http://newyorkrenovator.com/2007/07/its-done.html The challenges of updating an 1855 house and yard Thu, 17 May 2012 01:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://newyorkrenovator.com/2007/07/its-done.html#comment-36 New York Renovator Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:56:37 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=33#comment-36 [...] Old houses often have water problems. Mine sure does. Last year, the kids and I worked all summer on building a huge drywell area, to lead rainwater runoff from the roof away from the foundation of the house. You can read more about it here and here and here. [...] [...] Old houses often have water problems. Mine sure does. Last year, the kids and I worked all summer on building a huge drywell area, to lead rainwater runoff from the roof away from the foundation of the house. You can read more about it here and here and here. [...]

]]> http://newyorkrenovator.com/2007/07/its-done.html#comment-35 New York Renovator Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:35:59 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=33#comment-35 [...] The only room I gutted was the Entry Hall, which was disastrously ugly. We bought the house when the kids were very young, and therefore I was too busy raising them and educating them to gut the big rooms! Now that they are older, they are my handy helpers. Last summer they dug a long, deep trench to help divert the water from the roof away from the foundation of the house. It was a great project! You can read about it here and here and here. [...] [...] The only room I gutted was the Entry Hall, which was disastrously ugly. We bought the house when the kids were very young, and therefore I was too busy raising them and educating them to gut the big rooms! Now that they are older, they are my handy helpers. Last summer they dug a long, deep trench to help divert the water from the roof away from the foundation of the house. It was a great project! You can read about it here and here and here. [...]

]]> http://newyorkrenovator.com/2007/07/its-done.html#comment-34 hh Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:42:00 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=33#comment-34 "God made dirt, dirt don't hurt"...good ol' Buffy LOL ;)<br/>Your children did a wonderful job! way to go! “God made dirt, dirt don’t hurt”…good ol’ Buffy LOL
Your children did a wonderful job! way to go!

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