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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Well thats true, a lot of older homes are well junk, they did some pretty crazy things. My uncle bought one that had what looked like 2x3's for roof joists!  
What are the basement walls made out of in this place? Maybe you should jackhammer a section and dig down to the footing to see what you have.
The worst offenders I have seen are on cheaper homes built after WW1. A lot of them suck, can't beleive they have been standing for almost 100 years. |
No kidding.....my father in law's house has 2x4's for the roof joists!! Spaced probably 2 feet apart. He knew something was wrong when he was on the roof and was sinking into it!
He said that some of them had split at knots and actually weren't even supporting anymore.....scary stuff in MI, where having a few tons of snow on the roof during a blizzard is not unusual! He sistered up most of them and made it quite a bit stronger....thankfully.
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