Yes I had replacement corbels built when we rebuilt our bay window by Omar at Artistic Woodcrafts. His pohone number is 646-541-3409. Tell him Hamish sent you.

Posted by: hc at November 6, 2009 8:59 AM in response to Wooden Cornice Ornaments

I always like the opportunity to recommend Phils A/C. He did an great job at our place and was a standout contractor, really easy to work with in the face of needing to reuse some exiting system components, professional and competative pricing against other quotes we got at the time. His number is 347 729 9869.

Posted by: hc at September 11, 2009 3:39 PM in response to A/C Guru Wanted

What a hilarious situation, you should write a book. Answer to that one is easy, sell your share of the house and get the hell out of there.

Posted by: hc at September 5, 2009 8:44 AM in response to Two Owner Question

I have a small powerwasher you can rent for $50, that will blow it off in an hour, and won't damage bricks as mentioned above.

Posted by: hc at May 13, 2009 12:52 PM in response to Removing Moss from Brick Patio

We adopted a slightly modified approach after much consideration. We utilized the existing heating ductwork for the bottom two floors and installed high velocity ductwork in the top two floors. It gets less effective to push the A/C through the heating ductwork the further you are away from the unit if the ducts are not effectivey sized for A/C, and we were advised that it would not serve the top floors efficiently. So this hybrid approach gave us a solution that for us was the best of both worlds, because the demo is not as considerable as a completly new system, the number of zones is increased and 1/2 the existing system is utilized for A/C. We are very happy with our result and we used Phils Air Conditioning.

Posted by: hc at May 7, 2009 6:41 PM in response to central a/c with forced hot air

Yes I am interested in the more advanced class. Please let me know the details.

Posted by: hc at April 28, 2009 7:27 PM in response to Looking for woodworking classes?

Yes good question, I see a lot of people getting into this trouble....I recommend that you get an architect and a good GC, surround yourself with plenty of consultants and pay them a lot of money. Could also be trouble getting through the DOB so fill out a lot of forms.
Was it an existing overhang or is it new? For information, if the overhang has been there for 15 years it is considered grandfather'd in....

Posted by: hc at April 17, 2009 6:03 PM in response to overhang

We also used Phil's A/C, he did a great job utilizing some existing system elements in our building and incorporating a blend of traditional forced air and high velocity systems to achieve a great result. We are very happy to recommend him as nothing was too much trouble and he was always creative when we uncovered a difficulty, which is guaranteed in these old buildings. Also we competitvely bid the work to more than 3 companies and his price was not the cheapest but very close. One of our best contractors in a full renovation.

Posted by: hc at March 10, 2009 6:08 PM in response to HVAC Contractors

I second Omar, he did our front doors restoration, and also a lot of other specialist woodworking aroiund the house. He's great to deal with.

Posted by: hc at March 6, 2009 5:17 PM in response to Front Doors

We used Juan, very reliable, reasonable prices, I would be happy to show you photos or in person the work at our house. He did bluestone paving throughout the whole back yard and lots of misc yard cleanup and masonry work. His number is 646 761 5676.

Posted by: hc at February 13, 2009 6:34 PM in response to Backyard Help!

Yes I used Joe recently for a steel deck at the back of our house. His price was good, and he did what he said he was going to do, helpful in working on the design, also built us a new front fence which turned out nice.

I thought he did a pretty good job. A couple of the welding details were a little rough but all in all I am happy with his work and I would use him again.

Posted by: hc at December 25, 2008 4:19 PM in response to Etnea Metal Works

Try Phils AC, he did our brownstone and we are very happy with him. His number is (718) 477-0081.

I would be happy to discuss the details of our installation further, it was quite complex in terms of needing to reuse some of the existing and inadequate forced air system ductwork. So plenty of trouble shooting to identify problems from that aspect and fixing them.

New system was a combination of traditional forced air in basement and parlor, and high velocity system in the top two floors.

Posted by: hc at July 10, 2008 2:07 PM in response to Central Air repair

Keep u p the goodwork green roof guy, learning a lot from your post, and excited to continue to see it unfold. Yes any information you can provide on costs would be appreciated, so we can alo start planning our green roof.

Posted by: hc at March 16, 2008 3:31 PM in response to Judgement Day . . . Maybe

I would also reommend artistic woodcrafts, they did my front door and we love it. Omar is a great guy, his number is 646 541 3409.
Tell him Hamish sent you.

Posted by: hc at February 1, 2008 12:13 PM in response to Door Replacement

Call Joe at Jams security his number is 347 661 0019. He did our house. My name is Hamish and my number is 347 689 2943.

Posted by: hc at January 25, 2008 4:41 PM in response to In Need of Intercom Repair

thank you all for your suggestions. hc your solution sounds like it might work well for me. where is phils a/c?

Posted by: noplacelikehome at May 7, 2009 8:29 PM in response to central a/c with forced hot air

I have a separate roof unit too. Most of the summer I can use just it for the whole house. I turn on the unit for the bottom floor only when we're really having dog days or if I have a lot of people over.

Posted by: Arkady at May 8, 2009 9:49 AM in response to central a/c with forced hot air

I have a house upstate and same vents for the a/c and heating. (and the registers are on the floor). Works quite well. If need more circulation with either heat or a/c just use ceiling fan.

Posted by: Petebklyn at May 8, 2009 2:01 PM in response to central a/c with forced hot air

Although I'm a usually a big supporter of power-washers, this is a situation where the washer would blow-out the sand between the bricks, creating a mess and something else to fix. The bleach solution works quite well and isn't as harmful to your garden as you would think, but try to keep it just in the area you want to de-moss. Use a stiff push-broom first to remove larger moss growths, bleach the area, wait about 30 minutes and then re-brush to remove moss remnants. Rinse the area after. Doing this once a year should keep the moss to a minimum.

Posted by: brikenny at May 14, 2009 4:11 PM in response to Removing Moss from Brick Patio

!1 Use sawdust and a stiff broom.
2 sweep briskly to pull out excess.
3 sweep in the baking soda.
then power wash,
keep sawdust to absorb the moisture. repeat baking soda as needed on a weekly basis good luck Keep it dry! the only thing that kills moss is lack of moisture

Posted by: meme at May 22, 2009 12:53 AM in response to Removing Moss from Brick Patio

I don't live in Brooklyn but I do know moss as I live in Oregon. The sand has nothing to do with letting the moss grow. Moss doesn't grow in sand. I have a large agragate (not sure of the spelling here) concrete patio and the moss is about a half inch thick in places. It's not the slimey kind of moss but the stuff that grows in the forest.I remove it but then I forget about it and it comes back.

Posted by: DianaForester at May 24, 2009 10:29 AM in response to Removing Moss from Brick Patio

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Posted by: rmmierzwa at May 27, 2009 9:08 AM in response to Looking for woodworking classes?

The police won't do anything. Once you explain and show the bills and what not. It's a civil matter and to complicated for them to sort out.

Posted by: modsquad at September 5, 2009 8:52 AM in response to Two Owner Question

"too complicated" also.

Posted by: modsquad at September 5, 2009 10:17 AM in response to Two Owner Question

Did your father and your uncle (his brother?) have a written, signed document governing their ownership? Did your father discuss in advance or even notify your uncle that he was assigning his portion of ownership? Whose names are on the title? How was your father's "half" signed over to you? Sounds like you need the services of a mediator and one (or several) attorneys.

Posted by: vinca at September 5, 2009 10:30 AM in response to Two Owner Question