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newinhh
in Insulation 13 years and 1 month ago
Hydronic radiant heat and solar evacuated tubes
I am renovating a Harlem brownstone and am looking into radiant heat and solar tubes. I am having trouble even locating people who could give…
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jland
in Electricians 13 years and 1 month ago
Is Citi Wide Electric still in business?
We had them do some work in our Brownstone a few years ago, and now we need something attended to. Been leaving messages since the…
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mimimimi
in DIY 13 years and 1 month ago
working with contractor if we want to do some work ourselves
My husband and I are planning to redo our kitchen and bathroom. We are pretty handy and can do some of the work ourselves but…
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bubu
in Tile 13 years and 7 months ago
Bathroom tile installer needed
80-100 subway tile need to be installed in my bathroom. Please share professinal, reasonable tile installer asap. thanks
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andersoncm
in Co-Op Related 13 years and 1 month ago
Property Management
Hi- I am looking for an excellent yet affordable company to manage my small co-op. Does anyone have a company to recommend? Or, the converse,…
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keal66
in Co-Op Related 13 years and 1 month ago
New home sales in Stuyvesant Heights neighborhood
Anyone knows what are the current trend on home sales in _Stuyvesant Heights_ neighborhood?
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mag
in Insulation 13 years and 1 month ago
Property Tax Reassessment After Adding Extension
We are very tempted to put an extension to the back of our building, two floors (small brownstone, not landmarked). Of course we would use…
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jeanmarine2
in Decks and Porches 13 years and 1 month ago
Non-Combustible Deck - Materials and Pricing/ plus terrace materials
Any thoughts on non-combustible deck materials for a legal 3-family with a deck being built off a pretty high parlor floor (in front it’s a…
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keenermania
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 6 months ago
Tile Recommendation Mentor of Altina Tile Care
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/50745688a9a52-.jpg We just finished re-doing the upstairs bathroom of our house on Sherman Street in Windsor Terrace and we’d like to recommend Mentor Frangu of…
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msre
in Tile 13 years and 3 months ago
Seeking excellent tile installer
Our bathroom renovation has been delayed, and now my contractor’s highly recommended tile guy is unavailable. We are using Subway Ceramics 3×6 tile which are…
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wanderer
in Building Code 13 years and 1 month ago
Are a kitchen and full bath below grade in a 2-fam used as a 1-fam always a code violation?
House is a 2-fam used as a 1-fam. Kitchen + one full bathroom are in an extension of the main building, on the lowest floor…
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wanderer
in Building Code 13 years and 1 month ago
Buying with an illegal space and maybe further violations?
We just got an offer accepted on a Brooklyn townhouse, but it has some issues and we are not sure what to think of them. We…
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deano
in Plumbers and Plumbing 13 years and 1 month ago
rust in my hot water?
I have two 50 gallon generic gas heaters, age unknown, for some reason plumbed in series (not the usual parallel). No leaks, still functioning normally.…
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bocuckoo
in Sidewalks 13 years and 1 month ago
Does anyone in the community have rec's for a backyard shed builder?
Pretty simple design. ~8x8x8. Thanks.
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kwilbur
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 1 month ago
We are looking for someone to help us with our rehang or fix doors that do not close.
We are looking for someone that can help us with several doors that do not close or remain closed in our brownstone in bed-stuy. We…
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ejalbk
in Quality of Life 13 years and 1 month ago
Downtown Brooklyn Is Next:
Very quietly, the price of muni meters was almost doubled in Manhattan south of 96th St as of late last month to $3.50 an hour…
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anotherposter
in For Sale 13 years and 1 month ago
ice machine for sale
We are getting rid of our Scotsman SCCG50, with pump and stainless steel door. We had it about 1.5 years and the noise got…
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wanderer
in Building Code 13 years and 1 month ago
If a shed is registered as 1 of 2 buildings on a lot, can you get an authorization to make it liveable?
A shed in the back of the yard of a house we’re thinking of buying has been turned by current owner into a “guest bedroom”…
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