-Hello Larry,
This is Larry2. I live across the river and can show you what I've done to fix my leaky basement (almost.) I tried to write you one late night but it took so long I got kicked off my server before I could send. We stabilized the bulge by poking holes in the blocks and pouring in grout with rebar. That side has been dry for 15 years. More later. My number is 513-379-8120.
Larry Simpson
--- Lawrence Kestenbaum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We're here in my mother-in-law's former home in Lakeside Park,
> Kentucky (a Cincinnati suburb, between Covington and Erlanger). She
> moved to an assisted living apartment several months ago, and now my
> wife and her relatives are clearing out the house to get it ready for
> sale.
>
> Yesterday, an avuncular real estate agent came to look over the place.
> When he was told that there were hardwood floors under the
> wall-to-wall carpeting, he nodded knowingly, and said "yeah, old
> houses always have hardwood floors." Apparently this Kentucky realtor
> had never seen a shotgun shack.
>
> But more startling was the concept that a suburban Colonial from 1968
> is now an "old house," in the same category with hip-roof Foursquares
> and Italianate villas. I mean, the original historic fabric of this
> particular landmark includes plastic snap-in muntins! If I had been
> in the vicinity, I would have been, at age 13, old enough to make
> snarky comments about it during construction.
>
> Next thing you know, Bob Vila is going to demonstrate how to preserve
> thin brick and Dryvit.
>
>
> Larry
>
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