The Historic District

Mick_VT wrote:I get my push button switches from HoH as well, worth paying extra for the premium ones. I tend to stick with original switch plates, new old stock ones from the 20s appear on ebay quite often

However everyone on ebay seems to throw away the screws.. and its hard to find flat blades.

awomanwithahammer wrote:Ooh, pretty! The buttons look like mother of pearl. Are they?

Thanks, yes they are genuine mother of pearl. iridescent at certain angles.

After debating it for ages, we finally ordered a couple of repro push button light switches and switchplates. I installed one myself today We've eyeballed some repos ourselves: [url=dea bath]dea bath[/url]. One can even dim, which I'm especially interested in for the dining room. Where did you get ...

After debating it for ages, we finally ordered a couple of repro push button light switches and switchplates. I installed one myself today

Almost all those services stink. They almost all disable hotlinking even though that's the best way to post images. Who wants to click a thumbnail to load another website and see ads everywhere?! I never liked photobucket from the start since it required having an account you coudln't just upload ra...

Jamie wrote:Finally got to work and reformatted my pictures so they will show for this reworking of an old post.

Thank you very much for posting! Much appreciated!

I did entries how I cut new window pockets & doors a few years back. https://thehistoricdistrict.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=324&start=10 Unfortunately photobucket has blocked my photos. I'll dig them up in my files and reformat them to show here on another entry.... I really hate photobuc...

Jade, unless I missed it how should Vala hold her new pocket covers in place. If you cut just a rectangle out of the casing it will fall threw. Our pocket covers are ‘V’d at the bottom to receive a corresponding V grove in the cover. The top cover is cut with a bevel to match the bevel in the casin...

really sorry you can't open the videos because they're exactly what you need and it's difficult to talk someone through it without the visuals... some windows don't have parting beads at the top...instead, they have a wider head casing...since you don't have a dado to accept the top pb, you can nai...

he youre the only one on this board who refers to me as "he" everytime... oh Im so sorry Vala. I honestly didn't know Vala was a feminine name. I've never met anyone with that name personally and it must have been bothering you a while without my knowledge. Again I'm sorry this was comple...