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So we're remodeling the bathrooom, as it was an atrocity, and we are using unfinished hex tiles. They're completely flat, no bevel, and are made to be historically accurate. Should the grout be even with the tile? Or should the tile still be raised slightly? I feel like it should be flush, but I'm n...

Daniel Meyer wrote:I think you've just got to hook that up to a trap door instead of the front door!

I agree wholeheartedly.
Along with a pull chain to dump a bucket of water on solicitors! I think we're on to something.

it IS a speaking tube, we have one in our current place. The speaker no longer works, but amazingly, the buzzer that is part of the speaker box works! I think the door level thingy is a possibility, but the speaker box may not be as I think the outside box is gone. The place is in beautiful conditio...

We're having a few local handymen come and look at it that we worked with on our previous home, hopefully they will know how to work it. It's a 3 unit building with separate doors for each unit, very common in San Francisco. I don't have any of the measurements yet, but we'll have the keys on Friday...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the proper era for this question as it may have been added after it was built, but I figured I'd try here first just in case it was original! I have just purchased a top floor unit built in the 1890s and there is a lever at the top of the stairs coming out of the wall. I ...