Agghh!!! The Perils and Problems of an Old House
In the 200 year-old section of our house, insects have been happily gnawing away at the beams and sills in the basement until about 50 years ago ( of course, we should have fixed this when we bought the house in 1986, but we waited...)
Electrical wires ran everywhere, inexplicably, like webs from giant spiders.
(look at this photo as if horizontal--it got flipped in transition).
The old stone wall on one side was collapsing inward and needed to be rebuilt--difficult to do because it runs behind the oil tanks.
This wall has a new cement coat to discourage wind and water.
Thanks to a crew knowledgeable about fixing old houses, the basement's now in recovery mode (I'm not sure Toby and I are) .
In the 200 year-old section of our house, insects have been happily gnawing away at the beams and sills in the basement until about 50 years ago ( of course, we should have fixed this when we bought the house in 1986, but we waited...)
Electrical wires ran everywhere, inexplicably, like webs from giant spiders.
(look at this photo as if horizontal--it got flipped in transition).
The old stone wall on one side was collapsing inward and needed to be rebuilt--difficult to do because it runs behind the oil tanks.
This wall has a new cement coat to discourage wind and water.Thanks to a crew knowledgeable about fixing old houses, the basement's now in recovery mode (I'm not sure Toby and I are) .
Hurray for recovery!
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