torontotoolman Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Check out this news paper under the hard wood of this old house im demoing its from march 1923 damn its about time this old house gets a make over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Wow that's crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torontotoolman Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Ya the sub floor is old planks of wood coverd with new paper and tar paper no wonder old house could burn down so easy the whole house is an ignition system lol it would be crazy being a carpenter in the 1920s though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 when I was doing our stairs I found Sept 1907 newspaper glued to underside of stair treads, no idea why they would do that? cut down on noise? not sure.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poisonfangs85 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 I love finding old gems like that. These are a couple bottles I found while doing our house. Found a few old tools too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 poison those are some cool bottles whats the year on that RC bottle? I cant believe they've been around for so long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poisonfangs85 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 1936. It was buried in my crawlspace, I almost placed concrete over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteW Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 thats one of my favorite things to do when doing finish carpentry before i hang a cabinet i will usually write my name and date behind it and in 20 years when they redo the kitchen maybe they'll find it. i found this once when i was removing wall paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torontotoolman Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Ya thats a good idea befor i got into frameing i was a flat roofer and befor we torched this big ass roof me and this other guy signed and dated thw plywood with the black primer so in 20 or 30 years when someone re-roofs it they will see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poisonfangs85 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 thats one of my favorite things to do when doing finish carpentry before i hang a cabinet i will usually write my name and date behind it and in 20 years when they redo the kitchen maybe they'll find it. i found this once when i was removing wall paper.Schaumburg!!! Your right down the road from me. Bout 35 mins give or take traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteW Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Schaumburg!!! Your right down the road from me. Bout 35 mins give or take traffic.i'm actually in Northbrook, or at least until my school starts again in the fall. thats one thing i love about TIA is that there from Illinois. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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