony roof/floor please."Do you have room to raise the flooring? You can always put down the metal and put a raised wood deck on top. That way you will not be walking on the metal roof directly. Another idea is to use a membrane to provide the seal."
Bill Hendrickson replied to LindanEddie Jones's discussion Need input on resealing flat balcony roof/floor please."If you got some cheap chinese crap for nails things may have turned out differently. They may still. We are doing an add-on mudroom that will have shake siding to match the house. Though it is a small area and will diffently use SS."
Bill Hendrickson replied to PStewart's discussion Shellac over apple green paint? Historical finish?"Funny, I remember stripping multiple layers of paint from the interior trim of our 1928 house in Jax, FL. The first three base layers were those same colors, red, green and beige. But they were hard as a rock and I was almost to the point…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to PStewart's discussion New clues in the Victorian architectural mystery!"I am sure you could find something as tough as concrete. I would even bet someone makes it out of fired clay, terracotta or something like that. Once you have a mold design everything else would be standard production."
Bill Hendrickson posted a blog postKitchen Transformation
When we first bought he house the kitchen was a relatively small room with some cheap cabinets and an old wood/electric stove. What was interesting was the vitrolite tiles used on the walls. The main bath upstairs had the same glass tiles. This was added probably about 1925-1930. Behind the glass we found plaster etched to look like bricks. Cheap Cabinets and Vitrolite Glass tiles…See More
Bill Hendrickson replied to PStewart's discussion New clues in the the victorian architectural mystery!"I think you found it! Do you think it was some sort of plaster design from a mould?"
Bill Hendrickson replied to lyn joy's discussion Installing new fireplaces and chimneys in old spaces."Where are you located? At sometime I may beinterested in repairing sandstone trim work on our house:
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Bill Hendrickson replied to Kathy DiPaolo's discussion Time to paint"We used SW Duration on our shakes and trim. It looks great. It goes on pretty heavy and it were not shakes our painter had to cover, he said he would have only had to use one coat. The shakes required a bit more work to cover completely because they…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to Craig Tinker's discussion Budgeting concerns for buying a project."We have neighbors across the street who have done the same thing. They ran into a lot of issues. Ended up breaking up most of the concrete floor to get at plumbing, etc.
I would bet you would need an architect to take a good look at what you want to…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to lyn joy's discussion Installing new fireplaces and chimneys in old spaces."Obviously, I did not see the title. In some new construction all you have is a firebox and a SS tube for the flue, The chimney is just wood frame. In the SW you can buy a Kiva Kit that has a firebox and meshed frame of the kiva. All you do is…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to lyn joy's discussion Installing new fireplaces and chimneys in old spaces."Are you talking about using the same space as the old chimney for possibly a new one?
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Bill Hendrickson replied to Linda L. K's discussion I need some infinite wisdom please"We bought our 1900 2500sqft house 7 months ago, and got the renovation loan wrapped in. The loan has its good and bad points if someone is interested I will talk about that.
Anyway, we knew we were going to need electrical, plumbing/heating,…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to Caroline R. Hayden's discussion Chimney Liners in quake damaged chimneys, mid 19th century"I thought to post this as as an update to the discussion, we just had our liner installed. I was mistaken and thought the flex liner I saw in the basement was the main liner, but it was for the basement end to connect the chimney liner to the…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to Brendon Perry's discussion Heating and Cooling Options"Our 1900 2500+sqft house had radiators. The old boiler, which had been coal, was converted to oil, and then wood (not even sure how that was all done) has been replaced by a high efficency boiler. We had to replace all the radiators, though they…"
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Kitchen Transformation
When we first bought he house the kitchen was a relatively small room with some cheap cabinets and an old wood/electric stove. What was interesting was the vitrolite tiles used on the walls. The main bath upstairs had the same glass tiles. This was added probably about 1925-1930. Behind the glass we found plaster etched to look like bricks.
Cheap Cabinets and Vitrolite Glass tiles…
ContinuePosted on May 8, 2012 at 4:00am — 1 Comment
Insulation
Foaming of the roof:
Attic half that was previously finished:
The unfinished side of the attic:…
ContinuePosted on January 20, 2012 at 5:30am — 3 Comments
The Fireplace Mantle
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 on January 19, 2012 at 8:00am — 3 Comments
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