Donna, I don't know how old you are, but all you describe sounds like a lot too much for most anyone except a pro carpenter. apparently you are returning a very old house to it's original state and then some. That's something I would love, but I'm long past doing anything that ambitious. Better take care of yourself. We need you! Patricia In a message dated 10/2/2011 9:48:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: happening - We have the siding up and *sigh* finally painted, the guttering is up and we are working on the bedroom that we had to restored due to other restoration problems. I have back and joint problems and so standing on a ladder put me on my back temporarily for a couple of days, but thank goodness, after much ado, that problem is solved. Just when things looked good another one replaced it that is even worse. My