CatskillHouse.us is Homeowner's blog news.
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Homeowner’s Blog — Home Improvement with an eye toward sustainability. A home improvement blog written by an electrical engineer with an eye toward sustainability. Covers many areas of owning and renovating an older home. Has on going articles about installing solar power, Do-It-Yourself, environment, conservation, etc.
The house itself is located in the scenic Catskill Mountains of New York State. The Catskills have been a primary travel and summer vacation destination for people in the north eastern United States for over 150 years.
Web site includes a [links directory] with many useful home improvement links and a free reciprocal link exchange, or a one way link exchange for a nominal annual fee.
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- Home Improvement with an eye toward sustainability
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About the Author
We bought this house to make it our home. I had no idea it would be so much work and so much fun. It is a constant learning experience, and I hope to pass some of the things I have learned on to my readers. With any luck at all, one of us will not make the same mistakes twice.
This house itself was built in 1965, and used as a summer home up until about 2002 or so. After that it sat empty and unused until we closed on it in February of 2004. It is sighted in the eastern Catskill Mountains, in what is known as the “Borscht Belt.” It had two owners, both of whom lived in Brooklyn, NY. As such, it was uninhabited most of the time. In the winter, the heat was turned off and all the water was drained out of the plumbing system. As anyone with experience in building management, leaving systems unused is the worst thing you can do. Soon metal parts rust, bearings become uneven, seals go bad, fuel tanks get condensation inside them, generally it is better to use something that to leave it sitting still.
