Posted by Clodbuster on November 27, 2012 at 21:53:06 from (66.146.251.56):
In Reply to: Old farm houses posted by Ralphwd45 on November 27, 2012 at 17:48:08:
The others have covered the facts of old houses. I am in a house where the first two rooms were built in the late 1800's and then added onto a few times later and a partial basement too. My walls are showing more cracks all of the time and the floor over the basement has a hump in the middle. The original foundation only has a couple of limestone rocks here and there. A house is only as good as its foundation and this house with some of the add-ons being done on concrete slabs would be a nightmare to ever rebuild the foundation. It is a nice house though and is in good condition for its age but the lifespan is sure not another 120 years! With somewhat updated insulation and my very old windows, heating and cooling costs are very expensive. When the salesman asks me if I am interested in new windows I tell him "Yes, and they will have a new house around them!"
For any of the kids of today who think they have it rough, my great-grandparents had their 7 boys with them in the two original small rooms.
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