old house renovation 4 - old house from 1900 built as good or better than today ?!

Houses were definitely constructed differently 120+ years ago. But that doesn't mean the methods the used for building a house were bad. On the contrary, they have some things to teach us more than a century later!.
We examined :
1) lumber sizing where we can see how the nominal size is so much larger today than the actual where as the two dimensions in 1900 were much closer to the same.
2) foundations which were made of JUST bricks that amazingly were still supporting this house with minimal settling.
3) headers of completely different design from modern construction, and yet the durability is phenomenal!
,4) floors that remained in tact in spite of withstanding dramatic structural damage ,
5) 1x6 plank sheathing, which clearly added remarkable strength to the house overall.
6) air conditioning accomplished through the use of transoms or windows over each of the doors allowing air to circulate from room to room even if the doors were closed.
7) and beautiful craftsmanship of days gone by.
When a house surpasses the century mark, it is work looking at how it survived this long. In the discoveries are more than just structural!

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