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crackedstucco
in Facade and Brownstone Repair 13 years and 5 months ago
Recommendations for companies to rebuild brick facade
Our stucco is badly cracked (water is getting in the apartments) and needs to be removed. Ideally we’d restore the original brickwork underneath, but it…
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cherryni
in Architecture 13 years and 5 months ago
Chengdu Contemporary Arts Center
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4f6c35ae7f86d-.jpg Here is not a question, but a sharing. Share the project-Chengdu Contemporary Arts Center. The project was designed by Zaha Hadid Architect, and the…
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cherryni
in Architecture 13 years and 5 months ago
Chengdu Contemporary Arts Center
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4f6c35ae7f86d-.jpg Here is not a question, but a sharing. Share the project-Chengdu Contemporary Arts Center. The project was designed by Zaha Hadid Architect, and the…
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Seblicious
in Plumbers and Plumbing 13 years and 5 months ago
Tankless Water Heater in Condo
We are having severe hot water problems in our building that the condo has been unable to remedy. I would like to install a tankless…
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cobblehillbilly
in Fencing 13 years and 5 months ago
Backyard fence
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4f6b8a08c16da-.jpg Can anyone recommend someone who can build this type of fence for me?
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eharrisnyt
in Real Estate - General 13 years and 5 months ago
Help for NYTimes story: Writing Letters to Sellers
Folks, My name is Elizabeth Harris and I’m a reporter at The New York Times. I’m working on a story about how, in competitive bidding…
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bk_homeslice
in Architecture 13 years and 5 months ago
architect recommendation
Can someone please post your recommendations for an affordable architecht? We are looking for someone with expereince with houses in williamsburg/greenpoint.
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bk_homeslice
in Architecture 13 years and 5 months ago
architect recommendation
Can someone please post your recommendations for an affordable architecht? We are looking for someone with expereince with houses in williamsburg/greenpoint.
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clickandimprove
in Brownstoner 13 years and 5 months ago
wooden 3 panel bay window in NYC needs to be restored
We are an online home improvement company and were called on a window restoration job. The outside is weathered and the client wishes to have…
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reneegavin
in Painters and Painting & Stripping 13 years and 5 months ago
deposit for painter
Hello, We have found a painter and are set to have out house painted the first week of May. He wants a 50% deposit…
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kcgreatjones
in Tile 13 years and 5 months ago
Tile person for a small job?
Hi All: Happy spring! I’m looking for a person to do a small tiling/floor job for my front entrance, approx 6′ x 12′. The tiles…
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fastnipper
in Garden Design and Maintenance 13 years and 5 months ago
Local gardeners
Does anybody know or have an experienced Gardener they use to look after garden and pots etc on a regular basis? The garden is done…
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johnmarsh
in Garden 13 years and 5 months ago
Top soil
Hi friends i am thinking to planting a gaden at my home in backyard i have just set it all now i am looking for…
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sparkly
in Co-Op Related 13 years and 5 months ago
Does anyone know of a list of all brooklyn coop prewars?
looking for Brooklyn prewar coops specifically. there has got to be more out there than I have found from my searching.
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gavolivia
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 5 months ago
Replacing Window with Door from Parlor Level-Recommendations?
As the title says, We’re looking to replace a window with a door to access deck off our Parlor level. We’ll need to remove the…
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rsat
in Brownstoner 13 years and 5 months ago
Brownstone Demolition
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4f69e5493d8b8-.jpg A sold/purchased Brownstone, 5408 6th Ave in Sunset Park has recently had a crew gutting the building. After seeing that the crew just put…
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stone54
in Masonry 13 years and 5 months ago
Waterproofing the sidewall vs re-doing the entire wall with brick/stucco
We have been having leakage issues with our sidewall for a while now and looking to get it fixed. We had couple of contractors take…
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gavolivia
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 5 months ago
Replacing Window with Door from Parlor Level-Recommendations?
As the title says, We’re looking to replace a window with a door to access deck off our Parlor level. We’ll need to remove the…
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crackedstucco
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 5 months ago
Facade repair issues: references, stucco vs brick and more...
Hi everybody, apologies in advance for the long post and many questions, but our condo board is wrestling with a number of issues related to a…
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