The Historic District

I'll add this from my experience: Keep a moisture meter handy, esp. if you use any water or if an unexpected rain dampens the wood before you got to prime it. Never prep more area than you can prime the same day. When you scrape and feather/sand into the unscraped areas, that transition from paint t...

Rebuilt, stripped, reglazed windows. Painted in and out with oil paint Added cheap plastic V-weatherstripping, and rubber EPDM as needed, have existing triple-track storms and added wood venetian blinds and drapes. Surprisingly warm, and having operable windows is also great.
Casey

I bought a new video camera and recorded/ uploaded 6 christmas carols, which are going out of season, so hurry!
www.youtube.com/user/MasonHamlinOrgans
Casey

I remembered a hint: keep it dry; if stacked glass becomes infiltrated by water, it can suffer "glass rot" a kind of chemical etching caused by some bacterial action. I came across a huge stock of greenhouse glass that had been crated decades earlier and most all of it was ruined by glass ...

Hi, If it has a rabetted jamb, I would plane it (with a rabbet plane; worth owning) so the door closes evenly even with the warp; if the doorstop is applied molding, then remove it and re-apply allowing for the warpiness. Casey Depending on the warp, that might cause the door to close past 0 degree...

Hi,
If it has a rabetted jamb, I would plane it (with a rabbet plane; worth owning) so the door closes evenly even with the warp; if the doorstop is applied molding, then remove it and re-apply allowing for the warpiness.
Casey

Hip-roof porch with a gabled pediment .
Casey

That's awesome. Now you can have bb gun practice.
Casey

shazapple wrote:Very nice album! Love your kitchen. Where did you get the door hardware for your front (?) door?

Hi,
Thanks; found it on ebay at a very good price; the real hardware collecting hounds must have taken that week off.
Casey

Hope everybody made the trip OK I'm adding this link to my photobucket. Everything I do at home or work is basically there. The main album and the albums entitled "Renovation" and "other rooms" are my own house "Old work" and "Work Projects" are jobs I have do...