You better watch that last step when you come down in the morning!
It’s a doozy.
Don’t stand below the suspended woodstove!
It’s a headache waiting to happen.
And finally, here is a great way to get rid of unwanted solicitors, just yell to them to “come on in!” smile emoticon
Keep in mind that just because you own a stone home doesn’t mean that you will never have problems. There were two major issues going on in this Strasburg home that we were called in to cure.
The first issue was with the main floor system. It had grown weak from age and neglect. The floor was sagging and bouncy. Once we started looking her over we discovered some rot, some insect damage, and some inappropriate alterations. It was time for an upgrade.
We carefully took up all the old flooring, replaced the worn-out floor joists with stronger antique joists and reinstalled the original flooring. Replacing floor joists is tricky in an old stone home because each end of a joist is embedded into the stone walls, so they each required careful stone removal and replacement.
But, the mission was accomplished, she was once again as good as new (maybe even better) but still looking like a loved antique.
Let’s continue onto problem number two and the restored floor system photos in our next post…
Originally posted 2015-03-08 15:16:51.