58limited
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Congratulations!! That is a very nice house. There are many like that in my area and I love them. I strongly encourage you to reconsider putting siding over the asbestos tiles. One, they may shatter when nails are driven into them. Two, the asbestos is inert in tile form - no health danger, especially if painted. Three, they are basically a lifetime covering and look great when painted. My house is sided in it (grey with white trim) and I pulled some off another house that was being re-sided to cover my garage when I expanded it to four car capacity (I still need to paint it but I'm waiting until I repaint the entire house). Also, if you don't pick the right vinyl siding, it will look cheap (I doubt that will be a problem for you with your good taste and with all of the experienced people you have overseeing the work, but I mention it because a big house just down from me was sided with cheap - and I mean cheap - blue vinyl and it looks like crap, resale was affected: it sold for less than my house which is smaller and one story. That house is a two story on what was the elite street in town with a second story view over the ship channel and island to the lake.). See my webpage for pics of the exterior of my house.
My house is built the same way. Inside walls are done like the subfloors and ceilings too. The house is solid as a rock and has withstood all of the hurricanes that have hit my area since it was built. My fireplace looks nearly identical to yours and the counter/sink layout in the kitchen is nearly the same as mine except the short part of the "L" is against a wall.
I've seen those hinges come up on ebay from time to time. My rust-speckled hinges are different (and very art deco) and I haven't found any - except, the lid hinges on my vintage Kenmore rotisserie oven are the same. I have decided to clean them as best I can and live with them. When I had my island built, I used the center hinges from the upper cabinet doors for the island cabinet doors. The upper cabinets have three hinges per door but look and function fine with two hinges.
Here is a picture showing the grey asbestos siding on my house with white trim, taken right after I planted the landscaping about 10 years ago:
http://home.roadrunner.com/~limited58/house.htm
My house is built the same way. Inside walls are done like the subfloors and ceilings too. The house is solid as a rock and has withstood all of the hurricanes that have hit my area since it was built. My fireplace looks nearly identical to yours and the counter/sink layout in the kitchen is nearly the same as mine except the short part of the "L" is against a wall.
I've seen those hinges come up on ebay from time to time. My rust-speckled hinges are different (and very art deco) and I haven't found any - except, the lid hinges on my vintage Kenmore rotisserie oven are the same. I have decided to clean them as best I can and live with them. When I had my island built, I used the center hinges from the upper cabinet doors for the island cabinet doors. The upper cabinets have three hinges per door but look and function fine with two hinges.
Here is a picture showing the grey asbestos siding on my house with white trim, taken right after I planted the landscaping about 10 years ago:
http://home.roadrunner.com/~limited58/house.htm
