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Post by nana on Aug 20, 2019 16:34:27 GMT -5
Which one's you? Sorry! It was just such an irresistible setup!
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Post by ronruble on Aug 25, 2019 12:31:00 GMT -5
nana -
The ugly one....
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Post by ronruble on Aug 30, 2019 15:09:34 GMT -5
I just closed on selling my cabin on the lake today. Now the major (costly) restoration will start on my new place
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Post by Chuckie on Aug 30, 2019 18:49:51 GMT -5
I just closed on selling my cabin on the lake today. Now the major (costly) restoration will start on my new place CONGRATS!!!!! Let the resto begin!!! CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by mach12 on Aug 30, 2019 21:15:44 GMT -5
I just closed on selling my cabin on the lake today. Now the major (costly) restoration will start on my new place Congratulations! Man does selling a place get frustrating sometimes. Can't wait to see what's next on your project!
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Post by ronruble on Sept 8, 2019 15:09:03 GMT -5
Restoration shocking surprise (pun intended) Electrician is coming at the end of the week to change my electric from 100 amp service to 200 amps. Because I'm changing to a new electrical box, all 120 volt breakers will need to be upgraded to arc-fault breakers (June 2019 code change). Old breakers were about $5 each but the new arc-fault breakers cost almost $50 each and I need 20 of these breakers ($950) On the lighter side (photo): The building I am restoring was 3 attached buildings built in 1920. The center building burnt down sometime in the late 1920's leaving a vacant section between the two remaining buildings In 1949-1950 a new building was constructed filling in between the buildings. The first 5 feet of the basement at the front of the building was not dug to full depth and there is a trunk of a tree remaining that grew in the vacant section from 1930 to 1950 (too much work to dig it out?). It will stay - I am going to coat it with varnish....
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Post by nana on Sept 8, 2019 15:19:57 GMT -5
I liked your post because of the idea of coating the tree trunk with varnish, not the $1000 worth of breakers! (OUCH!) Maybe carve a little wise old man face into the tree first, so you can have some company when you sit down there on your nice bamboo chair. I just think that is such a cool thing. I'm glad you're leaving it be!
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Post by pooka on Sept 9, 2019 2:01:01 GMT -5
If you can't hide something, make a feature out of it.
Those new breakers are pretty hard to swallow, but at least you know your up to date. It's rough spending all that & it's not much to look at apart from the peace of mind you wont get fried when you plug something in.
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Post by ronruble on Oct 2, 2019 7:05:10 GMT -5
Update – Moved into my new place. The last week moving was not good, I ran out of time and it became a disorganized mess , but it is done. The building is not ready to live in but I am “camped” in it; better than staying at Motel 6 plus the cat likes the new place. The last two large heavy items to be moved was the bottom half of Miss Jade and my comfortable TV watching chair - 1923 Koken barbers chair.
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Post by nana on Oct 2, 2019 17:07:55 GMT -5
The chair is cool looking but...That's what you call comfortable???
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Post by Chuckie on Oct 2, 2019 20:26:24 GMT -5
Update – Moved into my new place. The last week moving was not good, I ran out of time and it became a disorganized mess , but it is done. The building is not ready to live in but I am “camped” in it; better than staying at Motel 6 plus the cat likes the new place. The last two large heavy items to be moved was the bottom half of Miss Jade and my comfortable TV watching chair - 1923 Koken barbers chair. HOORAY!!! At least you've got your things about you, will take you awhile to get everything where you want it, but it'll soon be "home" for you and Miss Kitty!! Keep us posted on progress, and always remember we ALL LOVE PIX!! CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by ronruble on Oct 3, 2019 8:38:36 GMT -5
The chair is cool looking but...That's what you call comfortable??? Years ago when I lived in Miami AZ I went into an antique store and they had this chair for sale. I made the comment that it looks nice but I sure I would not want to sit in it for long, looks uncomfortable. The antique dealer took the coke from my hand, told me to sit in the chair and leaned the chair back. He then handed me my coke back and turned the chair around to face the TV on the wall. Well, the next day the barbers chair was sitting in my living room. Where do you think Lay-z Boy Recliner got the idea for their chair? For me, this old barbers chair is very comfortable. Wilbur the cat also likes the barbers chair.
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Post by nana on Oct 3, 2019 19:13:57 GMT -5
Well, if a cat gives it his stamp of approval, that settles it. It MUST be comfortable! Congratulations on moving in!
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Post by karitx on Oct 6, 2019 15:38:18 GMT -5
The stove and the chair look really neat, but Wilbur is my favorite!
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Post by ronruble on Oct 24, 2019 14:37:19 GMT -5
During cleaning / removing paint from the side of the 1920 building I found old business signs. The earliest being Cecil's Cafe that served plate lunches, drinks and sandwiches (1940's ?) . At a later date the name and 'plate lunches was painted over and a new business name was added, City Grill that served drinks and sandwiches. The word 'Shop' was later painted on the bricks, the first part of the business name was probably painted above it on the siding which was removed earlier. I have not been able to find any old photos of this building...yet. What I find interesting that the locals said the cafe was next door (now vacant lot), not in my building. I hope I can find some old photos showing my building in the 1920's – 1930's when part of it was a barbers shop.
