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Repointing Brick – The Mason You Hire Can Destroy Your House

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Repointing brick needed before water enters. Repointing brick or stone is not as simple as it sounds. Masonry repair work can not only damage but destroy old homes, unless you are an informed consumer and know what to ask. You the homeowner are responsible for protecting your home. Repointing brick or stone on OLD HOMES performed [...]

Killer Trees?

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Killer trees in Freehold NJ made the news with a devastating storm that came through late Saturday night.  The storm only lasted about 20 minutes with winds about 65 mph.  Many homes were crushed from falling trees. Note what was once a garage behind the trash can above. The photo below is the same house [...]

The Window Casing – Original vs Replacement: What you need to know for proper function and design

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There are a lot of bad replacement windows out there and that is because most homeowners do not know or care how bad windows will change the appearance of their house. The window salesperson is usually a first level salesperson who will say anything just to get you to purchase windows from them. There are […]

How YOU can Help Save Our Old Homes

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You can help save our old homes. Promote history with this shirt. Our old homes are slowly being destroyed because homeowners have been brainwashed by advertisements to replace their historic wood windows and wood siding etc. Now's our time to fight back! Spread the word!  Let the public know the value of old wood windows [...]

Piscataway History in Danger. HPC Fails Preservation.

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Piscataway history represented by a inappropriate plastic replacement window. Arched window replaced with rectangular. Save Piscataway history!  Homeowners and Historic Commissions Must Understand they are Stewards for Historic houses. Piscataway history is in danger by developers.  Therefore significantly important historic buildings, part of historic Raritan Landing, are in the Road Up Raritan Historic District . [...]
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