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I wish you the best on your project. I have to agree with LED, owning a old home is a love/hate relationship. My home was built in 1909 and bought it in 2009. My house is 90% brick and whoever before me purchasing it started the outside project, new roof, trim and siding on a few places that were later additions. The yard needed help, but the interior was run down, spent 3 months everyday working on the inside prior to moving in. Luckily for me my father was a contactor and I worked and learned a lot with him, so mostly only material cost and my time. My father in law and I, replaced drywall, subflooring, etc. I took a sledge hammer to the kitchen, all new, and fully redid 3 full baths.
I too want to see how this turns out. After you may not want to sell!
Dave.
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Ah, don`t you just love the old brittle asbestos concrete siding?
I`m an old house fan myself, just more character than brand new. The house I`m in now was built in `52 and is actually a little newer than I like.
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Heh heh, never occurs to me what might be considered "old" :D I still think of "old houses" as having lath-and-plaster/boiler heat/etc. The house I grew up in was built in the `20s, and it was newer than many back then. I had a rude awakening when I bought my first place, it`s like these days *nothing* is built the way everything used to be; thirty years later I`m still getting used to, uhm...modern construction materials and techniques...to put it politely.
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Here’s an update siding and other materials are finally delivered today thanks to the Wisconsin bipolar weatherhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8e0ca10c56.jpg
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Gonna get much done before the weather turns again? Heh heh, you`re either an optimist or a risk-taker!
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Gonna get much done before the weather turns again? Heh heh, you`re either an optimist or a risk-taker!
We’ve had the original siding showing way to long, our heating bill has been astronomical since there ain’t much insulation except in nursery which was just finished in fall of ‘16
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Where in Wisconsin are you? I`m probably making a Spotted Cow run in the next week.
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Watertown also known as watertucky
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Civicclutch- Huh, never crossed my mind that the lack of siding would be that significant with regard to insulation/etc.
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Where in Wisconsin are you? I`m probably making a Spotted Cow run in the next week.
Watertown
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Civicclutch- Gee, you`re really making progress! Thanks for the pix, though I get fatigued just looking at them!
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Civicclutch- Gee, you`re really making progress! Thanks for the pix, though I get fatigued just looking at them!
Thankfully I didn’t put the siding up a company did had a crew of like 6-8 guys doing it and got it done in like 3 days
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Wow! Love the color -- looks really good. Nice choice.
Gordon