Matt, excellent video! You remind me of a young American version of Canadian Mike Holmes. I love the attention to providing a great built home using the best materials, design's and techniques along with science. Your quality show's inside and out.

@hoperules8874

5 жыл бұрын

The Enigmaone 007 totally agree!

@williscooper7750

5 жыл бұрын

nowhere near what Mike Holmes is....

@LD9user

5 жыл бұрын

Holmes is informative but comes across arrogant. Matt>Mike

@derekofbaltimore

5 жыл бұрын

Naw, Holmes would have seen that "little bit" of termite damage on the first house and decided to tear down the whole thing... possibly the whole block would have to go...

@oby-1607

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Holmes is an actor. An actor who preys on the uninformed picking who he wants to help and who he doesn't. He in his ignorance has stated that mosquitoes cannot see LED light and that aluminum rusts. If you want to trust that, there is a cliff that all of the other cattle are running over.

One also has to consider survivorship bias when looking at old things. Bad buildings from back in the day may be long gone. What we have left are the best buildings from a given time period.

@kirkland5674

5 жыл бұрын

Great observation

@AB-wf8ek

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely, tenement style housing from 100 years ago made with mediocre materials has probably all been raised by now.

@KyleMc16

5 жыл бұрын

Which begs the question from the video: How do we design houses today to take advantage of the successful things of the past, but improve them with today's modern efficiencies. It seems a lot of houses today are efficient, but not durable in the slightest. We should really strive to do both rather than one or the other.

@crisprtalk6963

5 жыл бұрын

excellent point.

@killerhz

5 жыл бұрын

They also aren't sustainable. A lot of the foams and synthetic insulators require cheap energy (petroleum) to be produced.

I have an 1890 house. It's challenging keeping the beauty of the old while bringing up the efficiency. I think you have to appreciate the old homes.

@charlesrodriguez7984

2 жыл бұрын

New homes and old homes are good in their own ways.

Older houses were also built with different assumptions, particularly regarding the frequency of modification. You don't build your house with 2-foot-thick stone walls if you think you might live there only 5-7 years and the next owner will want to "update" everything. On the other hand, if you're there to stay and think you'll pass it on to your kids, then you might invest in some really nice craftsmanship. It's hard to recoup the costs of quality when you sell. American home-buyers pay for _appearances_ and amenities, not quality--about which they know precious little when it comes to buildings (and much else).

@NorthFork

2 жыл бұрын

Also old houses were built with old growth timber

@NorthFork

2 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Prazenica old growth is much better wood. Typically the trees have tighter growth rings and that makes the softwood lumber harder / stronger. A modern spruce or pine 2x4 has fairly large growth rings. Modern forestry practices are meant for the fastest growing trees possible. I would snag that old house your looking at in a second assuming the roof is good and the building wasn’t leaking

@NorthFork

2 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Prazenica not sure if you are talking about lead in the house or lead in the soil in the yard. Lead in the soil I don't know how you would deal with that. Lead in the house from old pipes and old lead based paint the only way to deal with it is the basically take it all out, i.e. gut the house take all lead water pipes out and all of the old lath and plaster and trim that would have potentially been painted with lead based paint. Do not sand the paint or walls as it will only create a fine lead dust and make the situation even worse. The best thing to do in this case is basically just redue all of the plumbing and drywall and trim in my opinion. Lead can be really dangerous, I have read articles of kids who have died back in the day from long term lead exposure because of lead based paint and drinking water delivered though the old lead pipes. Don't take a chance with the lead in my opinion!

@NorthFork

2 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Prazenica ya lead dust on surfaces is almost impossible to correct without remodeling. Some people try to paint over lead based paint but its a band aid. I think your better to move on if gutting the place is not on the agenda, like you said it will be very expensive

@cintadavinport5337

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Today's "standards" are based upon govt regulations partnered with insurance companies, and the help of the media cleverly promoting the "approved" crap as popular "current trends" Today's standards: instant gratification at the expense of the inevitable loss & regret of tomorrow using landfill-bound materials & requirig major purchases & repairs in the not-distant future.

