OHW

Wasn't there something in Poe's Tell Tale Heart about hiding stuff in the floor?

Sorry, Halloween is coming up...couldn't resist..

Aaron

Thanks! I feel really dumb. I was just sitting here and remembered that I have these on a window on our unfinished back porch. This is the last room we will work on. (all the supplies for the rest of the house have to go through here). I just hadn't thought about that window for a while :-) http://i...

I can't help you with a name but my parents house built in 1877 has those on the sashes in a set of bay windows where there isn't enough room between windows for sash pockets and weights. My dad got the brass plunger part out through the front some how and replaced the broken springs. He used a hamm...

We found a faucet valve seat resurfacing tool in the house when we moved in here. It has a T handle with a cutting part on the bottom and washers to keep it centered in the hole that the faucet stem screws into. Our old brass tub faucet started leaking and I found a small nick in the valve seat. A c...

After we drove a 25 ft well for use on the yard/garden I just hooked an old pitcher pump to the top of the pipe. I used it to clear the pipes of sand and dirt before hooking up the pressure tank and jet pump. I think the only other thing you would need is a foot valve on the underwater end to allow ...

Here is what I got done on the house yesterday and most likely will be working on later today. We replaced the decking last year so now it is time for the skirting. They had replaced the original wood sometime in the 30's with concrete block. Those had become so rotted that I could push a large scre...

We have the original driven well under our back porch. When city water was added in the twenty's they disconnected it. We tried to open it up to use on the yard after we moved in but weren't able to get anything out of it. I took the cap off and dropped a washer on a string down it to see if there w...

Then next guy came out today. Quoted a burnham alpine and an es2. He says we won't get the 96% efficiency out of the alpine because the return water would be too warm on account of the amount of water, the cast iron radiators and the fact it is somewhere between a gravity and pumped system. He seems...

I got the first quote back and have started breathing again. Close to 9k for install of a Weil-McClain Ultra 155. I have some more research to do and some more phone calls to make. Ouch! When the other company put the Lennox in they measured the rads and footprint of the house/windows. They also ask...

Thanks!

The first guy out here deals in peerless, burnham and triangle tube. I'll check out buderus and slant fin. I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this again for 15 to 20 years. I guess plans change

Aaron