Well after a little searching on the internet and talking with some guys at work today I found that these are humidifiers. But I still don't know how old they are and I am guessing at how they worked. One is a Skuttle and the other is a Williamson. Does anyone have any idea how old they might be?

This weekend was interesting. I was getting the house ready for the cold weather that will soon be upon us and noticed that there was a big hole in the duct work for the furnace.

 

So I went to the hardware store and bought a sheet of tin to make a new piece to replace the one in the photo. As I was removing this piece I seen something I had never seen before. There where two boxes coming out of the side of the duct work that at one time had water lines hooked to them.

Since I was working in a confined space (crawlspace) I removed them so I could get a better look at what they are. From what I can figure out is, they are humidifiers. Since this is probably what caused the duct work to rust out, I left them out and patched the holes where they were installed. I don't know much about how these worked or how old they are. If anyone has any information on how old these are and how they worked, please feel free to contact me and let me know.

So needless to say, a job that should have took an hour to fix ended up taking 5 hours to do and a lot of questions to be answered.

 

I spent some time this weekend getting the house ready for winter. Since the house was built in 1910, there are some windows that need to be replaced. I don't have the time to replace the windows before winter hits so I insulated them with plastic. This is a link on how to insulate your windows with plastic if you have some drafty windows in your home.

homeimprovement.lovetoknow.com/How_to_Winterize_Windows_with_Plastic

Thought I would share what my wife really enjoys doing. She likes to create shelves and wall hangings made out of metal. She will bend and weld the metal together until she makes a boring piece of steel into something cool to hang on the wall. She will also incorporate tiles into her work. 

This is a cool table the wife made to have someplace to work with her plants. She made it all from recycled wood we had laying around. Looks really good on our front porch.

winterizing your home

 

Sitting outside this morning enjoying the nice day, I noticed the trees are changing colors. Which is a sign that winter is coming soon.So here is a list of things to be done around the house to get it ready for the winter

1. Have your furnace checked out by a professional, have the ducts cleaned and buy enough furnace filters so you can change them every 30 days.
2. Check or install Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors.
3. Prepare your fireplace by cleaning chimney to remove soot and creosote. Make sure there is a cap or screen on the top of the chimney to keep birds and rodents out. Inspect damper for proper opening and closing. You should always have a working fire extinguisher on hand.
4. Prepare equipment, get the summer tools ready to be stored for winter and have the winter tools ready for the ice and snow. Have ice melt salt or sand on hand.
5. Inspect the doors and windows, replace any cracked or missing caulk. Repair any weatherstripping. Any cracked or broken glass should be replaced. Install storm windows.
6. Check the foundation, rake any debris away from the foundation. Seal all cracks and make sure no rodents can get in, crawlspaces should be secured.
7. If the roof has any singles missing they should be replaced. Make sure the weather can not get in around the flashing. Clean the gutters and downspouts.
8. Insulate exposed plumbing pipes. Make sure you are aware of where the main shut off is in case of an emergency. Drain all garden hoses. Leave heat on at least 55 degrees if you leave your house for any extended period of time.
9. Prune trees, move potted plants inside, seal deck and driveway. Plant any spring bulbs you may have.
10. You should always have an emergency kit ready. Something that can get you by if you have to go without heat, food and water for any period of time.

My wife like to create things. This is a dress she crocheted, she done this without a pattern. She placed third in the county fair.

My wife and I visited a resale shop last weekend. We where looking for decor for a room in our house. We came across a print with no frame for $1.00, so we purchased it. Now that we got it home we needed to make a frame for it. The wife suggested using some recycled base molding that we got from a recent laminent floor install. So I measured it out and went to the garage and made a frame out of the molding and painted it black to match the rest of the decor in the room. For only $1.00 and about an hour of my time, I think we have a very nice looking print to hang on the wall. What do you think?

Another pic of the kitchen, the wife is talented.

 

 



Another pic of the wifes creativity.

This is the kitchen before the wife added her creative touch to it.

 

This is the kitchen after the wife got done with it.

 

 

Here it is the porch is done with some flowers that the wife planted. Looks so much better.

Adding a hand rail and lattice to the front porch. Hope to be finished with it soon. Maybe even plant some flowers around the porch. I am sure it will not look like the same house when I am done with it.