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Breaking Out Carley Brook Farm to a Separate Site

by Bearfort · 0 comments

in Carley Brook Farm

I have been working on two different projects. One here a the lodge – and the other at the farm.

Recently I have been spending quite a bit of time working on the restoration of Carley Brook Farm, an 1820s farmhouse and farm.

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To the Farm: Dangerous Knob and Tube

by Bearfort · 5 comments

in Carley Brook Farm

Back a while ago I had discovered old knob and tube wiring in the farm house.

When I had opened up the kitchen ceiling to access the source of a leak I revealed the ancient wiring. It looked like it was in pretty good shape – soft and supple after all those years. I rhetorically asked “do I really have to replace it? – Cant I just repair the ceiling and cover it up as if I never had seen it? After all it looked like it was in pretty good condition.”Old Knob and Tube Wiring

Comments soon followed that post….. (replace replace replace) each comment echoing the next.

What a job. Replacing the knob and tube is not a pleasurable task by any means but it is a necessary one.

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To The Farm: Knob and Tube Update and More Discoveries

I have been busy busy busy – Have been in the process of ripping out old knob and tube wiring and rewiring – a tedious job. The old knob and tube throughout the house was divided simply by two circuits. One for lights and one for sockets. YIKES.
The kitchen rewiring is complete as well [...]

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To The Farm: Plaster Ceilings, Wall, More Discoveries – and Decisions Made

I’ve been out at the farm again working on fixing plaster. I did get quite a bit accomplished. All the fiber ceiling tiles that were put up sometime in the 70s and the furring strips were completely removed and taken out to the burn pile. I lit them up and stood back and [...]

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To The Farm: A Discovery in the Attic and a History Lesson

I had a major discovery in the attic at the farmhouse. I had been in the attic before but didn’t pay much attention to the pile of additional insulation in the corner. There under the pile was a window, the gable window. It measure 4 1/4 feet tall by almost three feet wide. [...]

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A Roof Over My Head: The Rains Cometh

It has been raining steady now here at Carley Brook Farm for the past week. My attention to fixing these plaster walls and ceilings keeps diverting to the poor shape of the roof on this old farmhouse. I know the roof needs replacing. Luckily it is not leaking however, the asphalt shingles are [...]

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Farmhouse Restoration: To the Farm

I’m headed to farm today to further evaluate my list of projects in the restoration of the farmhouse and repair a plaster ceiling in one of the upstairs bedrooms.
The house, built around 1820, needs work. Structurally it is sound except for the porch which needs to be rebuilt. Eventually the vinyl siding will come [...]

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A Weekend at the Farm

So this past weekend I had to spend some time out at the farm to take care of a few things. Of course it rains like all hell so most of my tinkering was left to inside jobs.

Ended up mostly doing paperwork in the office and did a little plumbing in the office bathroom [...]

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To the Farmstead

Today its off to the farmstead. Carley Brook Farm – my other project.
I have to put down my tools here at Bearfort Lodge and head off to the farm where I have a number of other restoration projects moving along.
The farm was built in 1821. Restoration is moving along even though I really only [...]

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