...in new houses? I noticed when I was renovating,after I stripped the old sheetrock off the ceiling,I noticed some of the wood was all blistered like it was burned,it was all black and had a crackel like finish to it,you know how when the surface of wood burns it leaves that blistered look? Well,some of the rafters had it,but the back of the roof paneling was virtually untouched.You would think if my house had a fire at one time,the roof panels would be burned too,since it abuts the rafters.It looks top me my house was built with lumber from another house.It was built in 1920.Was this common then? maybe because wood was hard to get cause it took so much manpower to harvest it from the forest,then they had sawmill equipment that today's equipment thoroughly surpasses?I'm not sure.I know they don't do that in new houses now.
My dad said in war years they saved what they could from demolished houses cause of lack of men to harvest it and they used some for the war effort too.
some of the boards on the roof panelling are burnt and some aren't though.The paneling isn't plywood like they use now,it's knotty pine planks.
My dad said in war years they saved what they could from demolished houses cause of lack of men to harvest it and they used some for the war effort too.
some of the boards on the roof panelling are burnt and some aren't though.The paneling isn't plywood like they use now,it's knotty pine planks.