The Historic District

Cool sink. I would have guessed soapstone (if not concrete), like this one:
http://delafleur.com/blog/?p=2252 or these: http://maxomoxx.blogspot.com/2013/10/de ... sinks.html
It's almost certainly original to your house - nobody wants to move those twice!

Chris

I would have said upper cabinet from a butler's pantry... or kitchen.

Chris

Have you ever seen one of those hot-air furnaces from the early 20th century? They have a big furnace in the center of the basement with tubes stretching upward to vents in the first floor and ducts to upper floors. Sometimes they are referred to as an octopus As a matter of fact, I have! There was...

Well... I can understand that. My attic now has an air handler, the return air duct (about 2' x 2'), a main trunk line that runs around the perimeter of the attic ( about the size of a standard air duct) and multiple insulated mini-ducts branching off of this in a somewhat squid-like way. We were ca...

Sounds good! You gonna do it?

Chris

Looks great, nice job! How easily did the paint come off?

Chris

Hi Frenchy, That looks very similar to a 4-square just down the street from me (though that one, unfortunately, has lost the front porch). The one on my street was built in 1926 or 27, never had a fireplace, and has no attic window (and a similar roof to your example). Not sure about the staircase p...

Another Dutchie! Welcome - that's a pretty place!

Chris

I will definitely ask about the noise factor and how to mitigate it. Sounds good - it's not horrible... as I said, "room air-conditioner loud". But it could have been better with some vibration mitigation. I have a couple of musical instruments in the house and I run a standalone humidifi...

Hi David, I had Unico heating and AC installed about 10 years ago. Not sure where you are in the Hudson Valley - I'm in Dobbs Ferry - but if that's close to you, your welcome to take a look at the system. I went with the cheapest option: a single zone. I believe 10 years ago for a 2100 SQF house, wi...