I spoke with an insulation/air sealing specialist and he suggested combining the three (solar and air source heat pumps plus oil backup) was the way to go - plus there are lots of loan programs in Mass (solar loans, heat loans for heat pumps, etc) to help move in this direction. 

Who is going to alert you that the pipe is leaking, toilet flap is not sealing, someone left the hose in the backyard/slop sink on.3.

Probably seal it (maybe not even that) and vinyl over for that price.

I can prepare drawing and put my PE seal on the drawing.

The most common arrangement from the post-war years to the 1990s was a dewaxed shellac to seal the wood and then two coats of amber-tinted oil-based polyurethane.On the other hand, darker finishes would be used to mask inferior grain patterns or extensive knot filling, to disguise cheap planks that had obvious #2 Common characteristics.So this is where it gets a bit odd -- all four pics you showed us are of Select-grade flooring, some with light finishes, some with dark finishes.

So before sealing it up, I'd just want to remove any potential termites - you don't want to seal them in.

Mainly cosmetic stuff and a few items that will help with long term Capex (some roof fixes, added gutters to the property and had a couple of the basement windows blocked off and sealed to prevent future seepage).

Mainly cosmetic stuff and a few items that will help with long term Capex (some roof fixes, added gutters to the property and had a couple of the basement windows blocked off and sealed to prevent future seepage).

This decision was going to either seal my fate, or save my race.

Kilz Max was formulated as a stain,odor shellac to seal stains in.