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Hi James and Ripfish...Thanks for the info on Mortise and Tenon joints. My house seems transitional. That's to say there are some Mortise and Tenon with those pegs I referred to, some where the Lap joint pieces run Perpendicular to one another with a Peg in them and then just what looks like modern ...

The only thing is there is no Mortise or Tenon..It looks more like a lap joint. The sill was chiseled into a square pocket and a hole drilled through it in the center. The beam had been cut to fit in the pocket and a hole drilled into it that corresponded with the hole in the pocket. A peg somewhat ...

Finally got my kitchen floor and framing rebuillt All the plumbing and heating sorted. However The main support beam which runs from front of House to the rear was attached at either end Using Peg and Hole joinery. Does anyone know When this type of joinery fell out of favor? This part of my house i...

I had a few pieces of flooring that were loose in my bedroom upstairs and pulled them up to find a whole heap of sand and other debris, very fine dress makers pins, coins and playing cards from the 1950s. I asked a friend about the sand and was told that the Victorians used sand to clean the floor w...

Beer and a soft lint free cloth is good for cleaning wood and as a bonus you can always drink what you dont use.

Yuk...that`s scary crazy. Ive peaked in my `attic` ( sorry my exclamation marks dont work). Hopaefully i will never have bats
in my attic as you can not even stand up there.

Please, Please, please lift it up and put me out of my misery.

Hey now Sooth that was a "typo." I use mainly my iPhone these days
As my laptop has so many "sticky" keys. What I meant to type was1940s.
Although something from" antiquity " would be great as it would probably
Make me a tidy little sum of money.

Its 4pm here north of Belleville Ontario.,. winds gusty but not like last night. Oh boy the wind howled and moaned like a tormented soul. My son and I didn't get to sleep until 5am this morning. what with all the flapping of the stove vent in the kitchen and things blowing around outside. No damage ...

Its really windy here Just north of Belleville, Ontario. Winds are expected to get to 100klm/Hr winds around Toronto. Not to worried about the house...its stood the test of time and many storms. Mostly worried about my Doggies in the doghouse as it is not the best built building. I was out earlier t...