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UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

My parents’ timber house is from the 1780s and is still solid. So, 240 years at least, give or take. I’m aware of plenty of timber houses from the 1600s that are still standing and functional as well.

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No_Eponym@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Is a timber frame house from back then the same as one built post 1950 though? Some Q’s:

Have materials/practices decreased in quality?

Has there been a shift from a sense of pride in craft and duty to build well towards cutting corners and saving $?

Has the density and properties of wood changed as we use smaller trees grown more quickly in monocultures compared to old-growth harvested lumber of pre 1900s?
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- UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Well, the house I’m living in now was built in the 1960s, and is also still very solid.
  
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