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Hi. Every now and then a new customer will ask me about the hardware you are talking about for holding in storms and catches the window frame. They are called several different things. National hardware has them and Stanely has them. I have several hardware stores in my area of Michigan that carry t...
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I thought about asking her that Tom, but didnt only because thickness of the profile was going to be an issue if the crown is the original, it will be almost twice as thick as anything run after 1948 when they began the initial downsizing of lumber which started with millwork and eventually lead to ...
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Ive been looking for some slate siding to reside part of my home which was built in 1915. I just talked to Kendall Lumber Yard in Winona, MN. They say they carry both wavy and flat. Their phone number is 507-454- 3120.
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Mystery solved on the wood, its......... Poplar! I finally got 11 layers of paint off to find its multi-color (including green) grain. Took a sample to the lumber yard for confirmation. Now I might just make up my trim instead of pulling paint off the existing trim. Almost all of the original trim h...
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Hi, Believe it or not, there are records now that use the growth rings of the lumber and match them to the weather patterns so that you can say when a tree was growing. Having said that, I cant tell you the name of a company or service specifically. If you contact the NYS Interior Department - Offic...
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Its a different world here in California. Those types of projects will typically bleed you dry. Its important for the basic structure foundation to be sound. Then you need to decide if you want to gut-it or go with the patchwork quilt technique. If its a lathe-n-plaster type of wall, go with patchwo...
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There are several methods anyone can use to clean up or strip old hardware. These methods fall into two catagories: Wet and dry. Let me start with the WET methods: Wet methods almost always require reactive solvants. Not every solvant is some nuclear solution in a hazmat drum that will drop through ...
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We own a house that we believe was built between 1890 and 1900, in the city of Whitehall, MI. This area was a huge lumbering area, so it was a nice area for people to build homes. I have the abstract of the house from the time the US govt gave the property to some named Giles Slocum, who owned much ...
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