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[James T. Oestreich]

Aaron    I know what for and ware you speek my house is only 100 years 
old never had  a bacement so put one in . kid's are all gone wife and i 
need more room so put on 12 by 24  room on back of house at same time 
plus all new sideing  started 2 yr. or is it 3yr.  we did almost all of 
it ourselve's .  had some help from the kidd's  and some good frenid's . 
still not all  done.   but  now i can fine  some time to go out in the 
shop  and play as the wife like's to say   jim o.

Aaron Silver wrote:

> Bob-
>
> We're up in Upstate NY. Not as bad as Frosty, but compared to "normal" 
> winters have been brutal.
>
> As for the house, the walls are supposedly insulated, but the windows 
> are definitely sucking a lot of heat out. One of the projects for when 
> the money is flowing a little better is to try and get modern windows 
> in there. In the meantime we're stuck with what we've got.
>
> To make matters worse, our house was built in 1777, so while it isn't 
> a historically registered house, the better half doesn't want anything 
> that would scream 20th century, so windows, new siding, etc have to 
> look as close to authentic as possible. I'm just hoping I can find 
> vinyl siding that doesn't scream machine made sometime before I have 
> to scrape and paint this ol' money pit.... I mean this wonderful old 
> Colonial. :-)
>
> Ahh... The joys of home ownership. (And 2 of the coldest winters in 
> the last decade or so.)
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
> At 05:15 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
>
>> Aaron,
>>
>> I don't know where you live or how big your house is
>> but it sounds to me like insulation would pay off quick.
>>
>> Bob
>
>
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