I messed up my back but I found a secret crawl space

[leoskee]

I saw a wet area behind my tank and decided to investigate what was happening. I thought it might be due to the rain. I drained the tank and used the moving disks to move the tank by myself. Needless to say that I hurt my back. Not from pulling the tank but from lifting it in order to put those damn disks in place.

I ripped out the panelling and then realized that the water was from a small airline that I left in the sump. The water was trickling onto the carpet. The good news is that I found a crawl space where I opened the panelling. Inside are 4 doors that I will assume are original doors for my house. They are solid oak. I now have a new project for the summer time. lol.

 

[Awibrandy]

How cool is that!!! Gotta love old houses.:thrash: Mine is almost 100 years old.

 

[masterswimmer]

Get out the camera's......HGTV......LEOSKEE's This Old Crawl Space

Nice find

R

 

[KathyC]

Hmmm..solid Oak..nice...lucky you!

Maybe you need Geraldo over there to rip out some more walls & look for loot!

..sorry to hear about your back...

 

[leoskee]

Im in pain right now just sitting here. The strange thing about the doors is that they are different widths. I havent taken them out yet because I havent made a large enough hole. Im going to tear down the paneling in my basement and redo it this summer. Thats when I will do my 180 inwall project.

On a side note, I removed wall paper from the bathroom and the person that did the job left their name and the date they did the work. It was strange to see that the wall paper was put up in 1963. The paper itself was horrible.

 

[masterswimmer]

It was strange to see that the wall paper was put up in 1963. The paper itself was horrible.

And you expected art nouveau from 1963? :smash:

swimmer

 

[NRA223]

Nice!

I love old houses, especially with original mouldings, floors, doors and hardware.