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LoriMae Reynolds
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- Velva, ND
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Bouncy Floors
Replied Aug 30
Brick Repair
Replied Aug 24
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We have really noisy, bouncy floors. In our bedroom, my husband drilled holes and countersunk screws (our hardwood floors are 3/4 inch thick, so there is plenty of flooring to work with) into the joists. He then put dowls into the holes and cut/sand…
Our home has almost all of the original plaster from 1906. We spent two years on the main room restoring the twelve foot tall plaster walls. When it was finished, it was beautiful. Within a year cracks appeared again and small bits and pieces broke…
I've gotten the downspout fixed (for now). I found out that the previous owner put the spray foam under the gutters to keep the bats out. (not sure how that works). I've gotten as much of the cement and silver coating off that I can. I'm going to ge…
Thank you!
Looks to me like a few problems converging at that corner. The parapet roof isn't doing such a great job of keeping the water away from the walls. In this area (MA) flat roof sometimes have a drain in the middle of the roof to keep water from cascad…
We are going to give that a shot since we are ending up removing all the ceiling plaster anyway.
Thanks so much. I will get a copy of the book.
I'm going to try to upload some pix of the damaged area:
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- Tell us about yourself:
- I've been a do-it-yourselfer for over 30 years. I have also been a general contractor with three new houses under my belt. I prefer old houses/buildings, that is why my husband and I live in and are restoring an old hotel built in 1906. It was once considered the grandest hotel on the Soo railroad between Minneapolis and Seatle.
- Tell us about your old-house experiences and dreams:
- We have spent the last three years getting to know our old house and work on basic plumbing, heating, and electrical needs. Now we are in the process of restoring our home room-by-room. At our current pace it should take about twenty years.
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- At 10:19pm on April 7, 2010,
jane said…
- with your experience as a contractor you might be able to do the brick repair work yourself...
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