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Eh? Many older homes use significantly better materials and construction than new buildings. I'd place a lot more faith in the quality of a building from a cen
by morgante 10y ago
Eh? Many older homes use significantly better materials and construction than new buildings.
I'd place a lot more faith in the quality of a building from a century ago than one from a decade ago.
- sarcher 10y agoThe common answer is that it's survivor bias. Every once and a while I run across a home from the 1800s that probably shouldn't have survived, and the shortcuts the builders took are similar to today's shortcuts. Improperly sized beams, improperly spaced rafters, etc. In some ways, you could consider an 1800s rubble foundation and irregular framing spacing worse than today's shortcuts.