Recent content by JohnCisco

Yea we were talking about doing just that. We can pull up the old floor and refinish it/get ride of the pieces that are busted up. We are going to put carpet in the living room but consolidating the good pieces and finishing them and putting the hardwood back in the kitchen. So having the floor...

Bud- The cellar is actually 10' out the back door, it doesn't go under the house in any way. A side story... a year after we bought the place a really old man showed up at our house, wanted to see the place one last time before he died. Apparently his grandfather built the house and used to farm...

Thanks Bud. Hardwood floors, they're old/original and I'd hate to trash them, just something about it. But no I'm not married to them. It crossed my mind to make the floor straight inside and leave the foundation alone other than adding some support to those question areas in the pictures with...

Thanks for the replies. The current foundation/footings, I have no idea how deep they are. Frost line where I live is 24". There is currently no insulation under the floor, in the crawl space, or even the exterior walls. That's part of the plan though, level the floor, insulation under the...

Background House built in 1920, I purchased in 2006. Lathe and plaster walls and ceiling, hardwood floor. 28' x 30' 840sqft crawl space is maybe 18" Single story When we bought the house we knew it would be a fix it up and ran into financial issues and just recently are at that point to do...