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Door bell or signal bell?

Trying to figure out the wiring, but it looks as though it is most likely low voltage, not line voltage.

Any chance you can follow the wiring to the other end(s)?

Welcome, just guessing on the first one but it looks like a fan speed controller or a volume controller to me. Do you have a whole house exhaust fan? A whole house sound system? Of the second group, it looks like whoever had your house was an early adopter of 'home automation' Almost everything pict...

Can't even guess without seeing the porch, the rot or the chimney... Radiator heat is wonderful, have had it in many homes. Always worth having a heating professional check the system. Please, please keep the original windows...original windows and storms are better than any new window you would def...

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If I could get a full re-roof with a metal roof for $14,000 I would already have it....looking forward to the pictures.

Personally, I would add some SPAM!!

Removing the first course of shingles and replacing with PVC or PT lumber would help. If you can re-grade the existing landscaping to lower the elevation and make sure it slopes away from the building would help too. Is the lowest course hanging over the slab or just over the diag sheathing? If conc...

Do you have access above the room? If so you can feed a load wire down the wall to the switch that connects to the ceiling box. In my 1907 house (don't know when it got electricity) I had several rooms with hot leads to the ceiling as I imagine there were not switched ceiling lights but those with p...

I had similar issues when repainting my 1907 cottage. Luckily for me the siding is shingles so I could simply re-shingle the areas around the problem trim if the trim was good. In some cases though, I just replaced the trim because the shingles were in better shape than the trim. Looks like you have...

I have hot water baseboard heat in my 1907 house. The baseboard heat is generally run along all of the exterior walls, especially under windows, so as to warm the exterior walls and heat loss areas. The baseboard heat (in my house) sticks out about 3" from the wall and, depending on your furniture a...