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Comments (4)I have finished subflooring for customers. It is definitely an option for you. Don't replace boards, as the new will not match the existing. Instead, repair and fill missing pieces with a wood epoxy fill material. Small knots can be filled with 3M D-100 floor epoxy repair material. Best to live with the gaps and vacuum anything that settles between the planks. Large gaps can be filled, but I would recommend polyurethane backer rod first and then top that with a flexible acrylic caulk of the right color to match. Colored caulks for such work do exist, but you won't find them in the typical hardware store or big box retailer. I notice several places where cuts were apparently made to lift a plank or two to place wiring or plumbing below. It looks like they did that carefully. Some right materials combined with some skill and patience, can get you a great final result....See MoreFarm house renovation
Comments (9)this is what i read about balloon framing and insulation: Because of where you live in the cold Northeast - I'm just above you in NH - it would be a GRAVE mistake to add insulation in the wall cavity. The reason your house is still standing with no wood rot is simple. The balloon framing used in houses of that period - I lived in one back in Cincinnati, OH in the 1970's and 80's - allows water vapor that passes through the plaster and lath to be vented up into the attic of your home. Once up there, it usually was able to dissipate out gable vents or through the roofing. Many older homes had roofing material and roof sheathing that would allow lots of air to pass through them, but not rain water back into the attic. Balloon construction was probably invented to do this job as houses built without this open passageway probably developed rot in short time as the water vapor in the winter time would condense in the cavity and be unable to EVAPORATE quickly. Read this column I just posted about Vapor Barriers vs House Wraps to give you more background. If there was a way for you to install a vapor barrier to STOP the water vapor from getting into the wall cavity, then I'd say move ahead with the insulation. But I don't know of any TRUE paint-on or spray on vapor barrier that would provide enough of a seal. Im very certain I have balloon framing...See MoreSeating for Heavy Farmhouse Table
Comments (14)We just purchased a very similar table this weekend only ours has a black metal base. We are also looking at black metal chairs very similar to the one you posted. We were debating between doing four metal chairs, two on each side with two larger fabric arm chairs for the ends or a bench on one side and the metal chairs on the opposite side and ends. Husband REALLY wanted the bench because he had one growing up and I couldn't find any arm chairs I loved so we did the bench and chair combo for now. If we hate it we can always sell the bench get arm chairs and move the other chairs around....See More200 Year Old Farmhouse Renovation
Comments (12)Oh, no! I just reread your post. Please, please don’t “gut” the house. My plaster walls are beautiful. I know everyone wants to tear down to the studs, add new walls, and drywall. No! Beneath my plaster is walnut and cherry. There are no studs in this house except for the “new” bathroom added to the master bedroom many years ago. In everything we do to our house, we try to honor the Revolutionary War soldier who built it. Yes, we have indoor plumbing, electricity, dishwasher, and internet! But we’re not replacing the 200 year old windows with their spectacular wavy glass or tearing out the kitchen fireplace to make more rooms for cabinets or modernizing the charm and the history out of it. Our stair rail is short and the headroom above the doors causes anyone over six feet tall to duck. I love the radiators added in the 1927 restoration and, yes, we had to replace the gas fired boiler last year. When we bought the house, we had the electrician here so long, I thought I should be able to claim him as a dependent! But my siding is walnut and I watch the sunrise over my house as it has for over 200 years and I can walk through the woods to a tree that is on the survey dated to 1797. And your house is your family history........See MoreRelated Professionals
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