Old houses did have a form of cooling. Most I've seen around my area had these windows above the doors all the way up to the ceiling that would let the hott air escape.

@bbtruth2161

3 жыл бұрын

I would add that I think my basement with the thick walls helps keep my house cool in the summer. I don't run ac much at all here. I'm also right on a lake, in a valley and have trees all around me for shade, I'm sure that helps too.

@y2kmadd

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. People think I'm crazy when install a full size single screen and open the top of the windows.

@jonathanpopham5483

2 жыл бұрын

that is called a transom

@nejdro1

9 ай бұрын

That was the original intention of double hung windows. They allow cross ventilation, even in a room with only one window. Also, older 1800 homes would often have a transom window over the room entry door to allow air transfer even when the door was closed.@@y2kmadd

I was super lucky when the 100 year old house I recently purchased turned out to be built of solid Australian red cedar. Floor joists, wall frames, windows, all trims, ceiling joists and beams. Even the walls and ceilings were red cedar ply board. It still has the original tin roof with no rust. There is no insulation but it is so cool in summer and holds the heat in winter (even in snow). Its also very sound insulated as well. I live near a main road and railway and can hardly hear the truck/train sounds. Someone knocks on my door and I can't hear them even a room away. In comparison, the 1930's extension for the kitchen was built using pine, Masonite, cheap ply, and fibro. Freezing cold in winter, boiling hot in summer, drafty yet stuffy at the same time, and with various parts needing replacing every decade (info from previous owners). I only need to paint the old part of the house but I will have to insulate and repair most of the extension. I'm considering having the extension all torn down and re-done.

@lissamk3990

Жыл бұрын

We live in the northeast corner of the US, and there are many old homes here, and plenty of them are still being lived in while remaining significantly original in structure. Yes, of course bathrooms & kitchens have been modernized, they've been rewired, but you still find uninsulated homes, homes with original windows, homes with original doors and working fireplaces, etc. And as you said, the houses do well with the changing weather. And living in a few different houses like that myself (and knowing many others who do as well), I know that our bills are not through the (uninsulated) roof in summer or in winter. The house does well in retaining heat and staying cool in the summer. Last year we used one window unit a/c and 3 window fans throughout the entire 2000 sq. ft. house, and we were comfortable. We slept fine---and we slept under covers, not on top of them. ;) Now, we've lived in homes built in the 60s & 90s, and those houses offered us no improvement in heating/cooling. In fact they were worse in some cases. And on top of that we would regularly run into mold issues in those we which we have never had in any of our older houses.

@faunivore9485

Жыл бұрын

@@lissamk3990 How is it that they do fine with weather extremes, with no insulation?

Old houses that are still standing were built well, but our old friend time has picked out all the turds.

@JeepWranglerIslander

5 жыл бұрын

Survivor bias.

@portaadonai

5 жыл бұрын

Or ones that were well maintained and remodelled. Or ones that were not sold and replaced with freeways, shopping areas, or apartments.

@jonathanbuzzard6648

5 жыл бұрын

Don't know what the figures are like jn the USA but in the UK most houses built 100 years ago are still standing. Well excepting that nothing was built during WWI. Whats been knocked down thats over 100 years old generally was either bombed in WWII or was slum housing.in major cities. Something like over 50% of the housing stock predates WWII and over 20% is over 100 years old. You would struggle to sell a house built to USA standard's in the UK, and I would imagine from what I have seen most of Europe.

@DeepPastry

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing but survival bias indeed. No one remembers the failures, it's why psychics are able to be successful. The UK has torn down most of their old buildings, and the ones that are left have been gutted out completely and rebuilt to more modern standards. Only 20% of the markets housing remains of the older shells, after an eon of building doesn't say, boy they sure made them well. It says that hardly anything could survive. But then again I do remember the 1980s and how much was torn down across the UK, to try and remove the huge amounts of dogs before they fell down on their own, and killed more people.

