Huh? Oh, sorry, I was busy polishing up some of the extensive quarter-sawn oak woodwork that is intact throughout our townhouse, one of the many grueling duties we Eastern BedStuy folks endure in our poor depressed "hood" if we can fit it in with the original-brass hardware polishing and quiet garden tending, etc.

(I'm sure BHO has the luxury of hired help to dust the sheetrock and Depot light fixtures in his/her $600,000 1Br in the Slope.)

I hope the 513 MacDonough buyers are reading BHO's obviously envious comments. Further cause for them to rejoice.

BTW, we get $1,300 for our top floor 1BR apt.

Posted by: CommodoreStephenDecatur at November 4, 2009 1:49 PM in response to Rate It: 513 MacDonough Street Sells for $420,000

What bunch of bozos. Probably none of you has ever been farther east than Stuyvesant Avenue, if you've been to BedStuy at all. Over here in the proposed historic district of Stuyvesant East, where 513 MacDonough is located, we have block after block of tree lined streets with mostly uninterrupted rows of owner occupied brownstones, limestones, and brick houses, (many of which have shed their corrugated sheet metal awnings in about 30 minutes); we enjoy quick access to 3 subway lines, a friendly atmosphere of active block associations, and the awesome trees of Saratoga Park. Every time somebody comes to visit and says, "wow, I never knew about this great area", we just smile. I welcome the new neighbor(s) and wish them the best in their amazing bargain of a house.

Posted by: CommodoreStephenDecatur at November 4, 2009 11:57 AM in response to Rate It: 513 MacDonough Street Sells for $420,000

A slight correction, to Dave's info: the part he's referring to is called the canopy.
Here's a fer instance: http://www.rejuvenation.com/fixshowC281/templates/selection.phtml

In the electrical world, a nipple is a shortish section of pipe with threading on both ends, if not all the way.
I thought Dave knew this stuff! :-)

Whatever you do, don't let those electricians (or any other mechanics) talk you out of your historic details. There's always a way!

Posted by: CommodoreStephenDecatur at July 23, 2009 11:33 AM in response to Question on Medallions

Build It Green is actually in Astoria. A good resource and a worthy organization, as far as I know.

http://www.bignyc.org/hoursaddressdirections

Crazy hard to park last time I was there.

Posted by: CommodoreStephenDecatur at June 28, 2009 12:30 PM in response to donating salvage items

I've been carpentering with beadboard for years. The OP's idea was the right way to go. Butt seams are a natural and expected trait of the beadboard look, so I wouldn't get worked up about making them disappear. A scarf seam will still leave slightly visible seam line anyway, and is usually used with thicker lumber, like baseboard, where the nail will go through the mitred end of both boards. The great thing about beadboard's tongue and groove system is that the two boards will remain flush to one another.
SUPER IMPORTANT: seal the backs of the wood first! (Great way to use up paint remainders.) Especially if you're using pine. it needs all the stability against humidity changes that it can get, so that you don't end up looking at opened grooves in winter, or buckling in summer.
I'm planning the same look for our kitchen ceiling; I'm glad to know is popular among renovators.
Reno

Posted by: CommodoreStephenDecatur at June 28, 2009 12:14 PM in response to Beadboard Question

I've been carpentering with beadboard for years. The OP's idea was the right way to go. Butt seams are a natural and expected trait of the beadboard look, so I wouldn't get worked up about making them disappear. A scarf seam will still leave slightly visible seam line anyway, and is usually used with thicker lumber, like baseboard, where the nail will go through the mitred end of both boards. The great thing about beadboard's tongue and groove system is that the two boards will remain flush to one another.
SUPER IMPORTANT: seal the backs of the wood first! (Great way to use up paint remainders.) Especially if you're using pine. it needs all the stability against humidity changes that it can get, so that you don't end up looking at opened grooves in winter, or buckling in summer.
I'm planning the same look for our kitchen ceiling; I'm glad to know is popular among renovators.
Reno

Posted by: CommodoreStephenDecatur at June 28, 2009 12:14 PM in response to Beadboard Question

I've avoided shopping or donating to SA for years because of their intolerant policies. Basically, if any charity is religion based, count me out. Take your stuff to Housing Works. They have a location on Montague Street. Parking (even long enough to load or unload) is incredibly difficult there; they should grow and move elsewhere in Bklyn.
And yes, I miss the big Domsey's too.

Posted by: CommodoreStephenDecatur at June 6, 2009 7:33 AM in response to Streetlevel: Flatbush Salvation Army to Close