Comment on Houses in my area increases 82% in just 4 years
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 1 month agoIs 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?
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.