@GilBatesLovesyou

5 жыл бұрын

It's partially true. I see plaster as a better idea than drywall for example. But during the plaster age for people who couldn't afford a real smooth plaster job there was stuff like Masonite walls, wood paneling, etc. All those Masonite/wood panel walls are pretty much long gone, and unlike drywall burnt like mad in a fire, too. But, there's 100 year old plaster walls with just a crack or two in them that are otherwise perfect while 20 year old drywall is full of nailpops and seams. So yeah, survivorship bias was part of it.

Our house was built in 1932 and it is wood. We also bought the house next door(also built in '32) for $4000 it still had the original toilet because it had been vacant for a couple of decades. Both very strong built house. We didn't throw away the toilet, still have it in storage. On another note, if there is a house fire, new lumber burns twice as fast as the old.

Wartime houses are like the cheapest of their time and still hold up today for the most part.

@hailexiao2770

3 жыл бұрын

There were still tons of them that were torn down, so compared to other housing it's hard to say whether they were better or not.

"Not Chip and Johanna shiplap" Matt throwing shade!

@danieldukes1954

5 жыл бұрын

I was just talking about that "shiplap" a few days ago. True craftsmanship is being beat out in large by cheaper alternatives. Some areas worse than others.

@Josh-hz8vz

4 жыл бұрын

I think he just implied the people throwing up shiplap for decorative purposes or accent walls. Not true structural shiplap.

I owned a house in southern Missouri built in 1912 framed out of Black Oak!! The lumber in the house was worth more than the house.

@deezynar

5 жыл бұрын

There's a house near me that has exposed redwood roof joists and roof sheathing. It's beautiful, and worth a fortune too.

@senyashchukin391

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's crazy

@DriveCarToBar

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on what you're doing with it. Black and red oak are far more porous than white oak but unless you're building a boat with it, its not really an issue. Framing a house with it would be plenty strong as long as you made sure to keep moisture out. That goes for any kind of lumber though.

@pcofranc

5 жыл бұрын

Pre-1970? southern CA entire home even stucco starter homes entirely framed (every 2x4, 2x6 etc) in red wood.

@00crashtest

5 жыл бұрын

Then why did you sell it?

I own a 200 year old solid stone house and its pretty comfrotable, except the creaking floor its as comfortable as my modern house

@JoshWeaverRC

Жыл бұрын

My house is 166. Hand hewn Timber frame I believe by the Swiss. Dairy farm house. We're trying to learn to insulate correctly. I also want to keep some of the timbers exposed in the ceiling and the roof.

For all the houses I worked on over 45 years , Many older houses were stout and solid ,Many newer houses were absolute junk. The oldest was built in 1865. It depended on the masons and carpenters , either pro or DIY. Materials were selected via cost in almost all homes prior to approx 1967-9. Older homes were as a rule built to shed rain and snow , hence steep roofs and large overhangs and no soffit or fascia on most.

Hard part is finding contractors that are honest and actually knowledgeable that don’t cut corners, top quality stuff here 👍

@MGrey-qb5xz

8 ай бұрын

Maybe update the shit school system to train boys in physical construction and mentorship. That's how it's suppose to work, instead you rather they sit on their asses and learn stupid shit when their developing minds are literal super computers

Good video. One of the things that has changed is the type of timber we use. My grannys house was built from virgin long leaf pine; the house is over 100 years old and still standing. Today, we use timber from young fast growing slash pines which rots fairly quickly.

back in my day they built houses out of caves! those things lasted!

