http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1268 nicole Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:16:58 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1268 i hope it's okay to respond to someone else's comment. lena - we found a big stack of blank birth certificates hidden inside the drop ceiling of one of our rooms. very intriguing! i hope it’s okay to respond to someone else’s comment. lena – we found a big stack of blank birth certificates hidden inside the drop ceiling of one of our rooms. very intriguing!

]]> http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1267 lena Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:21:33 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1267 are you leaving notes in your house? or finding any? my dad restores old houses for a living (hence i have only brand new living quarters, I can't take it having grown up in everything under construction -- i totally admire those who can do it). anyway, he's always finding notes from past workers and leaving notes himself. like a magazine with a little message written on the cover between the attic and the ceiling. it's cool what you will find sometimes. are you leaving notes in your house? or finding any? my dad restores old houses for a living (hence i have only brand new living quarters, I can’t take it having grown up in everything under construction — i totally admire those who can do it). anyway, he’s always finding notes from past workers and leaving notes himself. like a magazine with a little message written on the cover between the attic and the ceiling. it’s cool what you will find sometimes.

]]> http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1266 lesley Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:30:49 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1266 My house isn't as old as yours, so no beautiful underpinnings: but I recall my first visit from an electrician resulting in the discovery of an electrocuted mouse and a black ground wire in my main electric box. Yes, you never know what is lurking behind those seemingly silent walls. My house was built from a kit (not by me, although I would have done an even crappier job) and every contractor that's set foot in the place has either collapsed into giggles, taught me new cuss words or just stood sadly, shaking their heads. My house isn’t as old as yours, so no beautiful underpinnings: but I recall my first visit from an electrician resulting in the discovery of an electrocuted mouse and a black ground wire in my main electric box. Yes, you never know what is lurking behind those seemingly silent walls. My house was built from a kit (not by me, although I would have done an even crappier job) and every contractor that’s set foot in the place has either collapsed into giggles, taught me new cuss words or just stood sadly, shaking their heads.

]]> http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1265 nicole Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:48:08 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1265 sorry to hear about that, but it sound like it's one of those surprises that are good to know about. reminds me of when we were putting in some electrical work in our place only to have the electrician discover that some of our original cloth covered lines (from 1917) were affected by a leak which was basically flooding them in water! these old buildings have so many wonderful and distressing things just lurking at every turn. sorry to hear about that, but it sound like it’s one of those surprises that are good to know about. reminds me of when we were putting in some electrical work in our place only to have the electrician discover that some of our original cloth covered lines (from 1917) were affected by a leak which was basically flooding them in water! these old buildings have so many wonderful and distressing things just lurking at every turn.

]]> http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1264 lena Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:12:37 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2007/11/29/the-bathroom-renovation-continues/#comment-1264 yikes! living in an old house too... it's always in the back of my head that any day i could wake up to a surprising situation like this!! but now you get to renovate, fun! yikes! living in an old house too… it’s always in the back of my head that any day i could wake up to a surprising situation like this!! but now you get to renovate, fun!

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