Comments on: Finally Some Progress… http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/basement/finally-some-progress%e2%80%a6/ To renovate is divine, to restore is to fix their mistakes... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jackie Lobuglio http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/basement/finally-some-progress%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-48710 Jackie Lobuglio Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:33:00 +0000 http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/?p=145#comment-48710 WOW! That was one heck of a work day. I had to chuckle about your Dad. He's just like mine. Willing to help by motivating me to the supplier and then always ready with suggestions on doing the work. I would have given up in frustration after replacing the breaker. Lucky your habit of flicking the switch pointed you to the 3-way dimmer. Your blogs are funny too. I really enjoy knowing it's not "just me". I call my former home owner "Bob the Builder" Robert actually did a lot of "damage" to the old homestead through "renovations". Everytime I get into something, I find his fingerprints and backtrace what he thought he was doing. I really cringed when seeing the bay window vinyl siding job on the 1890's brick but the price was right for the house and I bought it. That was 10 years ago and like you, I'm doing what I can in balancing time/money. Money/time. 1-room at a time. it's only 2-1/2 story, 6-bedroom, 3-bathroom. (2) rooms are complete and my saga continues. Good luck with your old stone home. Jackie WOW! That was one heck of a work day. I had to chuckle about your Dad. He’s just like mine. Willing to help by motivating me to the supplier and then always ready with suggestions on doing the work. I would have given up in frustration after replacing the breaker. Lucky your habit of flicking the switch pointed you to the 3-way dimmer. Your blogs are funny too. I really enjoy knowing it’s not “just me”. I call my former home owner “Bob the Builder” Robert actually did a lot of “damage” to the old homestead through “renovations”. Everytime I get into something, I find his fingerprints and backtrace what he thought he was doing. I really cringed when seeing the bay window vinyl siding job on the 1890′s brick but the price was right for the house and I bought it. That was 10 years ago and like you, I’m doing what I can in balancing time/money. Money/time. 1-room at a time.
it’s only 2-1/2 story, 6-bedroom, 3-bathroom. (2) rooms are complete and my saga continues.

Good luck with your old stone home.

Jackie

]]> By: Oldstonehouse http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/basement/finally-some-progress%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-4029 Oldstonehouse Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:27:48 +0000 http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/?p=145#comment-4029 Thanks Suekiyaki! Yes, we have children - and the only ones deprived on energy are my wife and I! To be honest we've almost finished the basement, and I stopped documenting it - only because that aforementioned energy had to come from somewhere - so we stole it from blogging!. As for the insulating question - if (IF) there is adequate space between your interior walls and your stone, you can have insulation blown into the cavities. 3" diameter holes are cut into the walls and the insulation is blow into the cavities. This is not an option for us as the cavity is a little less then 2". We have focused on air-tightness as our best defence, and have included lots of localized heating. I promise we'll do more updates... just need to find the energy! ;) All the best - keep in touch - love meeting people with stone houses! Thanks Suekiyaki!

Yes, we have children – and the only ones deprived on energy are my wife and I! To be honest we’ve almost finished the basement, and I stopped documenting it – only because that aforementioned energy had to come from somewhere – so we stole it from blogging!.

As for the insulating question – if (IF) there is adequate space between your interior walls and your stone, you can have insulation blown into the cavities. 3″ diameter holes are cut into the walls and the insulation is blow into the cavities. This is not an option for us as the cavity is a little less then 2″. We have focused on air-tightness as our best defence, and have included lots of localized heating.

I promise we’ll do more updates… just need to find the energy! ;)

All the best – keep in touch – love meeting people with stone houses!

]]> By: Suekiyaki http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/basement/finally-some-progress%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-3838 Suekiyaki Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:27:07 +0000 http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/?p=145#comment-3838 I am sure you have no children, or if you do they are deprived of your energy...then again it seems boundless! Thank you for the blow by blow, it makes everyone else's stories more foundational. Keep going, and show us your pics when done! By the way, basements are not my thing. Men seem to understand them and need them more than women. But I do have a question for you: how do I insulate the walls in this old stonehouse without losing the depth given to the old windows. Know what I mean? (They are nice and deep already. Added timber-framing for insulation would ruin the walls like siding does to windows on the outside.) Again, good job on this very cool website & layout. The sepia and decorative elements make it captivating! I am sure you have no children, or if you do they are deprived of your energy…then again it seems boundless! Thank you for the blow by blow, it makes everyone else’s stories more foundational. Keep going, and show us your pics when done! By the way, basements are not my thing. Men seem to understand them and need them more than women. But I do have a question for you: how do I insulate the walls in this old stonehouse without losing the depth given to the old windows. Know what I mean? (They are nice and deep already. Added timber-framing for insulation would ruin the walls like siding does to windows on the outside.) Again, good job on this very cool website & layout. The sepia and decorative elements make it captivating!

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