I can't speak for other nations but in Norway, old houses were build't to last for hundreds of years, with multiple generations in mind, the house i grew up in were over 200 years old and still standing to this day looking mint, I've helped my grandfather sometimes in the loft and the basement doing some work, holy balls folks, those nails were what i can describe as long as 40cm long, the wood used for those roof beams were as thick as your average fridge, it's just incredible how well made those old houses are. No matter were you look you don't see any cheap shortcuts, they seemed to care allot about the long term, same for the walls, thick wood used, and lot's of it, they were also really clever to make sure it wasn't so tight that the air quality got bad, they made some breathing room so the ventilation is great, and it has a good effect on the wood, the new houses are what they call cardboard rubbish. Near hermetically sealed, they use pre fabricated walls with thin wood beams and some plywood, heck those are even stapled and glued together, I've seen how they're made, there is a saying here, the old houses are the ones who laughs in the end, usually when we have lot's of wind and bad weather the old houses are standing while the new ones are missing roofs, wall segments flying apart, the biggest mistake you do is buy a new house, buy an old one and restore it. Now days they give a rats ass about reliability and quality, they want it fast, they want it cheap, they want it very simple, so they get, garbage, old houses are worth fixing and taking care of, while new ones you might as well tear them down, besides old houses usually have allot of character to them, new ones don't, personally i hate modern design, all cubical and lifeless.

@reesedaniel5835

5 жыл бұрын

I so agree. If anyone wanted to break into a "modern" house here in the US all they have to do is remove the thin plastic siding, a bit of pink fiberglass insulation and punch a few holes in some 1/2" thick drywall and voila!!! They are IN your house. What a joke. Unfortunately, the joke's on us. Reminds me of the childhood fairy tale called "Three Little Pigs" where the big bad wolf huffed and puffed and easily blew down the pigs houses that were made of sticks and straw.

@Goldenhawk583

5 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more.. I am norwegian as well.. I rent an old farmhouse, timber walls.. old. Not very fancy, but easy to keep warm with the wood stove in the kitchen, and the bedroom over the kitchen acting as an insulator to the roof. As soon as i get a chance to own.. i will buy and fix something old.. no new crap for me.. this house is also , being just wood and stone..very nature friendly... no toxins.

@keywestalert6329

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@ichewtoast111

3 жыл бұрын

Norwegian houses are some of the best in my opinion. The cabins I visited were all handmade and immaculate for how old they are.

@toomanymarys7355

2 жыл бұрын

Most Norwegian houses built 200 years ago were terrible one room shacks, which is why a third of the population immigrated to the US. They mostly didn't survive more than a generation. You're comparing the cream of the past to the very average housing now.

I don't watch this channel often but I watched this video and I'm glad I did. Some New building strategies disgust me. Almost Everything is fake, superficial or inefficient Fake stone facades, Fake non structural brick exteriors, Fake boarders, Fake pillars, Superficial prefab fireplaces that just leak air into the house, Superficial roofs with multiple different roof styles and extremely cut up, Superficial vaulted ceilings, Inefficient overhangs that provide little protection from sun or rain. Inefficient dark roofs that get to 150 degrees in Texas heat. Inefficient walls that soak up heat and moisture Inefficient slab foundations that crack. Vitruvius said a house must be three things: durable, beautiful, and usable. A lot of newer constructions FAIL on all three fronts.

@actionjackson9121

5 жыл бұрын

Vitruvius didn't live in 2018 where the standard of living is far better than during his life. You can't compare the people who are living in these so called inefficient houses with houses in the past that weren't inefficient....a large portion of these people would have a much smaller house thats not nearly as nice, energy efficient, and single car household etc....we are stretching are dollar now which allows those who normally wouldn't have had nice things to now have them....no one had 5 TVs 30 years ago....now people living in poverty do. They have cell phones too....remember that

@jl9678

5 жыл бұрын

@@actionjackson9121 hi. There is nothing new under the sun. We are not stretching the dollar at all with home building. The builder's are commanding high dollar by creating "value". What value is added to the owner of the house by having fake boarders? Some of the older houses were not as inefficient as you would think. That whitewashed house for example- I have a white painted house and the the temperature of the wall is usually 5 degrees above ambient in full sun, where my neighbors' brick siding is at 40 degrees above outside temp in full sun. The house with 5 ft overhanges meanse- means that between the equinoxes(March 21 to Sept 21), if it has a north south orientation, the walls are in FULL shade. Remember that everything else being the same a smaller house is an easier house to heat and cool. So no matter how efficient a 5000 SQ foot mcmansion is, it still takes a lot of energy to heat and cool it

@killerhz

5 жыл бұрын

The standard of living is merely temporary brought on by the discovery of cheap energy. Suburbs, cookie cutter homes, will be a blip in the history of man. We've thrown millennia of building techniques for convenience. Science has given us a lot of tools and materials that we could benefit from, particularly the Internet, but I don't see petroleum derivative products as one of them, at least in the long term.

