Forum

Looking for advice about a home improvement project? Want to talk about what’s going on in your neighborhood? Start here.

Find older conversations in our Forum Archive.

Latest Discussions

Post a Topic

Please log in, in order to post topics and replies!

Latest Discussions

danm

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Slate Sidewalks, Liability Problems?

Hello fellow brownstoners. We need to replace our sidewalk and have a ton of slate. We are thinking of doing the sidewalk in. slate/bluestone and…

5

Updated 5 years and 3 months ago

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Fire Hazard and Air Pollution

About three weeks ago a neighbor whose side yard is shares a fence with the rear of my backyard began to set fires in his…

6

Updated 5 years and 3 months ago

dss315

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Brooklyn Solar?

Anyone here have experience with them, and/or installing solar in general. Pros/Cons? Worth it?

9

Updated 5 years and 3 months ago

solehappy

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

single window replacement?

had my houses windows replaced with the exception of one. have since reassessed doing anything to structurally change the house and add a window, so…

5

Updated 5 years and 3 months ago

lucie

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Who reduced rent for the tenants?

Yesterday we sent message to our tenants that we reduce rent by 5% till the end of the year considering pandemic. To the best of…

27

Updated 5 years and 3 months ago

solehappy

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

single window replacement?

had my houses windows replaced with the exception of one. have since reassessed doing anything to structurally change the house and add a window, so…

0

dss315

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Brooklyn Solar?

Anyone here have experience with them, and/or installing solar in general. Pros/Cons? Worth it?

0

chelseasf

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Dogwood tree problem

Hi, do any of you tree people out there know what to do about a 2 year-old dogwood tree that’s leaning over? I have great…

3

Updated 5 years and 4 months ago

stevecym

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

a note on roof repairs (patches with cloth and karnack 19)

last fall we were on here talking about roof patches with fiberglass tape and someone came on here and stated “the roofers tell you the…

0

stevecym

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

a note on roof repairs (patches with cloth and karnack 19)

last fall we were on here talking about roof patches with fiberglass tape and someone came on here and stated “the roofers tell you the…

0

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Restoring coal burning fireplaces in 4 story townhouse

Hi everyone- seeking advice on what to do with the 8 fireplaces we have in our house. We have two parlor rooms per floor, each…

20

Updated 5 years and 4 months ago

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Fence Issues

A neighbor has a large mulberry which over the years has grown into my yard and pushed out and warped the chainlink fence. Part of…

0

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Fence Issues

A neighbor has a large mulberry which over the years has grown into my yard and pushed out and warped the chainlink fence. Part of…

0

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Fire Hazard and Air Pollution

About three weeks ago a neighbor whose side yard is shares a fence with the rear of my backyard began to set fires in his…

0

danm

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Slate Sidewalks, Liability Problems?

Hello fellow brownstoners. We need to replace our sidewalk and have a ton of slate. We are thinking of doing the sidewalk in. slate/bluestone and…

0

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Can I lease my "loft dwelling" to a business seeking walk up office space?

The recent CDC guidelines on returning to office space make working in tall elevator buildings near impossible due to Covid-19 limitations on elevator capacity. I…

0

chelseasf

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Dogwood tree problem

Hi, do any of you tree people out there know what to do about a 2 year-old dogwood tree that’s leaning over? I have great…

0

cutgecflwived

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Navigating Site

Am new to site and have been reading prior posts. Is there way to view old prior posts without repeatedly hitting “load more” to pick…

3

Updated 5 years and 4 months ago

michaelsaur67

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Homeless man in front of house publicly defecating and urinating

Our house is in front of a school and little park. A homeless man has been hanging out on the sidewalk by the school early…

7

Updated 5 years and 4 months ago

lsilverbush

in General Discussion 5 years and 4 months ago

Need ironwork for stoop gate

Our stoop gate has bars widely spaced enough that one can put their hand through and open it from the outside. We need an iron…

9

Updated 5 years and 4 months ago

Can’t find the topic you’re looking for?

Find answers, ask questions, and connect with our Brownstoner community.