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restorationcontractor
in Insulation 13 years and 7 months ago
Spray foam insulation contractor recommendations
Can anyone recommend any contractors they have used and were happy with?
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chariset
in Cleaning and Maid Services 13 years and 7 months ago
Post renovation cleaning
Can anyone recommend a cleaning service for post renovation, pre move in, cleaning. It is for a studio apartment, so I think it would be…
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Inquisigal2
in Duct Cleaning 13 years and 7 months ago
Forced air duct cleaners?
I have forced air heating in my 3-story brownstone. Since we did a pretty intense reno, there’s a lot of construction debris in the vents…
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gavolivia
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 7 months ago
Lead Water Main Replacement
Hi, We have a Lead water main coming into our brownstone from the street. Has anyone had any experience replacing this ? Is it even…
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gavolivia
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 7 months ago
Lead Water Main Replacement
Hi, We have a Lead water main coming into our brownstone from the street. Has anyone had any experience replacing this ? Is it even…
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GBanner
in Co-Op Related 13 years and 7 months ago
Assessment paid by only one shareholder
Is it possible for a coop to levy an assessment for repairs to a shareholder’s unit, and then to charge that shareholder only a monthly basis…
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msstarla8
in Real Estate - Rentals 13 years and 7 months ago
Rental Process at Forte Condominiums
Can anyone provide guidance on the condo review board process for renting a unit from an owner at Forte Condominiums in Fort Greene? Is it…
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GBanner
in Masonry 13 years and 7 months ago
French Drain in backyard necessary?
I’ve been having some leakage in the backyard of my house – when there are heavy rains, the ground gets sodden, and the basement wall…
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winnipegal
in Brownstoner 13 years and 7 months ago
What do the Forum's new 'Expanded' and 'List' view buttons do?
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4ea632e88c3c5-.png The Forum has a new feature where you can toggle between an expanded, blog style view, and a condenced, list style view. Each has…
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Bar
in Building Code 13 years and 7 months ago
Does any one know the building code re legality of large chicken coop close to back property line?
Our neighbors have a large chicken coop and moved it close to our back property line. It is a wood and screen structure – I’m…
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slopecat
in Agents and Brokers 13 years and 7 months ago
Some insights on selling in Park Slope based on our recent experience
We recently sold our co-op apartment and moved upstate for my husband’s job. I thought forum readers might be interested in hearing about our experience…
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starfish11040
in Plumbers and Plumbing 13 years and 7 months ago
need help detecting the source of a bathroom ceiling leak
This morning, quite a bit of water came down through a tenant’s bathroom ceiling. It seemed to coincide with the upstairs tenant, whose bathroom is…
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xistent
in Flooring 13 years and 7 months ago
Floating Wood Floor Repair Solutions?
We are considering 2 different approaches to eliminate the hollow, spongy spots on the installed engineered floating floor as we are not going to remove…
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bobjohn
in Quality of Life 13 years and 7 months ago
how to rid of a bum?
While all the bleeding hearts are occuping the Liberty Plaza, I need to ask a question. Latelly a bum moved to next block and spend…
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arnaudg
in Construction 13 years and 7 months ago
Building is shaking
Hello everybody, I leave in a brownstone on 14th street in Manhattan. the building shakes quite a lot when a truck/bus is passing and I…
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GBanner
in Co-Op Related 13 years and 7 months ago
Assessment paid by only one shareholder
Is it possible for a coop to levy an assessment for repairs to a shareholder’s unit, and then to charge that shareholder only a monthly basis…
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xistent
in Flooring 13 years and 7 months ago
Floating Wood Floor Repair Solutions?
We are considering 2 different approaches to eliminate the hollow, spongy spots on the installed engineered floating floor as we are not going to remove…
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esther
in Brownstoner 13 years and 7 months ago
Title Survey
Hello, I am looking for a title surveryor to do a title survey for my property. Please send me a not if you know anyone.…
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