The Historic District

After reading most every post, I didn't see these: ...at least once per month your doorbell rings from: 1) vinyl replacement windows sales representatives, 2) one (or two) of the local vinyl siding companies. ...your most used sales catalogs, "how-to", and reference books were written befo...

Eight images can be seen here: m https://images.craigslist.org/00h0h_8QzrEyeEhmp_1200x900.jpg Nice early small pine kitchen cupboard. 27 1/2"w x 13"d (top piece) 18 1/2"d(bottom piece)x 66"h Beautiful vanish/patina, all origional, asking $225.00 or best offer I'd offer $25-30 fo...

The oldest brick sidewalk I know of is in the forecourt of an 1820 brick mansion. It is hex-shaped brick and it was laid on clay (the prevailing subsoil). The builder did not lack for $$. The porch steps are carved marble, and the porch floor is red and natural (tan-white) sandstone tiles which are...

What about a Habitat ReStore ? I don't know if they take radiators, but from what I'm to understand, they have all sorts of building supplies. We have one near here, but we haven't made time to go see what it offers yet. Our local ReStore had about 8 banks of 12 priced at $10/section ($120 ea. bank...

So... I am making financial plans for another indoor project. A tiny bathroom was added upstairs in the 1970s due to the necessity of the last family member to own the house wishing to stay sane with two teenage girls and one tiny bathroom. I need a new sink, and the toilet tank is broke so I also ...

I recall reusing a piece that had to be cut as your cabinets were. There were four issues to address to keep the piece desirably unpainted: 1) the side pieces were not cut in a perfectly straight line (there was some "wiggle" in the cut), 2) the cuts were not at the same distance from the ...

Question : Have any of you come across any documentation or field evidence that 19th Century or early 20th C. brick sidewalks were originally installed with anything other than tamped-down earth for a base? Experience : - I have come across a number of sidewalks that appeared to have a base (ie. ag...

I'm only seeing the two wires used in a Knob & Tube system. Are you suggesting one is an electrical wire and the other is something else?