To: DUMBGRUNT
My wife said we should search our 100-year-old house; all we ever find is dead bugs.
When I attempted a rehab of a 100 year old house, all I found was a "King Gillette" razor blade in the paper behind the horsehair plaster. The rehab failed. One day, I went to visit it while in Connecticut, and it was gone.
2 posted on
10/18/2022 7:05:54 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
To: Dr. Sivana
My dad once told me those little tilted slats formed into the inside edge of the medicine cabinet were for discarding used razor blades. I have no idea if this is true, but that’s where he ditched his used blades. The wall must have been full of rusty blades.
21 posted on
10/18/2022 7:48:55 AM PDT by
Blurb2350
(posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
To: Dr. Sivana
—”the horsehair plaster”
That stuff is like kryptonite!
As they plastered over the open lath, wet plaster splashes down on the bottom plate and piles up.
I’m not wild about wireless devices and Cat 6 is cheap/ (free in short leftover lengths).
Drilling from the basement up the stuff usually just moves upward and dulls the bit, carbide hole saws will NOT drill through it. With luck it can be pushed out of the way and a sleeve pushed in to hold it; sometimes. Diamond hole
saws just move it and rattle in the wall.
I HATE THAT STUFF!
23 posted on
10/18/2022 7:52:00 AM PDT by
DUMBGRUNT
( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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