OHW

She's a beaut, love the windows in the eaves/facia area, never seen that before.

Kurt

I'm surprised it was never converted to oil or gas which was common. Many of these old things would eventually crack in the phlenom dome creating a Co2 safety issue. They were purely convection heat but worked remarkably well. Typically had HUGE duct work to transfer the heated air without blowers. ...

JRC,

Were the original porch boards 5/4?? i thought they were still 3/4 back then but I honestly haven't paid much attention to that. Are your boards tongue and groove?

Kurt

Sometimes dreams can come true. How much are you willing to give for a wall mount rack unit? I just removed one here at work, it's probably 3 ft tall. It's dirty but just hose it off.
I'll have to make sure it hasn't been tossed yet but...
It's yours if you want to pay for the shipping.

Kurt

I watched a HGTV show one time where they removed the popcorn by spraying down the ceiling with water and letting it soak. They then just used a 6" scraper and removed the popcorn finish, it came right off. IIRC they lightly sanded the ceiling to open up the painted finish to allow the water to soak...

They're selling off some pretty cool bathrooms out of an 20's house. $300 per!

http://murco.net/auctions.php

If you want the paint to breathe, which I agree it should, then I would look into Lime paint.

Kurt

Very nice, are those considered brownstones in Philly?

Kurt

I have a large chimney too but I admit I've never tried my coverage on the back side of it. But... My whole house is stone with 14" walls, my router is in the den which was i'm sure a kitchen addon. The den is outside of the stone walls, my router to my LR goes through 2 stone walls. I doubt I get c...

Wow that's a beautiful job on that porch. I'm sure you've thought of it but I'd be tempted to replace the lower lattice work with your beautiful Ballister design.

Kurt