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Ask This Old House gave bad info

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  1. billb3

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    Watch the vintage This Old House Episodes and they will keep your interest. The recent episodes not so much. Either simple stuff that anyone can accomplish or out of sight $$$$$$ projects in New England.
     
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    A fireplace is safer as long as it doesn’t have a ton of creosote already in it from burning green wood.
    I know of one built in the mid 1800’s that has consumed almost nothing but pine and is used a lot. Never been cleaned.
    I was asked to get on the roof and inspect it. Clean bill of health.
    Surely it’s not built to today’s standards as there’s no flue. But I figured if it burnt that clean and safely for over 100 years it would be good for the near future ;)
     
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  4. unclefess

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    yes he is one of the most down to earth and regular guy's you would ever meet ,actually the original crew are all that way , richard ,tom,roger all very nice but like most '' entertainment'' the new producers/directors wreck it as what has happened here
     
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  5. unclefess

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    i agree the new stuff is bringing it down and out of reach of most people
     
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  6. unclefess

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    well if not in a fireplace how about in my garage stove :D :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol: .... i'll shut up now :whistle:
     
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    You do have to be careful with the popping and spark throwing, with pine in a fireplace. But I burn it there anyway, just put a bad rug over the good rug.
     
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    My wife and I watch both This Old House and Ask This Old House. They're good unwind before bed shows; no yelling, no plot to follow...mellow.

    I think a few of the more recent projects are a bit of a stretch on the original concept. The house they are doing in Rhode Island right now for example. They took a single story ranch and built it into this two story big house. I think it's bending the idea a bit. To me, you take an old house, gut it/partially gut it, modernize the mechanicals, electrical, plumbling, make some changes to the floorplan, maybe a small addition and you're good. You look back and it looks like an old house, but has all the guts of a new house.

    This latest project basically took down most of the house, left a wall or two and the foundation. IMHO: "This 95% new house with a little old house left in". At that point, why not just build a new house?
     
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    Used to watch it until it started getting "goofy".
     
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    Worry not about that popping and sparking. It is just termite turds exploding and does not harm.
     
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