tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post6136714771049689806..comments2023-08-25T03:21:41.842-07:00Comments on The Petch House: Its Just Not FairGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-45585391529274649492008-02-20T13:56:00.000-08:002008-02-20T13:56:00.000-08:00Ron, I would out-right disagree with a lot of what...Ron, I would out-right disagree with a lot of what you said here, but I've written about sooo many times on this blog, I won't go in to it again here. <BR/><BR/>Besides, I'm still too damn sick to get into a debate at this point.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-4780781669039690272008-02-19T10:18:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:18:00.000-08:00Good luck on the redwood floor. We left our bare ...Good luck on the redwood floor. We left our bare for two years and I was really surprised at how much it dented from just ordinary use. It is simply too soft to be durable as uncovered flooring. If you look at all the older houses here you will note that whenever a floor was intended to left uncovered it was pine.<BR/><BR/>Redwood floors after receiving a good finish can look handsome, and even dented can look OK as I have noticed in a couple friends houses, but it will dent, and you will have to be prepared to live with that.<BR/><BR/>RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-21624330834819947002008-02-18T17:34:00.000-08:002008-02-18T17:34:00.000-08:00Gail,i know, big surprise when you put 50 people i...Gail,<BR/><BR/>i know, big surprise when you put 50 people in a room with no fresh air and they start getting sick<BR/><BR/>Rukkfrotz,<BR/><BR/>I think stress might have something to do with it. I took on some new responsibilities after the first of the year and the last month and half have been very stressful.<BR/><BR/>Bones, I did see that and I had to laugh. I wonder if they've been reading my blog and tried to help straighten it all out. Even though they don't say, I think one can still call the really narrow ones "Stick Town Houses" and be accurate.<BR/><BR/>Ron,<BR/><BR/>Well, that was the first thing I looked for when I gto the paper.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-85513966775926209452008-02-18T10:28:00.000-08:002008-02-18T10:28:00.000-08:00This has not a lot to do with your topic, but this...This has not a lot to do with your topic, but this is your latest post so I will comment here.<BR/><BR/>You may have noticed your house is the subject of today's Architectural Treasure Hunt in the Restore and Preserve section of today's Time-Standard newspaper. There are lots of great details that could have been featured, but this is one of the neater ones.<BR/><BR/>RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-2766469766282233212008-02-18T08:03:00.000-08:002008-02-18T08:03:00.000-08:00Bummer on being sick, man! I sympathize.Since you'...Bummer on being sick, man! I sympathize.<BR/><BR/>Since you're in, did you see the Restore & Preserve supplement in today's Times-Standard? "Stick-Eastlake: That glorious North Coast signature style"Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002385549246608134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-49070173843252580482008-02-18T05:59:00.000-08:002008-02-18T05:59:00.000-08:00I feel your pain. Moved to NC three years ago. Bef...I feel your pain. Moved to NC three years ago. Before that it no colds and no flu. I have had two colds since then, one of gave me nosebleeds from sneezing too hard. <BR/><BR/>Stress was a big part of it. Networking job went bye-bye in the middle of a real estate swap, and that was that. Had to do the equity refugee bit. I be a self employed house banger now. Loving it as I like to fix houses.<BR/><BR/>Redwood is pretty when freshly sanded and unfinished. I made some paneling (The old fashioned kind) with my great uncle. We even milled the moldings. We did wonder how to finish it so it wouldn't darken or yellow with age. <BR/><BR/>I have a yellow pine floor. It's Long Leaf as opposed to Loblolly. It's not as soft as most evergreens but not hard as oak. The last batch I brought was already finished with aluminum oxide so it's pretty tough. Before that, it was a lot of polyurethane coats after getting it in. It holds up well.<BR/><BR/>Take pictures of that floor if you can. Much interested how it turns out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-6565823031993063012008-02-17T18:36:00.000-08:002008-02-17T18:36:00.000-08:00Hope you feel better. (Same thing happens to my d...Hope you feel better. (Same thing happens to my daughters, they're sick every Christmas and Spring break.) I liked your petri dish reference. I once worked in a bldg. built in 1900, I think we were on the 12th floor. I'd open the window and sit on the window sill. Too bad we can't do that anymore! Less illness, more fresh air, bring back the paperweight, I say!Ginechkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930963550687195662noreply@blogger.com