The Historic District

It's also crucial for those of us in snow country - an improperly vented/insulated roof will have icicles and ice dam problems.

We went the spray foam route for our house. We were also re-roofing, so we had to decide whether to improve the (basically non-existent) ventilation or seal it up. We don't have any plans to use it as living space, but we did have some other factors in our decision: - Hip roof and low-hanging eaves ...

We don't have a sidewalk other than the city one (technically ours, but has to be concrete), but we do shovel part of our patio, which is made of brick pavers. Shoveling is a tad more difficult than concrete (the shovel gets caught occasionally), but not too bad. We only have a little bit to do, tho...

We did interlocking on the three windows we restored in January - absolutely love the results. Even without the hardware reinstalled yet (too many other projects in the way - and now I have a new lawn tractor to play with...), the windows are tight and draft-free - even the window that is missing a ...

I think Kilian sells the Dorbin brand weatherstripping as well - at least the model numbers and diagrams are identical. I didn't order from them because they didn't have some of the pieces in long enough lengths.

Regarding your weatherstripping question: I ordered a bunch from Architectural Builders Supply. They carry Dorbin weatherstripping. Their web site was terrible (very slow, prone to losing my shopping cart contents if I wasn't quick enough), but the service was good.

That is an absolutely beautiful house. I love the old houses in PA - when I was growing up, my grandparents had an 18th-century house in Quakertown (near Allentown), and more recently an early 19th-century house near Gettysburg. My old house is a baby by comparison - but the oldest building in Grand...

It probably wasn't intentional - I'm guessing that they're attempting to ban spammers by IP block. It's easy to cause collateral damage with that method. Unfortunately, most spambots are on virus-infected computers - it's not like there's a company that has a server farm, all on a contiguous range o...

heartwood wrote:after each window dinner and wine is delivered (baby sitter and diaper service included) if you have two or more kids under the age of 3...

Awesome! I'll share this with my wife.

heartwood wrote:i've read somewhere that it is a requirement to take yourself, your significant other, family and/or friends out to a nice dinner to celebrate and toast your accomplishments...

Is that a requirement for after each project, or each window?