THE OHIO CHAT ROOM!!!

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:05 pm

Sigh...

About to get in the shower and hear someone knocking on the door.

MAINTENANCE!!!!

"Are you cooking?"
No.
"Do you smell gas?"
No.
"Someone called and said they smell gas, we're just checking units."
No cooking here, I'm about to go to work. (In my head: Get the hell away from here please....)
"Alright, have a nice day."

I should have showed up to the door naked. I wonder what he thought when he saw a lot of my stuff sitting at the door. :lol:

ONE MORE WEEK(ish).

Jeeper4life · **Posted:** Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:12 pm

ah! didn't need that picture in my mind! :ROTFL:

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

TAHOE wrote:

Nice looking house Marlon. Good starter.

You guys want old construction.....my future home still has working knob and tube :shock:

and flood mud in the walls form the 1913 flood.

Woohoo, 1 week until grand jury duty, downtown Cincy..... :cry:

I still have knob and tube in places in my house. I panicked at first but after I learned all about it, it's no big deal as long as it's in good shape. Mine was built in 1925 so not too far off from yours :wink:

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:37 pm

Any one need a Cherokee ( besides Larry :wink:

)
City of Toledo has 30 of them for sale
PUBLIC AUCTION
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013 AT 10:00 A.M.
221 Elmdale Rd., Toledo, OH 43607
From: Rt 23/I475 to Exit 13 east on Central Ave (Rt20) go 1 mi.
turn South on Reynolds 2 ½ mi. to South on Elmdale Rd., follow signs.
Located off Hill Ave. between Byrne & Westwood
The City of Toledo has decommissioned to sell items no longer used by the City.
Cruisers – Passenger Vehicles & Trucks: (2) Dodge Chargers; (57) Crown Vics from 2001-2006; (30) Jeep
Cherokee’s 2wd & 4wd; (24) Ford Taurus’s; (21) Chevy Lumina’s; (11) Chevy Impala’s; plus Suburban’s, full
size ford & dodge vans; Chevy Astro & Ford vans; Dodge Dakota’s & Chevy S-10; many chevy & ford ½ ton
trucks 2wd & 4wd

MoD · **Joined:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:53 am **Posts:** 1343

Holy crap! Not that i need another Heep but with that many some have to go cheap...

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

BugginKJ wrote:

I still have knob and tube in places in my house. I panicked at first but after I learned all about it, it's no big deal as long as it's in good shape. Mine was built in 1925 so not too far off from yours :wink:

OK, I'm dense... [insert joke here]

What is "knob and tube"? Is that the old electric panel with the glass fuses? Haven't seen those is a while!

Man, lots of conversation on here! Marlon, I love that house. Several family members live in similar style homes - but they're not brick like yours. And being the age it is you can be sure it's built well - REAL 2X4's instead of these skinny things used now.

Anybody need an engine stand? I don't have room to keep the one I bought for my engine swap - I'll make ya a deal!

Oh yeah - anybody seen Spring? I ain't happy about the snow squalls today :evil:

Bob

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:43 pm

TwoBobsKJ wrote:

BugginKJ wrote:

I still have knob and tube in places in my house. I panicked at first but after I learned all about it, it's no big deal as long as it's in good shape. Mine was built in 1925 so not too far off from yours :wink:

OK, I'm dense... [insert joke here]

What is "knob and tube"? Is that the old electric panel with the glass fuses? Haven't seen those is a while!

Knob and tube is when they run separate wires throughout the house, in the walls where they run through the 2X4s they run through a tube to protect them . The knob comes in by the way they are held in position running in the walls and across the attic/basement. One issue is there is no ground, only positive and negative.

Man, lots of conversation on here! Marlon, I love that house. Several family members live in similar style homes - but they're not brick like yours. And being the age it is you can be sure it's built well - REAL 2X4's instead of these skinny things used now.

Anybody need an engine stand? I don't have room to keep the one I bought for my engine swap - I'll make ya a deal!
MMMMMMMMMMM maybe?? Could keep it here for anyone needing one

Oh yeah - anybody seen Spring? I ain't happy about the snow squalls today :evil:

Spring??? what is that? :shock:

Bob

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:48 pm

MoD wrote:

Holy crap! Not that i need another Heep but with that many some have to go cheap...

