When you don't have receipt they refund you lowest sale price.

Posted by: mishyj1 at November 16, 2009 12:05 PM in response to 10% off in Lowes

Great as soon as I go and purchase one you post a week too late

Posted by: mishyj1 at September 28, 2009 11:54 AM in response to GE Range For Sale

My husband is an excellent carpenter and can easily remove the mantle without damage.You can reach me at mishyjean@yahoo.com

Posted by: mishyj1 at May 19, 2009 9:03 PM in response to seeking someone to remove mantel

corner property attached on one side. 4 story brownstone dec15 to jan 15 $788.

Posted by: mishyj1 at January 28, 2009 5:52 PM in response to Cost of monthly heating?

yes 6 strips one direction then another direction.checked again theres no tongue and groove.

Posted by: mishyj1 at January 5, 2009 2:02 PM in response to Parquet wood flooring

what I meant was the strips are 2"x12" and they are nailed down. There is no tongue and groove.

Posted by: mishyj1 at January 4, 2009 12:07 PM in response to Parquet wood flooring

3200 SF, 4 Floors, Attached, Double-glazed windows less than 5 years old, basement steam pipes are fiberglass wrapped.

Last winter, our gas bill was an average
$570 a month.

This year we filled the attic with R40 blown-in roof insulation and replaced the forty-year-old gas-fired Weil-Mclain steam boiler with a smaller gas-fired Burnham steam boiler. We also lowered the night temp on the thermostat from 68F to 64F btwn midnight and 6am...

So far, the gas bill this winter is $280 a month...

Posted by: vicki_vale at January 30, 2009 2:30 PM in response to Cost of monthly heating?

National Grid sends me bills for $600 to $800 every month in the winter for a 700-foot apt in the middle floor of a row house. This has been going on for a year. I am so fed up I could scream. They already "adjusted" it many times, sent someone out who discovered the meter reading was double what it should be, and still the phony bills continue.

If they can't bill accurately, they should be shut down.

Posted by: mopar at February 1, 2009 11:31 AM in response to Cost of monthly heating?

Update for 3200 SF, 4 Floors, roof ins, new boiler etc.

The Feb 4 bill was $520, way up from last month's $280.

Posted by: vicki_vale at February 10, 2009 1:12 AM in response to Cost of monthly heating?

This posting is a joke. Nobody in their right mind would remove that awesome mantle.

Posted by: IronBalls at May 19, 2009 9:12 PM in response to seeking someone to remove mantel

Call Manny LaSalle. His name is in the archives. He'll probably buy it from you or take it out for a low cost. Maybe there is a fireplace you can swap with him, since he has a lot of fireplaces which he bought from Eddie Hibbert.
I can't believe some of the comments here. I think it is ugly too. People worship old stuff because it is old. That fireplace was ugly in 1880. So get another fireplace which fits with the house that is nice. I bought fireplace pieces from Eddie and Manny installed two marble beautiful fireplaces with cast iron grills in the style of the neighborhood in the 1880s. They are gorgeous and yes, they did not come with the house. I think it is your house and that you can improve on the original. Do whatever the hell you want. How is THAT for sacrilege?

Posted by: donatella at May 19, 2009 10:28 PM in response to seeking someone to remove mantel

are you getting rid of the tile? If so i would be willing to take the tile

Posted by: meme at May 19, 2009 11:39 PM in response to seeking someone to remove mantel

Call Manny LaSalle. His name is in the archives. He'll probably buy it from you or take it out for a low cost. Maybe there is a fireplace you can swap with him, since he has a lot of fireplaces which he bought from Eddie Hibbert.
I can't believe some of the comments here. I think it is ugly too. People worship old stuff because it is old. That fireplace was ugly in 1880. So get another fireplace which fits with the house that is nice. I bought fireplace pieces from Eddie and Manny installed two marble beautiful fireplaces with cast iron grills in the style of the neighborhood in the 1880s. They are gorgeous and yes, they did not come with the house. I think it is your house and that you can improve on the original. Do whatever the hell you want. How is THAT for sacrilege?

Posted by: donatella at May 20, 2009 12:54 AM in response to seeking someone to remove mantel

Thanks to those who offered words of support on removing the mantel! To those who think I'm crazy: I was strongly preservationist when I bought this house but living here for 12 years has changed my attitude a bit. I no longer feel enslaved to the tastes of the people who lived here over a hundred years ago. The place has SO much detail, it looks like a Victorian bordello. And it was dark and rather grim. So I've painted some woodwork (gasp!), which has made it so much more cheerful, and am now editing some of the architectural details. (For one thing, who has time to DUST all that stuff? I don't have servants like my predecessors in this house must have.) I have to live here, and if it doesn't suit me, I don't feel like I have to keep it.

Anyway--
To theklahy and the others who are interested in taking the mantel: I'm very happy to pass it along, but I was hoping to sell it for something (to pay in part for having Manny LaSalle convert the fireplace to a wood-burning one). I don't know how to contact you directly--but I can be reached at tullis at nyc dot rr dot com.

Donatella--Thanks for the suggestion about Manny--maybe he'd be willing to do a deal on the mantel and fireplace work!

Thanks for the suggestion about Manny taking it

Posted by: frabjousday at May 21, 2009 6:39 AM in response to seeking someone to remove mantel

i would be willing to buy the tiles

Posted by: meme at May 24, 2009 8:45 PM in response to seeking someone to remove mantel

Argh! Oh well. I actually had already posted previous, but nobody was interested the first time around. It is really a great convection oven. Just doesn't work with our new setup.

Posted by: sunspot19 at September 28, 2009 11:57 AM in response to GE Range For Sale