using real timber so it’s probably not going to fall down
Nothing wrong with today’s lumber, but there’s a lot wrong with antique building standards of the 1920’s + lack of code enforcement + old carpenters attitude of “that’s the way it’s always been done” if they even knew the current/correct rules in the first place.
A lot of near furniture grade lumber was used in old houses because it was common and cheaply available- unlike now. But there is no special advantage to using it in old houses for structural purposes. Today’s houses are as engineered as automobiles are for cost and safety.
using real timber so it’s probably not going to fall down
Nothing wrong with today’s lumber, but there’s a lot wrong with antique building standards of the 1920’s + lack of code enforcement + old carpenters attitude of “that’s the way it’s always been done” if they even knew the current/correct rules in the first place.
A lot of near furniture grade lumber was used in old houses because it was common and cheaply available- unlike now. But there is no special advantage to using it in old houses for structural purposes. Today’s houses are as engineered as automobiles are for cost and safety.