@jl9678

5 жыл бұрын

I hope the mcmansion is on its way out

@Xixu.co.6

5 жыл бұрын

Consider the volume of construction happening constantly, coupled with the scarcity of materials relative to 100 years ago. The way old houses were built was not sustainable, clearly.

5:40 I’ve had 2x4s from ~100 year old houses that I had to drill pilot holes to drive in 16 penny nails.

@jeffreyquinn3820

3 жыл бұрын

I've re-used even sixties Douglas Fir, and you had to pre-drill everything. I've heard wood also gets harder with time. No idea if this is true or not.

@bbtruth2161

3 жыл бұрын

Just built a work bench from some old rough sawn I had in my barn loft. Broke off so many screws and bits. Impact driver and pilot holes to get it done. That work bench will surely outlive me.

@bbtruth2161

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyquinn3820 That Fir is some tough stuff too. My old floors were Fir. They were pretty beat up to refinish, so I just kept them as subfloor where I could, worked pretty well.

@y2kmadd

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyquinn3820 It's true. As they dry out and compress they are incredibly hard, and still straight. Old growth wood and masonry wins every time.

@MR..181

3 жыл бұрын

Bingo

In Britain, we have houses still standing after 4-500 years, and some churches and cathedrals are 1000 years old. There are timber buildings in Japan dating back that far. I think most modern houses now being built are going to need serious work within 100 years max.

@calebfuller4713

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Phil. I don't think any of the timber buildings in Japan are ACTUALLY that old. MAYBE a few... Mostly, the climate here is extremely punishing to almost all materials, and that's without even taking the typhoons and earthquakes into account... Secondly, the sugi timber used for most buildings is actually very soft and susceptible to rot - it's a step above balsa wood, but not much, and weaker even than modern SPF. The secret is they basically tear them down and rebuilt with new materials, exactly the same in every detail, every couple of decades! The few that are actually that old would have been made with hardwoods that are now virtually unavailable in quantity in Japan. BTW - you'll be interested to know I keep Japanese native Apis Cerana here, in Warre style hives. Now THOSE hives even survived a typhoon!

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but many are wrecks and miserable places to live. All sorts of BBC shows about dilapidated old wrecks needing huge investments to become livable again.

@windupaden1081

4 жыл бұрын

@Nothing Noone True enough, however framed/stud-built houses are not going to make it through the test of time. Even if it's survivorship bias, it doesn't change the fact that 2x4/6 construction won't last nearly as long.

@L_RANTA

3 жыл бұрын

Climate in the US is way different. 35c in the summer. -17c in winter.

I purchased a house that turned 150 years old recently, I’m currently continuing to improve “her”. Amazing, as I purchase a flipped house before this and will just say that even though it was 100 years newer, leaps and bounds better in many ways. Lead paint is the main negative, be we’ve encapsulated it. For the lumber that was used to build this, floor boards are 2-1/2 x 7-1/2, walls studs are 4x3. Amazing. I’d expect it to last another 150. I don’t believe anyone will be saying that about some of the major builder home companies.

@mattdlmn

2 жыл бұрын

Wait are you saying the older home is built better or the new? Sorry I got confused

I forget the actual date but from what I heard the oldest original roof is located in New England and was made of White Pine. I have worked on homes there dating from the early 1700s so if my memory serves me correctly that would be roughly the date of the roof. Old growth wood is so far superior to the farmed wood we build with today. Like you said, tight growth rings inhibit water from soaking in along with the pitch that acts like a preservative

@herpnderpn2484

3 жыл бұрын

In a small home maybe. There are copper roofs dating back before Jesus. Pantheon had a copper roof for 600 years until it was stolen to be used as a roof for another church, and was finally melted to make weapons after 1700 years. It would still be there had it not been stolen and melted down.