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Post by nana on Oct 25, 2019 17:11:09 GMT -5
That is so cool! They are called ghost signs. The art museum up by us did a whole exhibit about all yhe ones you can see up in our region. There is something so evocative and nostalgic about them. Here is a link to a website I found about them. Th e guy seems to be a collector of sorts. Maybe you can have your sign added to his data base! www.drkenjones.com/
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Post by mach12 on Oct 25, 2019 20:49:36 GMT -5
I saw this last night but could barely keep my eyes open so thought I'd better wait to post anything. Kinda goes with that thing where they say it's better that people suspect you're a dummy than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
There's a guy in our area who paints those ghost signs for people doing a retro theme and he makes a killing at it. I wouldn't know whether I should remove them, paint over them, or leave them as-is. For a place that's going to be a museum it might be cool to have them.
That would be awesome to find some old photos!
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Post by Chuckie on Oct 25, 2019 21:29:31 GMT -5
That is so cool! They are called ghost signs. The art museum up by us did a whole exhibit about all yhe ones you can see up in our region. There is something so evocative and nostalgic about them. Here is a link to a website I found about them. Th e guy seems to be a collector of sorts. Maybe you can have your sign added to his data base! www.drkenjones.com/This is a REALLY KEWL one Monkey and I saw in Eureka Springs AR We are currently in St Cloud FL for my Auntie's 90th birthday, as Dwayner slaves away @ our house, including having to watch the DOGS!!! We have N-O shame!!! *sigh* CHEERS!! Chuckie
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Post by chipperhiker on Oct 27, 2019 23:44:57 GMT -5
Definitely a Ghost Sign. LOL
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Post by ronruble on Oct 29, 2019 12:29:15 GMT -5
The brick part of the building I am restoring was a barbers shop from 1920 until the late 1930's or early 1940's. In the back area of the original room I found a hidden trapdoor in the floor that goes down to a semi-hidden basement. This probably means that during the Prohibition (1920-1933) this was a full service barbers shop; hair cut, shave, shoe shine and you could have a drink. I now live in the city (downtown historic section) with the backside of the building facing Mossy Creek (and a train track) . Surprisingly I have deer eating grass in my backyard, wild ducks in the water and just a hundred feet down stream from the edge my property, there is a 3 to 4 foot high beaver dam. Photo looking east at Mossy Creek towards my property; beaver dam can be seen on the left. The train track is just out of view on the left side. Out my front door I am in the middle of historic downtown Jefferson City TN but out the back door it looks like I am in the country.
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Post by nana on Oct 29, 2019 16:21:30 GMT -5
That means the best of both worlds!
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Post by mach12 on Oct 29, 2019 22:47:43 GMT -5
I just looked on google earth and that looks like an awesome location. Looks like you're really close to the lake, too. Does that creek feed in to the lake or does the lake feed the creek. Man, I hope you have a good fishing pole!
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Post by karitx on Oct 30, 2019 17:06:50 GMT -5
The view from the back would have sold me on the property immediately! What a magical place!
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Post by nana on Oct 31, 2019 9:22:37 GMT -5
The password is "swordfish". Don't forget!
That looks like a nice, peaceful spot. It's good to have a little oasis of nature so close by!
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Post by ronruble on Nov 2, 2019 18:59:38 GMT -5
Insulating Concrete Blocks About 6 months ago I posted a test using Great Stuff Gaps & Cracks foam to insulate concrete blocks. I finally got around to doing it on the building – Drilling ¼ inch holes and filling the hollow areas inside of the blocks on the front of my building. The only places I did not do was under the large window which I earlier filled with Wall-Mart plastic bags as insulation, one broken/cracked block (now repaired) and two places I need to do later. Lessons learned: This stuff can be Dangerous! Always wear eye protection, heavy rubber gloves and protective clothing. I used over 30 cans of Great Stuff Gaps & Cracks and had some accidents. The plastic screw on piece that you pull to make the stuff come out of the can broke once; foam all over my hands (had heavy duty gloves on). If a drop of this foam gets on you, it is like supper glue – will not come off. Wear protective clothing so noting gets on you – I used a cheap rain suit and old shoes. One bad accident that I came out lucky, could have been very bad. I dropped a small knife that I was using to cut to plastic wrap holding the lid on the can. The knife hit one of the cans sitting on the ground and punched a hole in the side. The high pressure can through foam splattering the side of the building 7 feet away (luckily not towards me) and then landed in a box (photo). Over two hours work cleaning foam off the building. After you empty a can, put it in a plastic bag, box or drop it on the ground and leave it there for a day or two show the foam hardens. Little drops of foam keeps coming out of the can for many hours and if you pick the can up, a drop may flip on on you (I have two no hair bare spots on my arm). When getting ready to use, shake can hard for over a minute – more foam comes out and it works better When I did my test back in February, I used an old can I had sitting around and the temperature was in the 60's. When I insulated the blocks of the building I used new cans and it was in the low 80's. The foam expended more than in the test. It filled 3 to 4+ blocks, not 2 to 2 ½. The foam will keep slowly expanding for more than 24 hours and it will find holes or cracks to come out of. Photo shows a block that is next to the brick section of the building – it had a hidden hole in the back side and foam came out during the night after I was done. The only other major problem I had was one concrete block had the hole inside that was plugged opening to the next block. Large amount of foam came back out the drilled hole. I did not dare plug the hole because it might build up pressure inside the concrete block and do damage. Over all, I think I was successful, changed most of the concrete blocks from R3 to about R14.
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Post by nana on Nov 3, 2019 17:06:06 GMT -5
I am so glad it worked out for you and especially glad that in spite of a close call you didn't come to grief because of my suggestion!
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