The Historic District

OK I know this is an odd topic, but is there a way to remove paint from 100 year old wallpaper or any way to see what the wallpaper once was? Our house is over 90% all original inside (we have almost all the original plaster too) and there are some rooms with old wallpaper that was painted over and ...

Thanks for the insight everyone! Much appreciate it. This is in the center of the house, it's in our dining room. The joists below it are the floor joists for the house and you could theoretically climb under the dining room floor through that grade if you take it out. The old ducts are pretty thin ...

Hi, Thanks all for the advice, yes it made sense to me. I was away from my computer for the past day so I wasn't online. I hadn't thought of any of that. So I am curious, why is there a variation from lock to lock? I thought it was all machine made. We have about 15 of these locks and only 3 or 4 ha...

Has anyone ever heard of old houses having wooden heat intake grates? Ours has one and apparently its "original" as what we were told by the person we bought our house from (house was built in 1900) and the previous owners who lived there since the 60s said it was there when they (who were...

Rimlocks won't lock We have rimlocks in the upstairs of our Victorian home. However with some, the key will NOT turn at all, I've opened them up and managed to free the stuck pieces and it will work, but the funny thing is, the second I put the top plate back on, they key will NOT turn, it will turn...