Good video; good information shared. Thanks. My house was built around 1880 in the Pacific Northwest. The exterior ship lap wood was probably milled from cedar that were 4 or 5 hundred years old. Very few knots. Also, the wood seems to have hardened over the last hundred years. Material wise there's no comparison to what is available now.

Hey Matt, I love all your great KZread videos ! You remind me of my teachers back in the days from woodworking school in Innsbruck! (my home town in Austria). I can see that you are mastering a great challenge applying and using logical building physics and chemistry remodeling residential historic homes to a very high quality standard on the east cost and in the south. This country needs people like YOU !! Thanks! Anselm, Pasadena CA

@buildshow

5 жыл бұрын

Very kind. Thanks

Greetings from the west Coast of Ireland, we bought our cottage as a derelict in 1997, built around 1900's solid stone with blue Bangor slate roof tiles. Once we got the fires going and settled in, the place came alive. 2018 now no damp no cold just cosy and comfy, happy days

@reesedaniel5835

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky you.

my birthhouse is from 1654 (its a Traditional bavarian house with masive Wood) got a overhang roof with over 1 meter on all sides and it looks like it is very new made

Here in Chicago there are a number of what they call "Georgian" houses with no overhangs at all. Not only do they look ugly and not offer any shade for the side of the house/windows...or any ventilation for the attic...it also turns out that they're likely to rot. I live in a home that was built in 1930. We don't have central air but we have a lot of huge oaks to shade the home. We also have ceiling fans in most rooms. And, the house is brick...real brick. The brick is still beautiful after 90 years. The joists are rock hard...amazing quality materials. The only downside is the lack of insulation in the walls. I'm adding rock wool as I do remodeling.

Matt your shows are so great I wish I was 40 yrs younger and just starting a career. The depth of your coverage's of various products and reasoning behind their uses and your methods of construction are outstanding. One thing you might want to talk about are T-studs and their amazing strength and unparalleled thermal break statistics.

Matt, Best episode ever! The thoughtful slow sit down lecture is awesome! Thank you so much for the humility, showing us your past learning experiences. Thank you for practicing construction and approaching learning in this way.

WOW! that comparative picture of the cross section of both old and new lumber is incredible. The new stuff looks like a sponge in comparison to the density of the old stuff. I sent you an email after your last "do houses need to breathe?" video hoping you would address this issue and you knocked it out of the park! thanks for a great video! I would love to see some in-the-lab testing done on old and new timber to see just what attributes the old lumber has in comparison to the new. You can see the density, which probably prevents moisture from permeating in the first place, but I wonder if the wood itself doesn't also contain phyto-compounds that act as antifungals, just like treated lumber today is treated with fungicides. Trees grow in fungi-rich environments and have to produce fungicides and bactericides and pesticides of their own, I bet that old stuff destroys the new stuff in phyto-pesticides.

@Kenzofeis

5 жыл бұрын

Dense wood absorbs water slower but also dries slower, but compared to the "sponge" it absorbs less water, and tend to deform less and retain strength better when wet (think boat-building). It is much stronger anyway. With regards to fungi they usually can not penetrate more than a millimeter or so into wood unless it is constantly moist and has started to rot, dense wood is more resistant, and especially "sour" types of wood, like oak. The downside is lower insulation value for the dense wood.

German guy here. I don't understand the houses in the USA. German houses are so very different. I live in a Bavarian village in a 200 year old stone house, and it's not what you expect. It has some flaws (the previous owner tried to insulate the roof and did a less than stellar job), but otherwise, it's a perfectly normal house, no mold anywhere, warm in the winter, cool in the summer, without insulated walls, just stones and plaster. We need new windows and a new front door some time in the near future, though.

