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Inquisigal2

in Duct Cleaning 13 years and 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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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Updated 13 years and 8 months ago

GBanner

in Masonry 13 years and 8 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 8 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 9 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 9 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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Updated 13 years and 8 months ago

starfish11040

in Plumbers and Plumbing 13 years and 8 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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Updated 13 years and 8 months ago

xistent

in Flooring 13 years and 8 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 9 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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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DouglasAlan

in Painters and Painting & Stripping 13 years and 8 months ago

Painter, et al Review

We had Where To Get It Services paint a good portion of our house, remove and replace a ceiling, do other drywall and carpentry work,…

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Updated 13 years and 8 months ago

esther

in Brownstoner 13 years and 8 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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200line

in Masonry 13 years and 10 months ago

Historic brick repair

Our house is wood frame.  The garden level, however is brick.  House is c. 1870.  Some of the bricks on the bottom level have begun…

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JMT

in Masonry 13 years and 9 months ago

Brick Stain

I need to stain some brick in a patch on my facade. I want to match it to the original surrounding brick. Anyone know where…

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