"Your thinking is correct that 3/8 is too thin for a wooden shingle but what you are forgetting is wooden shingles are cut on a taper. Thick at the bottom(1/2" to 5/8") and taper up to the top with less than a quarter inch…"
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Update on the opinions I wanted
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Steven C Phillips Aug 14, 2011.
Does anyone know what the term is for ?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Lair Tienter Feb 8, 2011.
I need opinions
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Susan Feb 9, 2011.
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Lair Tienter replied to Craig Flaming's discussion What age / style / builder is our house?"My vote is for Carpenter Gothic. I would have loved to see it when both porches were original with all the gingerbread on them. The two matching sides with the peak in the center tieing it all together. great house, you are lucky…"
Lair Tienter replied to LindanEddie Jones's discussion Who knows the style of this home?"I certainly looks like it was built long before 1954. Iwould say teens of twentys but it is just a guess. My guess would be there have been a few alterations over the years, additions and enclosures. Just a guess but like Phil said…"
Lair Tienter replied to PStewart's discussion Shellac over apple green paint? Historical finish?"I get mine from Diamond Vogel paints. I have bought some from Lowes but they don't usually sell it , they just use it for the big mixing machine. The last I got from Diamond Vogel online. It runs about $8 buck up for a…"
Lair Tienter replied to PStewart's discussion Shellac over apple green paint? Historical finish?"It sounds to me like you are discribing a process called "antiqueing" It is where you paint a translucent finish over paint to give the color more depth and patina. It is the same process you use when you do faux woodgraining. …"
Lair Tienter replied to juliann's discussion linoleum rug?"WOW, that is quite a find. Is the whole rug in good shape? It looks very interesting but I have no idea of the history. "
Lair Tienter replied to PStewart's discussion New clues in the Victorian architectural mystery!"Well it looks like the mystery is solved. Waiting to hear what you find when you look for the shadows. Lair"
Lair Tienter replied to Garrett F.'s discussion i was just curious as to what the style of my newel lamp post is?"I have a cherub that is identical to yours. My Mother bought it for me back in the early 70's from a house party she went to for a Home Decorators club. They had parties like Tupperware where you had friends in the they could…"
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- Tell us about yourself:
- I'm a retired babyboomer living in the hills of Eastern Iowa.I moved here 11 years ago from Denver, CO. I have worked full time the last 8 years on my 1860's Second Empire home. I purchased the home from the lady that purchased it the day I was born.
- Tell us about your old-house experiences and dreams:
- I was a contractor in Colorado restoring old homes. Being the only one in the area I did very well and was busy for 25 years. Old homes are in my blood and I can not get away from them. I have restored 14 of my own and 38 for other people.
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- http://www.picturetrails.com/lairz
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Masonry stripper, has anyone used any?
Yesterday I went out to repair a couple spots on my painted brick. I used a scraper on the edges. No need for that, I could take a piece and pull and it came off like vinyl wallpaper. Big pieces of several square feet. All 5 layers right down to the dusty first layer. I tried it in 3 places with the same results. As a result I have a very ugly wall and a dilemma. Should I scrape it all off and repaint or strip. I did a lot of stripping back in the late 80's and have the scars to prove it using… Continue
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 2:56pm — 2 Comments
Is Anyone watching over this site??????
Every day I come on line and there is a new member who does not know enough about America to enter his address correctly. The next line is about a blog selling one thing or another not of interest to anyone who loves old houses. I am able to ignore these people but what I am concern about is their access to my personal profile. In the last week I have started getting spam from numerous places. I have been very careful since I lost my last computer to a virus from spam. I have another computer… Continue
Posted on November 26, 2009 at 11:05am — 12 Comments
Painted Brick Homes
I have seen a lot of discussion on this site about painted brick homes. I have been around old homes a long time and remember something very few of you know or remember. When('60's) I purchased my first home (soft brick) at closing I was given a paper. This paper gave instruction for the care of your brick home. It was much like the papers you get now days on the dangers of lead based paint. The theory back in the 50's and 60's was soft brick needed protection from the elements. It suggested… Continue
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:10pm — 3 Comments
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 4:48pm on November 12, 2009,
Jane Goodman said… - Thank you so much for your welcome! I will be looking for expertise, comments , advice and camradarie. I'm a bit slow with the computer, so bear with me. One of my first projects will also be a porch, but with a somewhat different set of problems from your own. Pictures will follow soon. We had only begun on the house. I will try my very best to continue the work, knowing that houses are never really finished, nor should they be.
Jane G.
- At 11:15pm on January 8, 2010,
Jody Daringer said… - Hi! Your house is gorgeous! I just started getting this magazine and they happened to send two back issues so I saw your article. Congratulations! I may have to take a road trip sometime just to see it up close.
- At 12:06pm on January 25, 2010, Gail Schuermann said…
- as long as you are using an oil-based tint and varnish, I assume you can get the tint from anywhere- couldn't you use an oil-based tint from an artist's store?
- At 8:05pm on August 24, 2010,
Loietta Adams said… - Hi;
I'd love to have someof those light switches if you still have them.
Loietta
- At 1:06pm on August 25, 2010, Loietta Adams said…
- Hi Lair;
That will be fine,I'm in no hurry.,they'll be sitting here for a while too.
Loietta
- At 1:11pm on August 25, 2010, Loietta Adams said…
- Light fixtures?any left? I love old lighting,nearly killed myself rewiring a old chandilier about a mo. ago,a lesson well learn. If you have any your willing to part with ,please let me know.
Loietta
- At 5:08pm on August 25, 2010, Loietta Adams said…
- That's wonderful that you can use them all,I would too.
Your home looks so pretty. I'm on Face book,lots of Victorian Dresden and French porc. and a few of my table lamps.pets, roses(Victorian,Dresden portrait china first love, roses,my second love)
Loietta
- At 7:33pm on December 8, 2010,
PStewart said… - Lair -
Thanks for your very nice commments about our work on the house in Oswego, NY. Its always nice to know that someone takes notice! The project is probably about as big as I imagined ---- what I did not imagine was how I would lose some of the energy I had when I started. I still work on the house every week --- but it used to be everyday. I just found myself getting tired and there is a long way to go. I finally hired a carpenter to help out...simply because of the volume of work. You can only run so many miles of baseboard in every room (replicating the originals) before you say "I'd like some help with this." Its just a long haul. Im excited though, that this Christmas, I expect the entryway to be finished and the parlor as well!!!
As you know I really love your house. And I love the mouldings on teh inside especially. That turn-of-the-century grillwork that divides those two main rooms is amazing. And like our house, yours has those "totem style" mouldings where there is a rosette for where a chair rail meets teh casing. My favorite kind!
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