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Hi, Okay I think this is the best solution to the wood paneling on all the 1st floor walls. I'd love to know what any of you have experienced with this kind of "bridging material". As the ground floor walls in this house are 8'4" tall I'm thinking that the right thing to do is buy the...

Thanks handyguys... I totally agree with you about the job search and you're right on target. I spent most of last month going through the stages of loss and have now got my resume done and have started actively networking. It's a tough market. I've got about 1 years worth of cash b/4 I go...

And I haven't even begun to tell you about the floors in this house!!!! Upstairs is okay over all I think but the main floor well that's a different story. There is carpet in every room except the (tiny) kitchen. All over the place there's these hard "bumps" and I'm failry sure that the floor...

I'm thinking about this more and more (mostly 'cause I got let go from Ford Motor last month and have WAY to much time on my hands) and here's where I am now... Pull the ceiling down and deal with whatever is up there. Most likely I'll have bad cracks in a wet plaster ceiling so I'll put new...

NE Detroit... oh it's not a "Ford Family" home it's actually a home in the first planned sub-division in the country (so I understand). It's about 6 blocks of homes that were built by Henry Ford for the workers of the Ford Tractor Company (1919, 1920)You can read a lot about this neighborhood...

Hi, Just bought this 1919 home and I've got some issues to deal with I can tell you. I guess you could call this a fixer-upper. Damn, I didn't think I was gonna do that again. Okay so here's a link to some pic's (I'm new so you'll have to cut and paste)...

Hi everybody... Nice to see you all (so to speak). Not new to newsgroups/discussion forums and I've read your 10 commandments. That's a nice sticky to have by the way... Right so I made the plunge in a big way!!!! I bought a 1919 home in a (sort of) historic neighborhood. I say, sort...