The Historic District

Stain vs. paint probably depends on the era. In Mass. we still have some first period (1600s), along with a fair number colonial (1700s), federal (1780-1820) and Greek Revival (1820-civil war) era houses. You don't typically see stained woodwork in homes pre-Civil war, its either painted or if the f...

Thanks for the feedback. Glad to hear Im not the first to ever see this. These windows I suspect are very late replacements. I had thought they where 60s/70s- ish like the other first floor windows but they may be even later. These are aluminum track, and the sash have factory printing on the ends t...

So after a late start this year Im finally on to another rooms worth of window glazing. For a refresher Ive been working on the first floor the last couple years and these are mostly late single pane replacements with aluminum tracks... Anyway, the windows in this room are especially odd. First off,...

Back to the first photo... what the heck was that contractor doing? Attaching the casings with framing nails????

Oh no.. they stepped up their game.

I am now getting my email box hit with PM notices!!! from spammers on WG. Ugh!


I have to go back their and see if I can disable all notifications before I get flooded. I wish I could just remove the account.

Warning to all WG transplants.

Yeah, I certainly hope you can get a couple years out of it. I used less than half the new tub I bought last year and have been putting off starting on the next room this summer due to this insane heat and drought.

working the heat gun wearing a respirator in a 90F garage

My wife makes a homemade weedkiller, its just a mix of vinegar and saltwater.


Its VERY effective, in fact it will kill stuff that round up won't. Just have to be careful to keep it away from the lawn and desirable plants.

Thanks. Yes this one surprised us as there was not outward sign of rot and the tree leafs out healthy every year. We did have a couple other obviously rotten trees that we had cut proactively, but it figures its the one you didn't expect that falls!! The end result should be nice - the roofers did a...

Yeah, the tree scared the $#(*&$(@ out of us. Happened the week before my birthday on that Sunday morning we had the freak snow here in Boston - right about 8am while my wife was 10 feet away in the kitchen making the kids waffles. Tree is almost 70ft tall and turned out to be completely rotten ...

Gosh!!! thanks all... I have been so swmped lately I didnt even get on here to notice

If you wonder where Ive been, well.....