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- Daryl
- 0 (I am in hoboken)
- 2006
- U.S. Non NYC
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Author's Posts
October 11, 2009
Mahogany Return Newel Set
Set includes newel, handrail, and ballusters. All mahogany and all stripped ready for your finish. $350.00 Email daroogle@gmail.com for more detals and pics.
September 14, 2008
For sale: Mahogany return newel set
This set is used on the parlor level leading to the staircase to the garden level. Includes newel post, hand rail and balusters. All original from Jersey City Brownstone. $350.00
March 23, 2008
Cheap/free "extra" floor tile?
Re-doing a small powder room in my cellar and need 24sqft of floor tile. If you've got that
much left over from your recent reno, send a
pic/description to daroogle@gmail.com.
January 19, 2008
Salvage oak flooring
I have about 50 sq ft of
salvaged oak flooring.
It's 2 1/4" wide and 3/4" thick. Most pieces are 6' to 8' with a few 4'. The grain varies but some are
quartersawn and lok magnificent refinished.
daroogle@gmail.com
$75 takes all.
January 8, 2008
Parlor doors for sale
The wood under the paint is nothing special. The
width of the door pair is 56". The
outside (short) side height is 94" and the
inside (long) side height is 100" (at the center arch). All (original) hardware included.
They are from a 150 yr old Hoboken brownstone
where they need to be picked up from.
Best offer.
Author's Comments
I have a few pieces from a staircase in jersey city -- original in mahogany. You need to take a photo of your existing
railing so I can eyeball to see if one or the other of the pieces I have might work. Email me at daroogle@gmail.com
Posted by: daroogle at September 9, 2009 10:07 PM in response to Curved Bannister
I installed swiftdeck floating panels on my 10' x 20' deck.
Not cheap but easy to put down. I'd recommend a good wood
preservative so that it keeps it's original color -- unless
you like the faded IPE "grey" look.
Posted by: daroogle at April 3, 2009 6:50 PM in response to Floating wooden deck/platform
PC. Right not stupid, merely mentally handicapped -- as he said
himself, Special Olympics material.
Posted by: daroogle at March 21, 2009 4:03 PM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
I have a few parts but it'd be a miracle if they'd fit.
Send me an email and I'll send you a few pics.
daroogle@gmail.com
Posted by: daroogle at February 5, 2009 8:34 PM in response to railing parts
I did this as part of my renovation 2 years ago. Basically I had the dirt dug out to the
bottom of the footing, netting me 8" of additional ht, leaving me with a 7'2" ceiling ht.
In the major reno I made sure that all pipes and ducts were located along the bearing
beam or at the far side wall. Also once the floor was poured I had the brick walls
powerwashed to get rid of paint and exposing original brick -- including all the brick piers.
Only this year did I finish the space. I installed brazilean walnut floating floor, 8" base
along the brick (to cover the ugly brick that was below grade), and a few sections
of baseboard electric heat. The reason I went electric is that the space is not used
alot --- I currently call it the NFL lounge --- and my preferred heat -- radiant --
would not be cost effective given the time it would take to bring the floor up to temp.
That being said, I wish I had gone radiant as the floor does feel cold if you spend
much time there.
One other thing I did was install a skylight as the access door in the coal chute area
the opens to the front stoop area --- so I actually get some natural light down there.
My best guestimate of the cost to date is $30K. Given that I got 700sqft of living space
it works out to $43/sq ft --- a worthwhile investment in my mind.
Next project is a small 6'x6' corner bar.
Posted by: daroogle at January 11, 2009 11:04 AM in response to Estimates for Cellar Renovations
I am the OP. In my posting haste I neglected to put
contact information. If you are interested please email
me at daroogle@gmail.com . I can also provide measurements.
Posted by: daroogle at September 15, 2008 10:16 AM in response to For sale: Mahogany return newel set
I've got a twist --- email me an I'll send you a pic[ daroogle@gmail.com ]
Posted by: daroogle at April 13, 2008 7:54 PM in response to Handrail Twist and Turn Needed
I put down wonderboard and then bought a mosaic carpet on ebay. The sucker has a zillion marble pieces and not a one came off during shipping.
More amazing --- it came from lebanon (middle east). The guy there (jagadish) even custom made
the size as my vestibule wasn't exactly the
size on ebay. I think it cost me about $375
inc shipping. All I had to do was put down
thin set, unroll it, and then the next day,
grout it. The following day I put back baseboards
and the bottom pice of my door casings.
If you are interested I can take a pic and email to you.
Check out:
Posted by: daroogle at February 22, 2008 8:39 PM in response to Seeking advice on a new tile floor
You have a ribbon newel post. If you are lucky only 3 faces of the octagon are damaged
and you can turn the bad parts so that they are less
visible. You need to remove the nut on the very
top piece and then the whole newel comes apart
section by section -- just lift up. The final piece
is the base that is chipped. Carefully remove the
toenails holding it to the riser, and then simply
turn it so the bad parts face into the stairs.
In the worst case, now that the newel is no
longer attached, you can ake it to a wood shop
and have them replace the veneer.
