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Free Cast Iron Clawfoot Tub -Sun
Just call me and pick it up. It’s in great shape and has 4 legs and a working orginal (?) faucet… no chips! come get it.
The tub is in tribeca and there is an elevator and a ramp… email me nadineiscooler(at)yahoo.com
01/30/2010 7:23 PM
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Windows We Are
I’ve been fixing my house on Downing Street (no comments please for overpaying, etc.) for about 4 months now and I’ve used a bunch of people off this board– and I just wanted to give a shout out to Windows We Are, in Bay Ridge.
Scott really was a trooper, guiding me through the landmark wood window options (I eventually used Colby in the front & Trimline in the back), he completely dealt with Landmarks, and the best part was he gave me an awesome deal– much better than the two other companies from which we got estimates.
Their installation guys were awesome, and they put up with all my requests for green products including denim insulation and no voc caulk.
I’m not yet living in my part of the house, (still doing painting) but yesterday I rented my garden apartment and I found myself showing off the wood windows… and while I never considered Downing a noisy block (besides recess time, of course), when we closed the windows there was this erie silence. It was really awesome!
Thanks to everyone for posting their info, it really helped us out!
09/23/2009 6:27 PM
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What to Apply after Stripping?
We stripped all the window and door encasements and floor moldings of our brownstone and really like how it looks now (we used peelaway for half and the silent paint remover for the rest). It is mostly wood (about six different kinds, actually) and parts where you can see the 9 million colors it was ever painted.
But now we want to coat it with something to preserve it, without making the wood darker. Does anyone have any suggestions for what product to use? We’re interested in it being a low/no VOC material and hopefully a flat/matte finish. Someone suggested Waterlox which seems ok in the flat/non staining department but it seems pretty toxic. I’m hoping to find another solution.
We definitely want to seal those paint chips in (lead paint) — but if possible, we want it to look kind of raw/ and hate to use the term, but “shabby chic” …
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
07/01/2009 1:43 PM
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need help getting window gates
Hi,
So our permit for new landmark windows ALMOST came through in just 10 days!!! BUT we were just informed that we need to take off the window gates on the parlor level of our brownstone bc they are not original– Anyone know anyone selling period gates or reproductions or know how much this costs? Any help would be appreciated!
05/31/2009 11:32 PM
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need help cutting down trees
don’t let the title fool you, I’m not cutting them down completely, just trying to prune a few large, seemingly lifeless (and dangerous) looking branches off a very large and old tree. Does anyone have a reasonable arborealist? or an idea how to proceed? My contractor wants to do it himself but I am wary….
05/15/2009 8:18 AM
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Lead in the Bathtub
Hi,
So I had the potential 2 family brownstone thoroughly tested for Lead yesterday –since we have a toddler– and while I was expecting lead on the woodwork, I was shocked to find the highest reading in the whole house to be the inside of the beautiful cast iron clawfoot tub!!!
Now I have to find a replacement tub that looks old– anyone have experience with this– do all these old tubs have lead in the porcelain? It doesn’t look like it’s been refinished…
Is there any other free-standing, NON-tacky, non acrylic options?
Besides the 20k urban archaeology versions… ?
01/28/2009 9:48 PM
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Brownstone inspector
Hi, anyone have the name of a great respected pre-sale inspector. We are looking to someone to give the house a once over, any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
01/19/2009 12:21 PM
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cara
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