Thursday, March 4th, 2010
In the two months since I finished stripping the paint from the radiator for my bedroom project, I have had some time to work and reflect.
First the reflection: chemical stripping a radiator was tedious, laborious, odious, noxious; in short, a massive pain. I chose chemical stripping after determining off-site paint ...
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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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Friday, December 18th, 2009
The latest issue of The Small House Gazette, the newsletter of the Twin Cities Bungalow Club, featured an alarming story about a club member who exposed himself and his family to lead in the course of his home renovation.
A couple years ago I tested for lead paint in several places ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Of the eight intact casement windows in the house only one has its original hardware intact. That window is in the kitchen, in what used to be the breakfast nook. My last post described my successful search for vintage replacement hardware for four of the other casement windows. But before ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Work on the raised garden bed continues, but isn't finished yet. Since my last post, I have finished framing the fence rails and applied two coats of forest green solid color stain to all the new lumber. I have also begun to work on the soil improvement, though ...
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