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jbsperli
in Lighting 13 years and 10 months ago
Rec for someone to install ceiling fan and electrical box
I am replacing a light with a ceiling fan, and I’ll need a new electrical box put in. (The current electrical box isn’t made for…
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xistent
in Flooring 13 years and 10 months ago
Bamboo Floor Buckling
In October we had an engineered bamboo click floating floor (from Cali Bamboo) installed in our English basement (50% below grade) in our brownstone. Our…
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samtsegaye
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 13 years and 10 months ago
Discrepancy between Certificate of Occupancy and the Building Informations System website of the DOB
When looking up the SRO status of a building on the building information system page of the DOB website, the line item dealing with SRO Restriction…
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widthom
in Masonry 13 years and 10 months ago
My Stoop to Conquer
I’m in a small fame house in South Slope and my stoop leaks like a sieve and is starting to crumble on the inside. The…
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11231
in Flooring 13 years and 10 months ago
Has anyone used cork floors?
I’m considering cork floor tile from Globus for my basement. Can they handle any exposure to water? Thanks.
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midwooder
in Quality of Life 13 years and 10 months ago
Neighborhoods with ample street parking
What are some good gentrified areas close to Manhattan in Brooklyn where street parking is not a big issue? For example, anecdotally, I heard that…
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ktm6
in Doors 13 years and 10 months ago
doors for sale (including pocket door)
looks like the url for the picture of the door did not work in earlier post, hopefully this one will work http://doorsforsale.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/doors-for-sale/
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ktm6
in Doors 13 years and 10 months ago
doors for sale (including pocket door)
looks like the url for the picture of the door did not work in earlier post, hopefully this one will work http://doorsforsale.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/doors-for-sale/
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ProHeights66
in For Sale 13 years and 10 months ago
Burnham Gas-Fired Steam Heat Boiler and Kenmore Refrigerator for Sale
Burnham gas-fired “independence” steam heat boiler for sale after we switched to hot-water heat. The boiler dates from 2005 and works great — heated entire…
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devineopine
in Painters and Painting & Stripping 14 years ago
Stripping/Painting over lead paint
Hi all, I am in the midst of looking to buy a 2bed, 2bath pre-war apartment, but I’m not in a position to do a…
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ktm6
in Doors 13 years and 10 months ago
Two old brownstone doors for sale (one pocket door)
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4fccbcb544c55-.jpg One pocket door with wheels approx 88″ high, 38″ wide, 2 1/2″ thick in good condition (see picture) http://doorsforsale.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/doors-for-sale/ smaller door – approx 90″…
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ktm6
in Doors 13 years and 10 months ago
Two old brownstone doors for sale (one pocket door)
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4fccbcb544c55-.jpg One pocket door with wheels approx 88″ high, 38″ wide, 2 1/2″ thick in good condition (see picture) http://doorsforsale.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/doors-for-sale/ smaller door – approx 90″…
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tolu
in Furniture 13 years and 10 months ago
Anyone interested in an Ikea Asplund Wardrobe - $90 (Fort Greene)
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4fcba34f1a7aa-.jpg Very gently used 🙂
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tolu
in Furniture 13 years and 10 months ago
Anyone interested in an Ikea Asplund Wardrobe - $90 (Fort Greene)
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4fcba34f1a7aa-.jpg Very gently used 🙂
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BobMarvin
in Utilities 14 years and 10 months ago
Brownstoner on an Android Tablet?
I just got a Samsung Galaxy Tab, which seems to work fine with many web sites, but for Brownstoner I get “Web page not available”.…
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hooky
in Carpenters and Woodworkers 13 years and 10 months ago
Birch Ply- leftovers- Free
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4fca715014d4e-.jpg Many peices, varying sizes- you pick it up, you can have it. See photo- there are also 2 larger peices about 4’x4′. All in…
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hooky
in Carpenters and Woodworkers 13 years and 10 months ago
Birch Ply- leftovers- Free
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4fca715014d4e-.jpg Many peices, varying sizes- you pick it up, you can have it. See photo- there are also 2 larger peices about 4’x4′. All in…
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stephanie
in Building Code 13 years and 10 months ago
Gas pipe
I’m interested in an older home. The owner said she wanted me to know there used to be a kitchen on the upper floor. The…
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