The Historic District

Well, the southern side of the house IS DONE! Once I finished the kitchen wing of that side, I moved on to the main chunk of the house. [image] https://www.thehistoricdistrict.org/gallery/image/2239/source [/image] Of course there had to be sill rot in this area, which I cut out and repaired with pr...

Phil, Yes, it is normal on many houses that had my type of siding. It goes by many names from German cove (or lap), Dutch cove (or lap) Novelty, Style 105, etc... Unlike traditional lap siding that is nailed to cover over the piece below, this siding is nailed flat against the stud with an interlock...

Phil,
I'm definitely not doing it until I need a new roof, and at that time will hopefully be installing Composite slate to mimic what was originally my roofing.

Gothichome, I managed to save a bunch of old studs of varying sizes from a house they were gutting here in town. Others will be used as floor joists for an area of the kitchen floor that needs to be rebuilt. I'm just a scavenger at heart. As my lady says, "if it's free, it's for me." Thank...

Update: I am behind schedule. (what else is new!) I'd hoped to get two sides of the house totally resided and painted this year. Alas, complications and the scale of the job mean I am just currently finishing up the first side....Painting should be finished by about October 20th. However, it's looki...

So this year I have finally gotten around to replacing my siding and scraping all other trim in an effort to make this old house look nice on the outside finally. Granted, I'm only finishing the first side as we speak, but hey...better than nothing, right? So while up on my pump jacks doing my work ...

The sills were salvaged from another local home that had it's windows replaced, but unfortunately they were too thin. I had to glue and screw some filler strips on the bottom to make them the same thickness as the others on the house. I think they'll hold up fine. I don't know what the sash will end...

It's finally happening...I received my first shipment of clapboards and lumber for trim and such, and my first job was to make two windows for what will be the laundry room and half bath...these windows will go into the wall where my current kitchen is. It took a good bit of measurement to get every...

Thanks for the compliments, it means a lot coming from fellow old house nuts. Gothichome, you are being very kind....the outside of the house looks terrible. The house needs paint....BAD. It's peeling so badly at this point, but a bigger issue is the siding itself. There have been either windows rem...

Okay, Okay, so I know it's been a long time and I promised pics of my finished dining room, I know it, and I'M SORRY. The time just kept getting away from me and it just didn't happen. So I feel an update is in order. Just before Thanksgiving 2018, I finished the next room in the house on the list, ...