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I bought a big old house 2 years ago. The house is located in the historic part of town. The records showed that it was built in 1925 but after I started working on it I found that most of the framing was done useing those old hand forged square nails. I did some research and found out it was built in 1858 and went through a hefty renovation in the 1920's.
Can anyone say..."Money pit"?
So far:
Replaced a snake of galvanized water lines with copper. Went from original 250' down to a more efficient 100'.
Replaced all gas lines made up of a mixture of galvanized and black pipe. The things leaked like crazy.
Gutted one bathroom. Haven't had time to rebuild yet.
Gutted second bathroom and replaced most fixtures, installed shower.
Replaced roof.
Replaced gutters.
Replaced 15 windows. Still have 15 to go.
Next project is to rip out the plaster ceiling in the basement so I can stabilize the main floor.
I figure I've got about 10 more years before I'm done.
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