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Just moved into a new house built in the late 60s in central MN. Any idea what this thing behind the door was?? Its definitely broken and the space in this is trash, so it'd be cool to find a replacement - assuming its useful lol Also, it was cleaned, I thought those were dust marks - its stained that way?? Maybe its a trash paint job... it was a smokers house, we had to wash all the walls and…
We had an electrician replace knob and tube in our house, and he was going to rewire the light in our dining room. He didn’t initially realize there was a vent right next to where the wire was going to be run, and tried to drill two holes that went diagonally through the joist and into the bottom of the stud. Is this failed attempt something I should worry about down the road? submitted by…
Millersburg Ohio, USA submitted by /u/Ok_Listen_Natura [link] [comments]
When we started on the bathroom, we found out just how much work this $8,000 house was going to need. The floor was completely rotted, and the floor joists needed to be replaced. So I started there and rebuilt the room from the floor up. New joists. New studs in the walls. New flooring. New plumbing, which meant cutting out the old cast-iron pipes. New tub and fixtures. And then came one of my…
We've had efflorescence on our brick facade for a while, as well as some brick crumbling visibly behind our cornice--and I suspect that it's caused by an issue with this "Yankee gutter", which channels rainwater from one side to the other and into a downspout. I've attached a bunch of images. There's definitely a rusted out gutter box on one side which needs to be fixed. Many roofing/gutter…
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It is in a historic area (designated). I also see it has this right by the porch. How bad would this be to fix? Would the porch need to be removed or redone (likely)? House has been neglected. I have some funds to fix it. submitted by /u/Ok_Luck_1098 [link] [comments]
This small compartment is inside a lower kitchen cabinet of a 100 year old home. We recently bought this home and are in the middle of renovations when we discovered this hole. The wall that the hole is on is an outside wall (meaning the wall is not a partition with another room on the other side. The other side of the wall is the outside). So we thought it could be a milk box, but we see another…
First-time homeowner here with a 1905 house that I genuinely love, but sometimes the old-house anxiety absolutely eats me alive. We’ve lived here for several years now, and the house is sturdy, but I’m getting ready to paint and do more cosmetic work and suddenly I’m noticing everything . Original plaster with hairline cracks radiating from windows and corners, a crack over the front door that…
I am looking to find the most historically accurate shutter style for our home, built in 1920. Research suggests that shutters with design cutouts were all the rage but I can't seem to find a definitive answer (perhaps there isn't one) on the particular style of shutter that was most often used during this period. I would call our home either cottage or bungalow style. We are about to undergo a…
