Found about 250 pounds of these in the attic at the Old Vic…the cut off corners from preformed laminate countertop…probably early 80’s vintage by the patterns. These are the remnants when you cut two pieces to make a corner countertop. They are pretty much completely useless for anything.

There are about 10 different patterns…and they weren’t [...]

Well, after two weekend’s work, $26 worth of lumber, the jigsaw puzzle from hell, $1500 worth of tools (two nailguns and at least 5 different powersaws were involved), well, I’m right back where I started…about ready to work on the two sashes I walked upstairs to remove in the first place.
Gotta love old houses…
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So, at the top of our stairs are a set of three windows. There’s an extra wall in the way of course…doesn’t belong…will be removed later…but gotta build a stairway banister first, etc…
Anyway, these three windows are in the worst condition in the house…long neglect combined with the southeastern exposure have significantly damaged these windows.
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Apparently there are some plants that are somewhat confused at the season…ya know…80 degrees one day, 30 the next, 80 the day after (maybe 20 this week so they say…)
Anyway…some surprise blooms at the oldvic…came up under the scaffolding whilst I was working on the eave (priming it and reflashing the roof this weekend)…

CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer

Edit: Worked on some damage this weekend…some new information gleaned whilst working, and some input from the former owner added below…
Gad…what a can of worms this opens up.
It’s a seemingly simple question. What to prime my house with?
It’s cypress, ya see, except where it’s cedar, and probably sat with very little paint on it [...]