Archive for December, 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Continuing the restoration of window frames and hardware I talked about in my last post, this entry completes the restoration of the frame portion of the project bedroom windows with new cord on the sash weights and weatherstripping that will keep these 86-year-old windows comfortably draft-free and energy-efficient.
Sash Cord and Weights
There ...
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Old windows get a bad rap. To listen to the way replacement window marketers tell it, old windows are creaky, stubborn, lead-coated draft monsters possessing a single-minded intent to kill your monthly heating & cooling bills. The current U.S. federal tax rebates for energy efficiency are also helping push window ...
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
A few posts back, I talked about my disappointment with my progress onstripping the paint from the radiator for my bedroom project. With the radiator already partially stripped from a prior session of less-than-satisfying paint removal, I found the chemical strippers I tried either a) didn't work well, or b) ...
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
As a follow-up to my post about buying an air purifier to use in the house and my project space, here is a used filter comparison to show how well it is working.
Obviously the filter on the right is new. The filter on the left has been in continuous use ...
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
From my history resarch, I know that there was a fire in my house a few years after it was built. One fire is plenty for any house, so I have been making improvements recently to make sure fire safety here is up to snuff. Along with the new firelogs ...
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