Articles of Interest for Old House Restorers

• Restoring Old Windows
• Restoring Old WindowsArticle on windows
• Informative article on windows
• The Repair of Historic wood windows
• Making Window sash - Fine Homebuilding
• Restoring Window sashes - Fine Homebuilding
• Reglazing Windows and doors - Fine Homebuilding
• Bradbury and Bradbury wallpaper
• Building a Divided Light Storm Sash -Fine Homebuilding
• Custom Ceramic Coatings
• Chicago's architecutre - Ira Bach's site
• Foam rot repair
• Restoring wood with epoxy - Fine Homebuilding
• 101 Best Tips From This Old House
• The Agony and Ecstacy of your First Restoration - Preservation Magazine

• Alladin Kit Homes
• Building an Arched passageway
• Restoring Old Floors
• Reviving a Porch
• Renovating Old Porches - Fine Homebuilding
• Building porches that last
• Making porch floor boards last from Journal of Light Construction
• Beating Wood Rot from the Journal of Light Constuction
• Building a curved portico
• Porches that won't rot
• Fixing the porch from the Old House Journal
• Porch Repair from the bottom up
• Porch Detail Drawings
• Decayed Deck
• Deck Design
• Deck Material
• Designing a Porch that fits
• Column Repair
• Copper flat seam roofing
• Attaching Newel Posts
• Tips for porch Building
• Porch building from the Old House Journal
• Rehabilitating Interiors
• Appropriate Methods for Reducing Lead
• Aesthetic Aspects of Victorian Houses
• Conserving Energy in Old Houses
• Shellac
• Brackets article from This Old House
• Building an arched passageway - JLC
• Cedar shingle roofing installation from the Journal of Light Construction
• Chimney Liners
• Circular porch
• Conserving Energy In Historic Buildings
• coping joints
• coping crown molding
• Crown moldign supplier
• Curved Crown molding installation
• Cresting
• Curved Crown molding
• Building a curved porch from Fine Homebuilding
• Exterior Trim Details that last - Fine Homebuilding
• Evaluating Your Electrical Wiring
• Fascia on a curved porch
• Fine Points of Pocket Door Hardware
• Flashing a Chimney the right way
• Funderbergs antique store in Belvedere
• Article on garages from the Old House Journal
• Golden Rules of rehabbing
• Hide Glue
• Historic Mortar
• Interior Painting Tips
• Interior Trim Paint grade from Fine Homebuilding
• Lead Paint Safety
• Jacking Old Houses
• Lead paint safety from The Journal of Light Construction
• Leakproof Flashings for a Chimney
• Standing seam roof construction - Fine Homebuilding
• Maintenance Controlling from the Old House Journal
• Mansard Roofs
• Making Mitred casings from Fine Homebuilding
• Moisture Preservation Brief
• Moisture in Deck Lumber
• Octagonal Porch posts
• Old Floors are in style
• Old is Gold article from the Tribune
• Painting article for Fine Homebuilding
• There is no escaping the scraping
• Painting Question and Answer
• Paintign Exteriors - Fine Homebuilding - good article but torches are no longer used
• Plaster Repair from the Old House Journal
• Why does house paint fail - Forest Products lab
• Plaster Repair Options
• Plumbing a Bathroom in the Basement
• Pocket door hardware - Old House Journal
• Pocket Door Repair - Old House Journal
• Evolution of the Americn front porch
• Radiator Care - Old House Journal
• Radiators - cleaning - Old House Journal
• Railings that won't rot
• Making gooseneck porch rails
• Rehabilitating Interiors in Historic Buildings
• Repair of Historic Wood Windows
• Restoring an Open Porch
• Restoring a porch without house jacks
• HB&G column catologue
• Restoring Wood Floors without sanding
• Reviving the porch
• Sagging floors
• Shutter Restoration from the Journal of Light Construction
• Staining Article from Fine Woodworking magazine
• Stairs Built to Last
• Storm Window Making
• St. Joe's Rectory Restoration powerpoint presentation
• Surviving a Rehab
• Salvage Sources
• The Esthetic Aspects
• Ten Most Common Restoration Mistakes
• Ten Rules for Finish carpentry from Fine Homebuilding
• Tips for Building a Porch Floor
• Trim Details that last
• Tuckpointing Preservation Brief
• Tuckpointing article from Canada
• Vertical Grain Proves Worthy
• Vinyl Siding
• Victorian Screen Door plan book (large pdf)
• Wainscoting - making raised panels
• Water Vapor
• Weather Proof Railing
• Weather Stripping
• Window Article from Period Homes
• Window article from Fine Homebuilding
• Window article from The Old House Journal
• Window restoration
• Making round topped window hoods
• Ten Ways to Save Energy in Your House from This Old House
• Wiring Tips for the do-it-yourselfer
• Working with a contractor Reprinted with permissionfrom Michelle Hofmann. For reprint rights, contactMichelle Hofmann at Michellehofmann@earthlink.net
• Build your own paint remover
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