On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:20:03 -0500, songbird
wrote:

Fran Farmer wrote:
Don wrote:
...
A pocket door slides into the wall. The house has eight of them. Half of
them double doors, and half single doors.

Ah! Thank you for explaining. That name makes such obvious sense but
I've not heard that term used for such style doors before. I can't even
bring to mind the name we use for those sorts of doors in this country.
No doubt I'll wake up at 2 am and remember.

we've called them sliding doors.


songbird

"Sliding Doors" don't disappear into the wall, ie. glass sliders
leading to a patio, or closet sliders that overlap so only half the
opening can be used at any given time. Pocket doors slide inside the
wall, there are no hinges, no door swinging to take valuable space.
Pocket doors were very popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s...
once very popular for bathrooms so no door would swing into the room
that would block fixtures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_door
http://www.houzz.com/pocket-door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr9TNu0G828

On 11/11/2014 10:20 AM, Drew Lawson wrote:
In article
" writes:
I have access to a couple dozen Osage Oranges if I want them. But,
I can't figure out what to do with them. Help!

Play softball?

Odd looking trees, but the wood is beautiful.


I would not want the trees on my property.
Always worrying about getting thumped on the head by them when walking
in woods and park.
I see squirrels eat them but apparently not deer.

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:52:07 -0500, Don Wiss
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, Fran Farmer wrote:

On 12/11/2014 6:56 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
Don Wiss wrote:
hrhofmann wrote:

I have access to a couple dozen Osage Oranges if I want them.
But, I can't figure out what to do with them. Help!

Years ago I put a pile of them on my stoop:
http://donwiss.com/pictures/house/h0004.htm

Very attractive doors.

I agree. They are gorgeous doors (and nice looking Osage Oranges too).

They are better looking now. I removed those brass sheets at the bottom
that were covering over damaged wood. I had wood veneered over the damage.

Those brass kick plates protect the door bottoms (why the door bottoms
were damaged under the metal), they'd look better were they made of
thicker gauge metal that wasn't rippled... one can also find cast
brass/bronze kick plates, some with intricate molded designs. The
kick plates in your picturre are installed incorrectly, they are not
supposed to go all the way to the edge of the wood, should be a 3/4"
wood border exposed all around, especially at the bottom... should
also be attached with flat head countersunk screws.

And I removed the metal plates that were surrounding the locks. And the
not-in-use brass doorbell was removed and the stone filled in. (There is
now an intercom.)

The locks and estuchion plates could have easily been antiqued to
match the door handles... the lock estuchions protect the wood from
being scratched/gouged by keys swinging on a ring... those plates also
add secrurity, makes it much more difficult to jimmy the lock bolt.

Is there some sort of canapy/awning protecting the wood from the
elements?

What is missing are the solid wood doors that were just behind the pair of
glass doors. The fellow that sold the house in 1959 took them. And still
has them in his basement. (He also took off and gave away many of the
overmantles. All this done after the contract was signed and before the
closing.)

I picked up the osage oranges in Prospect Park. There could be some there
now.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, Brooklyn1 wrote:

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:52:07 -0500, Don Wiss wrote:
They are better looking now. I removed those brass sheets at the bottom
that were covering over damaged wood. I had wood veneered over the damage.

Those brass kick plates protect the door bottoms (why the door bottoms
were damaged under the metal),

All of the lower portion of the doors around here get damaged from the
snow. It piles up against the bottom of the door. Remember the doors here
are all over 100 years old. For example, my house was built in 1891.

The doors open out. There are real original kick plates on the inside. But
kick plates would never be on the side of a door that opens out.

One could make them look better, but they would still be wrong and
inappropriate for the outside of our doors. Inlaying a piece of matching
veneer is the only right way to handle the situation.

And I removed the metal plates that were surrounding the locks. And the
not-in-use brass doorbell was removed and the stone filled in. (There is
now an intercom.)

The locks and estuchion plates could have easily been antiqued to
match the door handles... the lock estuchions protect the wood from
being scratched/gouged by keys swinging on a ring... those plates also
add secrurity, makes it much more difficult to jimmy the lock bolt.

I don't use a key ring. I only carry a single key. The plates were replaced
by circular security rings. If someone wanted to break in they would break
the glass. But a break-in at the top of the stoop is rather visible. Any
breakins that take place would be under the stoop, where they can kick the
door in unseen.

Is there some sort of canapy/awning protecting the wood from the
elements?

No.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).