Posted by: daroogle at February 8, 2008 8:25 PM in response to Newel post veneer
I used 12" x 12" IPE tiles from swiftdeck.
They aren't cheap but there are some currently
on ebay for like 5% of retail. Go to swiftdeck's
website to see what they look like. You can lay them yourself as they click together.
Posted by: daroogle at February 4, 2008 9:55 PM in response to Ideas for concrete yard slab
Yes they are still available. Email me
at daroogle@gmail.com and we can talk more
details. Sigh -- I should have included my email with the original post.
Also I have the arch top trim as well --- but
not the matching legs.
Posted by: daroogle at January 10, 2008 7:03 PM in response to Parlor doors for sale
Responses to Author's Forum Comments
Why do everyone keep saying socialist!!! I was born and grew up in a socialist country and trust me we are no where near being a socialist country.... America is the greatest place in the world....I don't think the average person have a clue at what living under Socialism is all about ... Stop saying we're going Socialist.....
Posted by: PC at March 22, 2009 8:31 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
PC:
Couldn't agree more. The socialism charge is really just to scare people who don't know what socialism actually is into believing the Rebublican's lies.
Balls:
Not sure exactly what economics playbook you're working off, but you've pretty much got it completely wrong. It's your kind of thinking exactly that has driven America to the ditch that were in today.
Posted by: SJ at March 22, 2009 8:59 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
Iron Balls,
FYI, I actually happen to work in finance. I have no issues with companies highly compensating their best employees. My issues stem from compensation packages paid with
tax-payers dollars.
Many financial institutions claimed that they needed financial help from the government in order to stay afloat.
What people seem to forget is that if any of these financial companies had ceased to exist, there would be NO monies to compensate any of these employees.
There are several companies that refused bailout money and are not subject to the rules being imposed by government. If any financial institution does not like the heavy taxes being levied by government, they should return all tax dollars to congress and pay there employees whatever they want. They cannot have their cake and eat it too.
Posted by: iheartbrooklyn at March 22, 2009 9:41 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
IronBalls - I do not think this law will do anything. For example if I work for a firm in subject and government asks 90% in taxes, I will ask the firm to take my bonus back. Who cares - I will not see these money one way or another. But in a little while (when the law expires) the firm might want to give me something again. Why anybody in its right mind will throw whole bonus to the government?
as for the remarks about "foolish president": I far as you can see Obama actually tries to slow down this stupid bill. Republicans and democrats in the house try to show to their voters something and create this bill.
And finally AIG was stupid. They did not understand systematic risk in CDS insurance. They combined entities with low systematic risk (i.e. life insurance) and the entity with high systematic risk (the financial products). This is clear violation of life insurance contracts they created. In other words if I have life insurance with AIG, I expect this entity to have enough money to cover it. If they combined entities, they as well combined risks. It means that if "Financial Products" will go under, then it will pull my life insurance as well. I am not sure what kind of "top talent" they are talking about. This is pretty simple issue and any executive must see it... as well as regulators.
Besides 165MM bonus for 450 people is 300K/person - not that a big deal.
I am not associated with AIG
Posted by: bobjohn at March 22, 2009 1:32 PM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
iheart,
Again, I understand where you're coming from, but you can't have your cake (saving AIG and other large financial institutions) and eat it too (retain top employees while paying them far less than they could earn working elsewhere).
I'm against all the bailouts and believe bankruptcy would have been a more efficient route to eventual economic recovery, but since the effort was made and so many billions of tax payer dollars were put up to "save" these companies, I can't see why spending a few hundred million dollars (a small fraction of the total aid package) to retain the best people is a bad idea.
Posted by: IronBalls at March 23, 2009 6:26 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
Maybe campaign contributions from the companies who received bailout money should also be taxed. Check out all the top dem's who received money from AIG...
Posted by: pig three at March 23, 2009 7:36 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
oh dear....manufactured outrage is the worst kind...
Posted by: the chicken at March 23, 2009 8:54 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
It's too funny to read Democrats and Republicans square off against each other, as if there's any difference. Neither of these crime families, I mean, political parties, is innocent in the debacle, nor are all the idiots, of all income levels, who lived beyond their means for the past decade.
Posted by: pjsubway at March 23, 2009 9:21 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
I really wish people who comment on economics had even a cursory understanding of the field. I feel like I've been listening to plumbers pontificate on heart surgery lately.
Posted by: byndcivilization at March 23, 2009 10:46 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
ironballs- we are not going "socialist", our President is not a socialist, and as far as "Do you really think the best talent will work for peanuts and lemonade?"- they should because all that best talent was too stupid to prevent this mess. In fact, they helped create it.
As someone in one of those big firms said, claiming that money is needed to keep top talent is bs. where are they going to go in this economic market? They'll be thrilled to keep the job they have.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 23, 2009 10:59 AM in response to New Bonus Taxes will Slam us!
hi
Can you email the dimensions to daroogle@gmail.com
thanks.
Posted by: daroogle at October 2, 2009 9:54 PM in response to Electric Fireplace