I'm going to see what they go for. Some have issues but may not be that bad
City of Toledo has a ton of XJs/KJs etc Even the radio and TV stations use Jeeps of course :wink:

I'd like to pick up a 2 wheel drive XJ in decent shape
small block GM engine, and some other goodies could make a fun machine

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:48 pm

Of course the auction is on Saturday. :lol:

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:21 pm

Marlon_JBT wrote:

Of course the auction is on Saturday. :lol:

It was on a Sunday but I called them and had it changed :ROTFL:

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:35 pm

Oh Tom, you forgot to mention that the knobs and tubes are made of porcelain.

And someone told me to gut the old lathe and plaster walls and install new drywall.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:49 pm

Marlon_JBT wrote:

Oh Tom, you forgot to mention that the knobs and tubes are made of porcelain.

And someone told me to gut the old lathe and plaster walls and install new drywall.

Yes they are made of porcelain !

And remove all the plaster lathes ?
I would highly suggest you don't OR that you don't move in until you do and are completely done! I did my first place while living there and no matter how much we taped off each room the dust and dirt got into everything. ( well we actually bought a small camper and lived in it in the back yard for two months until we could finish everything) What a :furious:

mess. The second place I did I gutted everything, did all new wiring, plumbing, heating etc then insulation, drywall, painted and then moved in. Way better! You don't know what dust and dirt are until you start tearing out plaster lathe :ROTFL:

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:52 pm

Oh trust me I rolled my eyes and just said no way.

I actually do know a LITTLE bit about lathe and plaster and the dust.

It's a pain. A real pain.

I can also imagine it being very expensive.

EDIT: Just $6 per sheet?

Something else I thought was more expensive than it is...

John3:17 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:59 pm

Marlon_JBT wrote:

Oh trust me I rolled my eyes and just said no way.

I actually do know a LITTLE bit about lathe and plaster and the dust.

It's a pain. A real pain.

I can also imagine it being very expensive.

My Father in Law used to redo older houses to rent out, he skipped the ripping out part and just framed new walls inside the old ones ran new plumbing and electric, insulated and dry walled them. Said it was more cost effective for him.

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

With my new tools, a lil luck and some tinkin, I reproduced the original baseboard in my home :pepper:

Megalos · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:47 am

I still have a planer that could've made that job easy for ya...if Tomm would ever come get it. :goink:

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:27 am

Megalos wrote:

I still have a planer that could've made that job easy for ya...if Tomm would ever come get it. :goink:

Someday, thought sure while Chris was in town I'd get him to help me get it but ........ :roll:

Plus really hate to come to C-bus anymore but going to have to! :ROTFL:

Maybe talk Buggin' into a road trip someday soon here if I can pry him away from the ranch

Tom

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

OK, now I get the knobs & tubes - thanks Tom. Haven't seen those in a while.

Marlon, I agree that you don't want to get into replacing the plaster and lath. Yea, it's a pain when you want to run wiring, plumbing, etc. but the chaos and mess when you start ripping in to those walls - WOW! :dizzy:

Bob

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

tommudd wrote:

Megalos wrote:

I still have a planer that could've made that job easy for ya...if Tomm would ever come get it. :goink:

Someday, thought sure while Chris was in town I'd get him to help me get it but ........ :roll:

Plus really hate to come to C-bus anymore but going to have to! :ROTFL:

Maybe talk Buggin' into a road trip someday soon here if I can pry him away from the ranch

Tom

Road trip, leave the ranch and all the things that need done undone?!?! :shock:

Did someone say planer??????? :pepper:

I would love a planer, just another weapon in the arsenal :rockon:

Ahhhhhhh coffee, fresh morning air and the smell of cut wood in the air! Doesn't get much better than that :pepper:

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:30 am

TwoBobsKJ wrote:

OK, now I get the knobs & tubes - thanks Tom. Haven't seen those in a while.

Marlon, I agree that you don't want to get into replacing the plaster and lath. Yea, it's a pain when you want to run wiring, plumbing, etc. but the chaos and mess when you start ripping in to those walls - WOW! :dizzy:

Bob

I actually didn't even realize the difference between plaster and lath and drywall until yesterday. He told me how to tell the difference just by looking at it.

Plaster and Lath:

I thought the "texture" was just several years of painting over and over and over again. Didn't realize newer homes had an entirely different method of creating a wall. Then I remembered when I helped my cousin do some plumbing work at my mom's house and I remember that nasty looking, dusty garbage and it all started to make sense...

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