New York Renovator

Wimpy water pressure at the shower can be frustrating and baffling. At times the pressure may seem adequate but other times the pressure may barely ooze from the shower head. While you cannot adjust the water pressure to the shower directly, you can adjust the water pressure for the entire house, check for impediments in [...]

I’m reading this very old book, Historic Storms of New England. It was written by Sidney Perley and published in 1891. His narratives go back to the first recorded natural disasters of the year 1635, a mere 15 years after the Separatists (English Pilgrims) landed on the shores of Massachusetts in 1620. The book is [...]

Daylight Saving Time ends tomorrow night. I will miss it terribly. I like winter but one of the worst things is the lack of daylight. Livvy is soaking up as much as she can before the plentiful rays disperse for the winter. We’ve had a wonderful string of warm weather here. After October’s very chilly, [...]

Strange neighbors Guest written by our friend Mason Abbott My wife and I love our neighborhood, but there has recently been some suspicious activity in and around our home. The people in the house three doors down from us keep very odd hours, and they are always having people over at the strangest times of [...]

When I gutted the living room in 2007, I bit the financial bullet and networked the room for Ethernet wiring. Except for drilling a small hole through a 12-inch support beam and 4-inch thick studs, the experience was pretty enjoyable. What I essentially did was create one Ethernet port for each wall in the living [...]

Times are tough Guest written by our friend Mason Abbott Saving money is tough but my husband and I decided we were going to find a way to make it work. We really cared about being able to put something away for our kids and although things have gotten tight at times it’s crucial for [...]

I have a number of Find the Kitty photos but in the disaster that is my desk and computer, I can’t seem to find them. :S I did find a number of cute, albeit subpar quality, photos of Livvy around the house. So here she is in all her casual glory. Doing what cats do [...]

You learn something new every day. Huh. I was sitting in my office today, typing merrily away, when my lights flickered. Then, they flickered again. ?? I’ve been seeing this happen a number of times recently, and while I wasn’t exactly WORRIED, I wanted to know what was going on. Since I did all the [...]

Yep, we’re still here. Still in the same rickety old house! I’ve just been busy and renovating has come to a grinding halt right now, although Lord knows we have yet to batten down the hatches for winter. We still have to fix the chimney, and the windows need to be ordered so we can [...]