"We recently removed tar paper from some wood strip flooring by first using a heat gun to soften the tar paper, pulling/scraping up as much as we could, and then dissolving the remaining gunk with paint stripper (which liquefied it pretty quickly).…"
An online community for people who love old houses.
-
Kim Meldahl
- Female
- Superior, WI
- United States
- Blog Posts
- Discussions (2)
- Events
- Groups
- Photos
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Kim Meldahl's Page
Latest Activity
Kim Meldahl replied to Laurie's discussion 1920s kitchen range"Someone in my town's Freecycle (a Yahoo group), or maybe Craigslist, was trying to give away three vintage stoves a month or so ago that were restorable but not restored. You should try those venues. I was even able to obtain an old radiator…"
Comment Wall
- No comments yet!
Profile Information
- Tell us about yourself:
- Architect and owner/restorer of a 1906 Craftsman Foursquare
- Tell us about your old-house experiences and dreams:
- Rule #1 - there is no such thing as a little project: one task always leads to another. Example - we removed the dirty carpeting from our kitchen floor, only to find that the sheet flooring it was glued to was mounted to 1/4" Masonite. After pulling up the Masonite and all the little nails, we discovered that the room had originally been three smaller rooms, and there are gaps in the strip maple flooring where the walls used to be that must be pieced in. I am not so much a home restorer as an archaeologist!
© 2012 Created by Community Host.
Old Houses | Restoration Products | Report an Issue | Terms of Service
