windthrown
361 Junkie
My house I live in was built by the founder of the town. It is closing in on 180 years old. It was built to house two families, one down and one upstairs, there's a window upstairs that goes all the way to the floor, it used to be the doorway for family number 2. A few years back we put on a new roof and found that the main frame of the house is hand hewn oak 8x8s with mortise and tenon joints holding it together.
Cool. When I was a kid people showed off their old arts and crafts houses here, all build with solid wood and not a nail in them. Oak beams should last forever.
Now? Houses here are staple/nailed together 2x4s with strand board siding. Everything else is all veneer. I think my dubba wyde will last longer.