Paint color that resembles wood
There are about 4 layers of paint on the stairs in my 100-year-old house, the last color being deck gray. The stairs are sturdy so no need to repl...
There are about 4 layers of paint on the stairs in my 100-year-old house, the last color being deck gray. The stairs are sturdy so no need to repl...
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ViewsThe kitchen in our 100+ year old house here in New England is an addition. No basement, just a rock foundation/crawl space that doesn't keep out t...
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ViewsHi, My daughter is looking at buying a 1920s home in Tampa. Don't know what the foundation is, would assume it is up on blocks or something like t...
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ViewsWe don't have gutters, the icicles are just hanging off the edge of the roof. Don't know if that makes a difference. jkathlj
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ViewsI hope this is the right board to post this question. As we were digging out from under snow once again here the northeast my husband and I looked...
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ViewsWe live near Boston. That sounds kind of tricky for up here. We were wondering about some way of insulating the pipe or keeping it warm. Thank...
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ViewsWe live in an old house with a main structure, a kitchen addition, and then another "area" before the barn. We plan to turn this "area" into a stu...
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ViewsSorry for the lack of info. We have forced hot water heat. There is a boiler in the basement that heats both the water that runs in the loop insi...
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ViewsOK, we're getting closer to a new heating system in our 100 year old house, or so we thought. Now for the latest problem. Our basement does not h...
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ViewsWe are getting ready to purchase and have installed a new forced hot water baseboard heating system. I read somewhere that one should look for eff...
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ViewsWill be buying a new heating system this summer and I need some advice. Our heat is forced hot water fuled by oil. At one point the hot water he...
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ViewsHello all, Does anyone know where one can buy just a small amount of hardwood flooring, no more than one bundle? Most places want you to buy a ...
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ViewsGreetings from the waterlogged Boston area. We've been in our house six months now, and through all the rain of last fall and snowmelt this year w...
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ViewsWe have lots of moldings and a staircase that need to be stripped of 80 years of paint. Obviously we don't want to take it down and outside, and o...
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ViewsGreetings from New Hampshire - the coldest place on earth according to the weatherman. We recently bought a 100 year old house with a forced hot w...
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ViewsMy husband and I recently purchased his grandfather's house. We want to refinish the random width pine floor in the master bedroom. It has at lea...
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ViewsHi, We recently bought an 80 year old house that belonged to my husband's grandfather. What do we do about uneven floors? Our bedroom has nice wi...
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