@untamedlion33

5 жыл бұрын

this guy is selling something. That stone house and several others he showed would be just like yours in Germany… cool in summer hot in winter

@717dash_cam

5 жыл бұрын

Most of the US would have much newer construction than what would be in Germany and other established areas across the pond. Most homes in the US were/are built as part of a community build and development; Which also means that many of those older Gems end up getting knocked down if they aren't inhabited, and nobody can find the owner. Whereas more of your established villages in Germany and other countries were built with quality intended during the time for families to pass down for generations keeping families together. What the US model leads to is industrial, cookie cutter JUNK built for speed and profit; rather than quality and longevity. Your thicker walls of stone and plaster are going to much more difficult for the outside climate to penetrate, as long as it is all taken care of. Even newer homes in Germany are built to a much different standard than homes in the US, with many more regulations for efficiency, regular home health inspections and other things. Unlike the US, where you're basically pulling teeth from an un-sedated crocodile to add additional regulations because once again the US so about capitalism beyond a fault it isn't funny.

@HollywoodF1

5 жыл бұрын

To Americans, investing in a house designed to last 200 years is like investing in a car designed to last 200 years. Technology and tastes advance. We consider it better to rebuild more frequently (typically every 75 to 150 years), and to rebuild in modern proportions and with modern amenities. Also, here in California, we build out of wood because the weather is good, we have a lot of wood, and light weight is an advantage in seismic design.

@pillmuncher67

5 жыл бұрын

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@DriveCarToBar

5 жыл бұрын

Part of the reason you see so much more masonry in older European homes compared to older American homes is that Europeans clear cut a large portion of their forested land. North America didn't really get its start until European colonization happened in the 17th century. At that time, there were virgin forests all over the East coast of what would become the USA and Canada and they were heavily harvested. But because of the USA's comparatively late start compared to European nations, we had our first forestry laws in the mid-1800s which started limiting how many trees were taken. You'll find plenty of masonry homes in the US though, simply because some areas lacked easy access to trees. The Southwestern USA and Northern Mexico saw vast use of adobe construction. And, like your Bavarian home, the large thermal mass helped keep them cool in the hot summers and retained heat in the winter months. As far as homes today, we don't build them to last 200 years because its simply not practical. You do find lots of masonry construction in places like Florida though. The exterior walls on most homes out there are concrete block or cast concrete or a combination of both. You could almost knock down every single interior wall in a home like that and it would stand up just fine with a couple supports for the roof truss in the middle.

Video answered most of my questions. Thanks man, I just recently started working for a builder and I’m doing a lot of old demos. I run into old and new materials all the time and wonder what they were used for and why. I watch a lot of your videos and have picked up a good amount of knowledge between working and learning from you.

Thanks for sharing, I just wish as Americans we built homes like the Germans do. I’ve stayed in a lot of Airbnb homes/condos across Germany and Switzerland. And I’m always amazed by how the Home is constructed. I’ve stayed in both old construction and new.

I saw the last house, with a proper alignment of insulation and an air gap between the outer shell and the inner layer. And all I could think of: DAMN you nearly built a Dutch standard house. You should take a look at how we make em here, mostly out of brick (in and out) with controlled mechanical ventilation, concrete floors and more. You will see most of the "best" practices you encourage being standard here, with even more details to prevent moisture from creeping up through the foundation and more. When I look at remodels and rebuilding programs originating in the US, I am always creeped out by how the most fundamental areas of a house are treated. As a structural engineer, who never forgot the basic practices of thermal and water bridging that were standard in my education, I am so amazed that such a low standard is accepted in the US. Yes it is cheap and fast, but by god I can feel the rot of the main structure coming up as I see houses being built overthere.

@Ordos20

5 жыл бұрын

Maxx Kroes That is actually quite interesting. I worked on a few apartment blocks when for Sweden when I was working for a precast concrete factory in Germany, and couldn't tell much of a difference. And having been to Sweden the last year for a project as lead engineer for a new lock that we are designing there, I couldn't really see that much different from the outside, though I should look into the matter a bit deeper now.

