Recent content by OldHouseGuy

Glenn, I hope that works for you. We actually work toward restoration not remodeling, so that we use as much as possible for 1920s or prior, so definitely no vinyl for sure. We have a 1929 fully operational phone in a phone shrine, original hardware including crystal doorknobs and redwood...

Thanks, Glenn! Those are EXACTLY the type of instructions I need. Putting the 2' section down under and angling stuff in makes sense to me. I found a junk steel place here that may have steel shims and/or plates for the jacks to keep them being driven into the ground, and I have to buy 10 1'...

Thanks for the centex address, it is somewhat helpful. I see that a 2' pad is poured about 2' deep with rebar and that a tube is used to form the upperpart connected to the exposed rebar. There is little room to work under my house and I would like to consider wooden posts instead; does...

Water damage on my 1920s house has caused total destruction of several cedar posts under my house. I want to replace them but cannot find a detailed explanation of how to do it anywhere! I have an engineering degree and spent much of my youth working on a farm so I can usually do most...