Questions

Week passed, busy with my project of heat upgrading before winter will come. I wanted that all painting will be done before installation of heating system and hardwood…. But all step by step…

announcement

short video, for keep my readers

i be back shortly, sorry.

The choice

It is hard to choose what to fix first. But roof and windows can wait, because if we will lose foundation, we lose whole house. Short research about who can help to fix foundation gave funny result, closer guy who may be will interesting to fix foundation is 200 km away and price will be probably from 15000 CAD and up. Little bit too much.

The inside

Inside the house it look not so bad, if we compare with outside.
We have 2 wood fireplaces , 1 in dinning room, 1 in master bedroom

About

Looks like some renovation almost finished and I had a visit to furniture shop today. Just for browsing around, may be to find some ideas ….I was looking for a couple chairs what we can place in front of a fireplace…
Think about massive and old style… and of course comfortable to sit, to relax, to watch the fire and may be to dream in winter time. Found one that looked very close to what I was imaging.

But when I looked closer….

I called sale person and asked about these strange holes..
She looked at me like I’m guy from small village and have first time to see cultured furniture.

- THAT, SPEACIAL DESIGN!!! AND ALL THAT CHAIRS MADE THE SAME WAY!!!!

I was shocked. To make circle holes and put square pieces of wood inside… these pieces not tide inside? 1000 bucks chair, has 8 holes and technically I understand why these holes were made for, but on practice I don’t understand why they fixed so bad?

For me it looks like
- Bill, what we will do with this pile of garbage at front of the house?
- Nothing Bob, we have no time to clean up, say to the customer its new landscape design.

First look

Ok, lets go …

We bought that house over 4 years ago. And we have all trouble included
We have bad windows,

introduce

I did a little research in internet and found a lot of blogs about old houses. Mostly these blogs have 3 post..
1. We bought BIG OLD HOUSE!
2. We moved in. WOOOOW. So beautiful house. So much character… woooow.. wooow
3. bip….We got trouble… water pipe broken.. biiiiiiip… roof is leaking… ceiling fell down….. biiip… biiip… biiiip….
And epic fail, no more post in blog…
So, I will try to keep posting more than 3 post…

Prologue

This blog is about a 120 year old house. This house already has its own history. And I will tell you how I prepare this house to make its history continued for at least another 100 years. About problems with repair and their solutions, about new technologies and materials, about application of these technologies and materials. And my opinion about all of this.
Tips and tricks, as well as questions are welcome.
It is also encouraging companies that see the use these technologies in their work to bring the houses in order.
Write, discuss and analyze everything!

The Time

The time still going,

History of The House

Build in 1893 by land speculator James Roberts, this large two-storey house of buff-coloured  brick veneer commands a good view of Park Lake. Like many  of the substantial Neepawa houses of the period, its design incorporates elements of various styles. The palladian windows in the east and west dormers are typical of the Queen Ann Revival, while the projecting bay with its  round-headed windows, intended to take advantage of the lake view, is Italianate in character. The Brick dogtooth course and the woodwork surrounding the porch emphasize the craftsmanship of the Victorian builder. after 1909 this was the home of the Honorable James
Howden, Neepawa Mayor, Province Secretary, an later, Attorney-General of Manitoba.
(C) From Neepawa: an architectural walking tour, 1987