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Old House Love: Ditch The Chemical Floor Finishes

October 21, 2020October 26, 2020 admin 0 Comments barrier finish, carpentry, chemicals, DIY, finish carpentry, floor finishing, floor refinishing, flooring, green building, hardwood flooring, historic preservation, home improvement, home rehab, home renovation, lacquer, LEED, linseed oil, natural finishes, oak, old house love, old houses, petrochemical, petroleum distillates, polyurethane, Renovation, sanding, shellac, softwood, trim carpentry, usgbc, varnish, wood finishes, wood finishing, woodshop, woodworking, zero-VOC

Nat explores wood finishes using a domestically-made, zero-VOC linseed oil-based varnish for some 1895 hardwood floors.

Construction Home Improvement

Home Improvement: Lessons In Deck Paint, or, Customer Service 101

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 admin 0 Comments deck paint, decks, home improvement, home renovation, home repair, porches, rehab, rehabilitation, Renovation

In which Nat argues with an $11 billion company over some utterly foolish application instructions on a gallon of very, very expensive deck paint.

Cities & Urban Planning Environment

April Showers Bring May Combined Sewer Overflows

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments climate adaptation, climate change, combined sewer overflow, CSO, Detroit, drainage, flooding, french drain, green stormwater infrastructure, GSI, home rehab, rainfall, Renovation, stormwater

I woke up several times last night to the sound of torrential rain drumming on the roof. The attic roof

Affordable housing Cities & Urban Planning Housing Real Estate

The ADU as Community Development Tool?

June 26, 2016May 24, 2017 admin 0 Comments Accessory dwelling unit, ADU, affordable housing, community development, densification, Density, neighborhood stability, Renovation, rental, rental income, rental units, single-family housing, upzoning, Zoning

While managing the Detroit Land Bank housing development programs at Southwest, I’ve come across a number of scenarios in which a

That Dude Who Voted No On My Zoning Proposal Is Now In Jail And Schadenfreude Is Real

January 27, 2016April 25, 2017 admin 0 Comments Calumet Region, community development, East Chicago, Indiana, Indiana Harbor, Inland Steel, Renovation, Rust Belt, Steel mills, Urban planning, US Steel, Zoning

In a scenario worthy of the Duma or a small, post-colonial African republic, newly reëlected East Chicago city councilman Robert

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