"Interesting. Pre-electricity, and similar to the sconce outlets you point out, people use to tap off a gas hose from gas ceiling chandeliers for an extra gas hook-up in a room.
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push button light switches and brass switch plates?
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We are replacing our light switches with the historic push button light switches, and a brass switch plate. my question is - is it also appropriate to use brass switch plates for all of the outlets?…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Phil Mar 11.
1901 Window Hardware - no one has ever seen this before!
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Hello - we are getting started on our window restoration project, with just two windows in our living room. All of the original first floor windows have this really interesting hardware. No one who…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Hope Sep 21, 2010.
Help with Painted Brick Fireplace
Hello! We are looking for ways to restore (or improve the appearance of) the brick fireplace in our 1901 shingle/victorian/foursquare. A previous owner painted it white, and a glossy white at…Continue
Started Sep 4, 2010
exterior handsets Emtek vs. Rejuvenation?
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Does anyone have experience with Rejuvenation Hardware based in Portland OR? We really like a front door entry set we found online at:…Continue
Tags: rejuvenation, emtek, set, entry
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Goff Aug 20, 2010.
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David Hunt replied to Hope's discussion push button light switches and brass switch plates?"Phil: I find that most homes were done all floors at one time, but the year as well as wealth of homeowner play a part. Early systems were often only lighting ( no outlets ) with either converted gas fixtures or new electrical lights. Many early…"
Phil replied to Hope's discussion push button light switches and brass switch plates?"David: do you mean that if light switches were brass, then the outlets would also be brass? And if so, do you also ever see differences between upstairs and downstairs in those intact systems? My window hardware is bronze downstairs and…"
David Hunt replied to Hope's discussion push button light switches and brass switch plates?"As the owner of your house, you should always feel free to decorate as you choose. However, having said that, your outlets would have been celebrated just as much as your switches. The entire electrical system exposed to view would have been treated…"
Lair Tienter replied to Hope's discussion push button light switches and brass switch plates?"In the home I had that was built in 1904 it had all the original electric. On the first floor the switches were push button with brass coverplates. The brass was real heavy and very smooth, no fancy design. The baseboard had no…"
Hope replied to Hope's discussion push button light switches and brass switch plates?"Thank you Phil and Charles, I think I just needed a sanity check. I think outlet plates to match the baseboard will be just fine and we'll probably never see them anyway as they'll be behind furniture most of the time!
thanks
Hope"
Charles J replied to Hope's discussion push button light switches and brass switch plates?"Hope, I agree with Phil. We also have push button switches and brass plates and we have the
dark brown covers on the outlets so they disappear into the molding. Why would you want to bring
attention to the outlets.
Regards,
Charlie"
Phil replied to Hope's discussion push button light switches and brass switch plates?"I sometime put dark brown plastic outlets and outlet covers. I am not sure of the history of such things, but when I was a kid, it seemed like old, pre-WWII outlets were often dark brown plastic or bakelite."
Hope posted a discussionpush button light switches and brass switch plates?
We are replacing our light switches with the historic push button light switches, and a brass switch plate. my question is - is it also appropriate to use brass switch plates for all of the outlets? we're in the process of gutting two rooms, so we have to pick new plates anyway, I'm just wondering what would be typical. I'm only hesitant to use the brass for the outlets because they will be in the baseboard - would it look weird to have brass down there instead of a white plastic that…See More
Bill Hendrickson replied to Hope's discussion Best Exterior Trim Paint Finish to hide flaws?"I agree about fixing the flaws if you want a good look. Take a look at the infrared paint strippers. They remove the paint without the mess and do not affect the wood."
"I use flat exterior paint on everything but handrials, doors and other misc pieces of trim that come into contact with people's hands. A flat paint has many benefits: it hides flaws and patches, it adheres and covers well and it is…"
Hope replied to Hope's discussion 1901 Window Hardware - no one has ever seen this before!"update... we just got the top sash out and it has the interior portion of this mechanism. It has wooden "teeth" running up inside the sash. The teeth are all quite brittle, and most of them fell off as we removed the sash. I now understand…"
Lair Tienter replied to Hope's discussion 1901 Window Hardware - no one has ever seen this before!"It is a pully for a window weight designed to work with a chain. I believe they came in after the cotton cord kept breaking and someone thought a steel chain would last forever. It was a flat chain with a pin where the links joined sort of like a…"
Hope replied to Hope's discussion 1901 Window Hardware - no one has ever seen this before!"thank you Phil, I'm emailing Bill now. We're so curious to find out if anyone has seen this!"
Phil replied to Hope's discussion 1901 Window Hardware - no one has ever seen this before!"Bill Rigby will know, even if he doesn't have the missing parts to sell you. http://www.wmjrigby.com/"
Hope posted a discussion1901 Window Hardware - no one has ever seen this before!
Hello - we are getting started on our window restoration project, with just two windows in our living room. All of the original first floor windows have this really interesting hardware. No one who has looked at it recognizes it or really understands exactly how it worked. We want to restore it along with the sashes, but we think something might be missing. The cog in the photo looks like it should have a matching part that runs along the side of the sash to "catch" it? The sashes just…See More
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