Rewiring a Three Story House


We would like to rewire our house. The garden level has all new wiring, but the parlor and top floors still have the old cloth wiring. Anyone have a good LICENSED electrician? Any idea of the cost?

Categories: Electricians
By dt | 06/30/2010 10:12 PM | Comment

cobblestone


we’re looking for some cobblestone to line the edges of our front garden. Any suggestions?

Categories: Garden
By dt | 08/29/2008 10:34 PM | Comment

neighbor’s chimney causing damage


The chimney of the row house attached to ours has a compromised lining. As a result, we are getting water damage on our Parlor floor. We can also feel a hot spot on the parlor level from the neighbor’s boiler vent (which is in this chimney). The neighbor’s house also has water damage. He has been non responsive to our requests that he fix the problem. Has anyone else gone through this? What did you do to rectify the problem?

By dt | 03/04/2008 9:05 AM | Comment

sewer smell


We recently added a laundry room to the garden level of our house. A few months following this job we started noticing a sewer smell in the laundry room when the top floor shower is used. The plumber insists that he hooked up the laundry to our vent. What could be causing this? There is no smell when the laundry, garden floor bath or kitchen are used.

By dt | 02/03/2008 8:59 AM | Comment

want to change grout color


We used subway tile in our kitchen and now regret that we didn’t use a darker grout. Any suggestions on how to darken the grout so that the subway tile pops?

By dt | 09/30/2007 2:08 PM | Comment

Anyone get Anderson windows through Landmarks?


We are replacing the windows on our limestone house in a Landmarked neighborhood. We simply aren’t loving the look of Marvins. Anyone ever get Anderson windows through Landmarks? Any other good brands of all wood windows?

Categories: Windows
By dt | 09/15/2007 8:21 PM | Comment