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…expensive, so do-it-yourselfers now have lots of options to choose from. Traditional Plaster On existing plaster walls, a fresh coat of plaster has always been the way to smooth out a bumpy or damaged finish. Traditional three-coat…

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…trowel. 4) First, a thin coat of plaster is spread over the seams in long even swipes. 5) Bob is shown here gathering plaster with a trowel. He will work from the…
…Things go quickly at this stage, lots of plaster gets mixed and the finish progresses nicely…

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…easy-to-clean with a mild acidic solution. Examples of siliceous stone include granite, slate, sandstone, quartzite, brownstone and bluestone. Calcareous stone, made primarily of calcium carbonate, is sensitive to acidic cleaning products. These…

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…increasing more thanks to Basche s successful role on The Starter Wife. But the couple loves their new home. The traditional brownstone home is 18 feet wide by 50 feet long and provides ample space at a more affordable New York City price than Midtown apartments…

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…access doors or covers very slight or non-existent? Air Vents Have all registers, grilles, and diffusers been firmly reattached to the walls, floors, and/or ceilings? Are the registers, grilles, and diffusers visibly clean? System Operation…

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…original fa ade work and wrought-iron details on this 1870s Brownstone that has been converted to apartments on New York's Upper…
…joins his son Chris Vila to rejuvenate an Upper West Side Brownstone that was originally constructed as a very high-end, single…

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…what home projects he would eventually undertake, the existing hardwood floors, woodworking, doors, hardware, tub and plaster walls were going to stay. Hogan took a restore-not-replace mindset. He tore out old carpet and exposed the original…

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