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Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:54 pm
by oaktree
Manalto wrote:You sure did!
Thanks, Manalto and Lily! I may have finally killed the paper wasps living on the porch last night after they went to sleep...I soaked their nest with poison and ran like heck...so I hope to install it soon!
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:17 pm
by Corsetière
oaktree wrote:I found a pretty great cast iron porch fixture!
Oh that is lovely!
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:32 pm
by awomanwithahammer
I love it! Are you replacing the one in the second picture?
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:04 am
by oaktree
awomanwithahammer wrote:I love it! Are you replacing the one in the second picture?
That's the plan! Thanks everyone!
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 8:51 pm
by Willa
I finally found/bought an antique doorbell, for a good price, and it was local, too. The casting says it was patented 1899, and it still works perfectly:
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Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:10 pm
by Lily left the valley
Willa wrote:I finally found/bought an antique doorbell, for a good price, and it was local, too. The casting says it was patented 1899, and it still works perfectly:
$_27-2.JPG
Very nice!
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:15 pm
by awomanwithahammer
Nice find, Willa! That's really beautiful.
This is what I did today. My last room's worth of plaster damage, and by far the worst.
I'm scraping paint again, but this time I know how to do it a little better. I got to the bottom of the wall and everything just crumbled. I have to take all the baseboard off, but considering how bad the plaster is, the baseboard isn't rotted like it was in the dining room. The backer boards are, however, so I'll have to replace them.
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:34 am
by Willa
awomanwithahammer wrote:
I'm scraping paint again, but this time I know how to do it a little better. I got to the bottom of the wall and everything just crumbled. I have to take all the baseboard off, but considering how bad the plaster is, the baseboard isn't rotted like it was in the dining room. The backer boards are, however, so I'll have to replace them.
Yow ! That's an unfortunate development, but fixable.
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:18 pm
by awomanwithahammer
Yeah, but the good news is, I don't have to scrape paint off that plaster!
Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:06 pm
by Lily left the valley
awomanwithahammer wrote:Yeah, but the good news is, I don't have to scrape paint off that plaster!
I have had moments like this, where what could be unhappy finding leads me to realize it might be a blessing in disguise.