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Subject: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: Neighmond Date: 06 Dec 12 - 12:25 AM I often stop in at wavyglass.org and oldhouseweb.com/forums for my old house fix.....do any of you know where there are some good old house related forums to add to my list? Cheers! Chaz |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: gnu Date: 06 Dec 12 - 04:41 AM http://www.cmhc.ca/en/index.cfm And, I recommend you don't watch TV types like Bob Vila or Mike Holmes or most of the other stuff which have to do with reno or construction or inspection. Now... I don't paint them all with the same brush. Vila's show was good when Norm or Riley (Riley? the guy missing some fingers... shows experience... just watching him hammer nails was impressive) was on it. Holmes strikes me as a self-aggrandizing loud mouth which you can be if you have lots of free money from a TV network to back it up. And, I have seen HIM do stuff that is just not right. Not yer sterotypical Canuck. |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: Rob Naylor Date: 06 Dec 12 - 05:04 AM Now what do you call an "old" house? I remember Bill Bryson writing in one of his (1980s) books that he hadn't been living in his Yorkshire village very long when he realised there were more 200 year old houses in that one village than in the whole of North America :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: gnu Date: 06 Dec 12 - 05:21 AM That's cool in my books too, Rob. I would love to visit Europe just to see such old structures and study the architecture of them, from houses to castles to canals to bridges to... |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: Henry Krinkle Date: 06 Dec 12 - 05:23 AM Mine was built in 1920. Is that old yet? =(:-( )) |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 06 Dec 12 - 08:58 AM Old is relative. My house is only 20 years old, but it's led a hard life. I'll stack the amount of work needing to be done around here against that needing to be done at a typical "old" house any day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: Newport Boy Date: 06 Dec 12 - 11:40 AM Our converted stone barn was built in 1840 and used some dressed stone from Thornbury castle (which was only partly-restored then) which the mason probably worked about 1530. The barn belonged to our former house (part of the castle estate until 1896). The house dates from about 1680 (one of the original oak windows is still in place) and was extended and upgraded in about 1800, 1850 and 1895 (and I did it again in the 1980s). My workshop is an adjacent stone barn originally constructed about 1750, probably with a thatched roof. Phil |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: Henry Krinkle Date: 06 Dec 12 - 11:47 AM Sherman burned everything up down here. =(:-( I) |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: open mike Date: 06 Dec 12 - 12:34 PM Wow, Chaz, have not heard from you for years! hope you are o.k.! |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: GUEST,CS Date: 06 Dec 12 - 12:39 PM My last house was built in the 1940's, this house was built early in the 1920's. I certainly didn't think of our last place as 'old', and nor do I think of this house as "old" either, though maybe middle-aged? |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: GUEST,mg Date: 06 Dec 12 - 01:39 PM Mine is probably not that old but it seems very well constructed..it is shaped like a windmill but probably was built in 1920s and used as a tourist cabin..there were supposedly several brought here to the area.. I like the sloped walls in the windstorms..seems to reroute the wind or whatever..hey I know..we could turn it into a windmill..also I love the painted fir floors..best kind of floor ever... No insulation and you can see the stars through some of the cracks so it gets a bit chilly in winter..and summer..but it is really cute. |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: pdq Date: 06 Dec 12 - 01:57 PM If you find a house over about 80 years old that you want to remodel, buy it but do not move in. All you really get from the original structure are outer walls, floor, framing, perhaps windows. Oh, and the original style. Have a professional crew shave all plaster off the walls (first) and then remove all lath boards. Once all the interior is clear and vacuumed clean, you can tell what needs to be done. Usually wiring, plumbing, even rebuilding winows and frames. Foundation replacement is next, then new roof sheathing and a new roof. At that point it may be possible to finish one room and live in it. Cooking and plumbing facilities essential. |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: JohnInKansas Date: 06 Dec 12 - 07:29 PM One Fewer Now %#$@!% John |
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Subject: RE: BS: All you 'catters that are in old houses From: GUEST Date: 06 Dec 12 - 08:01 PM My house? 1650 or so, heavily reconstructed in about 1880. Walls 3 feet thick, solid looking on the outside, rubble within. Damp built into the artchitecture, occasional death watch beetle. Impossible to heat. Ought to buy a Barrat home, but can't bring nyself to do it somehow. |
