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FishieFishie
in Painters and Painting & Stripping 13 years and 8 months ago
Best paint?
Is there any consensus on a better brand for an ordinary interior paint job? I was previously told that Benjamin Moore was the best, but I…
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CountChocula
in Agents and Brokers 13 years and 8 months ago
Dual Agency
I have read elsewhere that a dual agency (broker representing both the seller and the buyer) can be beneficial for a buyer. This seems right…
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rocketship
in Cellar 13 years and 8 months ago
Basement brick "fire wall"?
Renovating a four-story brick house in Brooklyn. When the engineer who filed our renovation looked at the building, he remarked that the brick wall down…
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callalily
in Plumbers and Plumbing 13 years and 8 months ago
Cost & recommendation for plumbing job?
We have a sewer gas leak under a kitchen sink in our third-floor rental. I don’t know exactly the source of the leak, but I…
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xistent
in Doors & Windows 13 years and 8 months ago
WHICH IS THE BETTER WINDOW COMPANY
We are looking into replacing brick to brick landmark windows and I have been talking seriously with 2 companies: WINDOWS WE ARE & BAY RIDGE…
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CountChocula
in Agents and Brokers 13 years and 8 months ago
Dual Agency
I have read elsewhere that a dual agency (broker representing both the seller and the buyer) can be beneficial for a buyer. This seems right…
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prewar
in Flooring 13 years and 9 months ago
Cleaning a pre-war mosaic floor
Our pre-war co-op has mosaic floor common hallways, circa 1910, which we are contemplating restoring / cleaning. They are decidedly looking tired (not necessarily too…
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livingrm
in Bath & Kitchen 13 years and 10 months ago
Need to completely do over bad marble floor job
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4e5b128b53604-.jpg We just had our bathroom done by a contractor and he completely botched the floor tiling — simple marble hex and dot mosaic. …
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mjpress
in Bars and Pubs 13 years and 8 months ago
new bar on stuyvesant and Halsey, and other new development questions
Noticing some paper in the window, I peered into the storefront next door to the laundromat building on the northwest corner of Halsey and Stuyvesant. …
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7andfive
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 8 months ago
Home reno advice
I’m considering making an offer on a place that needs a complete gut renovation. The roof is fairly new but it will need entire new…
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callalily
in Flooring 13 years and 8 months ago
Floor refinishing mixup! And question
We are redoing one bathroom and decided as long as we have everything out, we may as well refinish the floors and have wood floors.…
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FishieFishie
in Painters and Painting & Stripping 13 years and 8 months ago
Best paint?
Is there any consensus on a better brand for an ordinary interior paint job? I was previously told that Benjamin Moore was the best, but I…
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greencat
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 8 months ago
Exposed brick columns cold air problem?
Hi Brownstoners- We are renovating our apartment and would like to leave the two columns to the left and right of the main windows exposed,…
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anne_nyc
in Doors & Windows 13 years and 8 months ago
Window Repair Person?
Hi – Looking for recommendations for handyman type person to come in and re-putty windows, paint frames, paint lintels, etc. This is a bandaid fix…
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callalily
in Flooring 13 years and 8 months ago
Floor refinishing mixup! And question
We are redoing one bathroom and decided as long as we have everything out, we may as well refinish the floors and have wood floors.…
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villagebrstoner
in Exteriors 13 years and 8 months ago
Landmark district exterior building repair
Our building needs a minor repair on the exterior cornice. It’s in the landmark district. We were told it’s necessary to put a bridge and…
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empathie00
in Insurance 13 years and 8 months ago
quick release burglar bars
Please help! Our insurance company has just informed us our homeowners policy will be cancelled if we don’t remove our ground floor (original) security bars…
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7andfive
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 8 months ago
Home reno advice
I’m considering making an offer on a place that needs a complete gut renovation. The roof is fairly new but it will need entire new…
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