Recent content by CliffK

Yes, that is the case up here, at least until someone tears down the old small house and builds a McMansion. Ours is a 1200 sq/ft Spanish cottage on an acre of avocado trees. This is the area that Rudolph Hass was growing his avocados in, so there are still some remaining fragments of the old...

John, That’s pretty good! This is in La Habra Heights, and built in 1928. As the second owners we acquired it from the original owners’ children (elderly themselves) after being uninhabited and neglected for many years. The whole place has a rustic, “distressed” charm.......it needs a lot of work!

Thanks for the input. I’ve just caulked all the little roof / wall gaps and other holes. I’m sure these gaps were more from a quickly done termite repair roof job to sell the house rather than proper venting. This garage probably gets vented from it’s rickety old door and the three windows, as...

Hello, I am new here and joined as I am in the process of restoring and setting up an old one car garage. This is a very basic detached wood shed type of garage built in 1928. I have pressure washed the walls and am now going to seal holes and cracks in the walls and then probably paint the...

Hello everybody, My name is Cliff. I just joined your forum. I am happy to be here and thank you for having me. I am sure to have questions and hope I can contribute. I am about to reclaim an old 11’x18’ garage at our little 1928 Spanish style house. For the past ten years this garage has been...