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scarter
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
2 Family for Sale Bed Stuy
Hi, A friend of mine wants to sell her 2-Family brownstone (3 story) on Macon and Lewis herself for $950K. I told her I would…
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scarter
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
2 Family For Sale by owner Macon/Lewis
Hi, A friend of mine wants to sell her 2-Family brownstone (3 story) on Macon and Lewis herself for $950K. I told her I would…
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slope2009
in Heating 12 years and 6 months ago
Converting from Oil to Gas Boiler (with rebate?)
Hi, Has anyone converted their boiler from oil to gas recently and can recommend a good plumber? We’re also looking into the National Grid rebate…
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scottross
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
Sprinkler system requirements for a 3-family in Brooklyn
Hey, Can someone please distill for me the sprinkler system requirements for 3-family residential-only home? What exactly needs to be painted red? Do I need…
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mgreen
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
Wood Frame Clapboard recommendations
Hi I have scoured the posts on board here, i cannot find a contractor to redo my wood frame house with clapboard. I have seen…
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annep
in Carpenters and Woodworkers 12 years and 8 months ago
Wanted to recommend Steve Rayboy for deck building!
Steve just finished an ipe wood deck on top of my steel frame & just wanted to recommend him to anyone out there looking for…
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onenicedacha
in Construction 12 years and 6 months ago
cost of adding a level to brownstone
I know this is quite a complicated process with the DOB, but wondering how much roughly it would cost to add a 4th flr onto…
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bkbrownstone
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
Lopopolo Iron Works - Highly recommended
I’ve been meaning to write a great recommendation for Lopopplo Ironworks. I had them build a iron deck off my parlor floor brownstone to the…
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aq2101
in Decks and Porches 14 years and 1 month ago
Deck builder recommendation: Lopoplo Iron Works
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4f54f84c13a36-.jpg This is a long overdue recommendation for Joseph Lopopolo and his company Lopopolo Iron Works. We used Lopopolo to build the metal frame for…
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tinkerertrue
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
recommendation of mason to do patchwork on spalled bricks?
we have a few (and very few) barely spalled bricks on the backside of our brownstone we want patched with repair mortar. only. that’s it.…
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tinkerertrue
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
recommendation of painters to repaint cornice?
they would need to be fully insured; and have equipment to get up to it. looking for real experiences of real homeowners, versus shills. thanks!
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nodnyc
in Chimney and Fireplace 12 years and 6 months ago
Chimney Flue Cleaning: Cost?
I installed a brand-new fireplace (and flue) a couple of years ago and I’d like to have the flue cleaned before the full season begins.…
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angelat
in Construction 12 years and 6 months ago
Last 10% of construction project
We are at the last 10% of our contract for a very stressful renovation. We have been mostly unhappy with their work throughout the process…
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bowl-of-dicks
in Appraisals 12 years and 9 months ago
Property Apprasials & 2nd Opinions
Looking for a professional 2nd opinion on an existing property apprasial document only. Does anyone have recs? Also, what is fee you have encountered for this service? Thanks,…
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daroogle
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 6 months ago
Any creative ideas for my long and narrow coal shute
My brownstone has a 3′ wide by 17′ long by 7′ high coal shute that extends from the front wall of my cellar to basically…
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justinh
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 6 months ago
Removing (capped) sconce lighting gas lines.
We have a couple of capped gas lines sticking out of the walls in the top floor of our brownstone. It looks like they used…
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pocketdora
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 6 months ago
Can I remove this suspended ceiling without asbestos risk?
We want to remove this ceiling completely and fix / re-plaster the original one, but I have heard tiles like this can contain asbestos. The…
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williamsburgguys
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 6 months ago
Free Iron Window Bars - Williamsburg
I have two 23″ x 60″ and one 31.5″ x 58″ iron window bars with mounting tabs welded to the sides to give away if…
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