Posted by Bruce in CT on January 30, 2013 at 15:13:12 from (69.177.33.170):
In Reply to: Old Farm House posted by Bruce in CT on January 30, 2013 at 14:27:48:
It's not balloon framing. The bricks are sitting right on top of the bottom sill plate that is sitting on the stone foundation, and there are top plates so the second floor and first floor are separated by that. There are bricks sitting on the top late as well. We thought about varmits, but you wouldn't need that many bricks to keep them out. We thought about bullets, which is our best guess, but they have bricks 1 or 2 high on some of the interior walls. We also found some small flat rocks cemented into the walls as if they ran out of bricks. Insulation idea sounds good, but then why wouldn't they go all the way to the ceiling? Like I say, I've worked in a lot of old houses in this town and surrrounding ones and never seen it before. BTW, the town is Roxbury CT. Any other ideas, guys?
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