@bcubed72

5 жыл бұрын

Ordos20 Concrete FLOORS?! Why? I can see using masonry as an EXTERIOR material, but anything on the inside is protected from the elements and will last forever, provided the exterior is maintained. 5% of worldwide CO2 emissions come just from making concrete! I think it ecologically absurd to make something of concrete when it doesn't add any value.

@oreocarlton3343

5 жыл бұрын

@@bcubed72 strenght, some Mediterana counturies also build roofs from concrete and terra tiles over it

@darthvader5300

5 жыл бұрын

Americans builds only JUNK! Before Americans used to built-to-last in the 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, 10s, 1900 to 1800 but not anymore, unless you specifically ordered it built according to your specifications with a powerful engineer-lawyer making a contract for all contractors and sub-contractors that they must face the heavy handed consequences if they cheat-cut corners!

@Jept

4 жыл бұрын

@@bcubed72 it's efficiency Vs emissions depends on its lifespan bear in mind !

Love this video. Thanks. I would like to see comparisons of southern (warm) old houses and northern (cold) build techniques for century and older homes. As an owner of a 150 + year old house in Canada and having gutted and remodeled I find the biggest issues are level problems (floors and walls), lack of internal wall and exterior wall insulation, and foundation drainage to name a few but I have to say the triple brick is solid and the interior wood framing and roofing system is mint. Cheers. Absolutely despise any house built with any particle board or any type of engineered wood.

Awesome video, I’m not sure why KZread recommended it to me, as I don’t watch much on house remodeling, but I’m glad it did. It did make me want to learn more about building science. I’m very much looking forward to buying (or possibly building) my first home and until then as I’m waiting and saving up my funds I’m excited about learning more. One thing I want to say though, as a person who doesn’t have much of a high comfort standard, I’m thankful everyday to have a roof over my head at all (as I ashamedly admit that I have spent some time homeless) and from the bottom of my heart I would love love love to live in that 1880’s house, or 1930’s house, just as it was built.

I'd love if you did a video on how you would build different houses to last on different budgets that would be cool.

The only thing is new houses arent going to last as long as a stone house. If your concern is to build a home to last hundreds of years, why would you build it from glued sawdust, foam, and sticks?

@CheeseBae

5 жыл бұрын

Stone houses are porous and have high thermal conductivity. Unless you live someplace with a mild year-round climate a real stone house isn't going to be comfortable. To parody your argument, caves will last thousands of years long than stick-built homes, so why don't we go back to living in caves? As he explains in the video, if that's your standard of comfort then knock yourself out.

@yodaiam1000

5 жыл бұрын

A well built wood framed house will last hundreds of years. I am not aware of any old stone houses that don't have major wood frame elements. A stone house will only do as well as those wood framed elements. It is the protection of the wood framing that is important for durability.

@johncolvin2561

5 жыл бұрын

Real stone houses have a high thermal mass they heat up slowly and cool down slowly.

@CheeseBae

5 жыл бұрын

Stone houses take a while to heat up and cool down, which creates the illusion of insulation, but the reality is they have poor thermal resistance so you expend a ton of energy. They're the opposite of energy efficient. That's why I said they're really only tolerable in mild climates, such as around the Mediterranean. It is possible to stack two stone wythes and put insulation in the center, but your walls will be insanely thick and it'll take a lot of hard manual labor. If stone houses actually were practical in our modern world we'd build them more. They're not, but people like to romanticize them.

@johncolvin2561

5 жыл бұрын

How many real courses in physics did you take in college? The temperature inside a real stone house remains at the average annual temperature for the place that the house is located. Like the widely promoted earth sheltered houses.

My wife's parents live in the first farm house in their area - it was built in 1856. I've done some work in the house for them and it's built like a tank. Framed with true 2x4 hardwood studs.

Excellent, informative video. I love how you do the comparison of old and new and how we must learn to use what we have. But then you instruct us how to use what we have wisely. Touched off with the creature comforts we are use to and how our ancestors had to make do. Thanks.

I wish you had given us building science class in architecture school. Thanks a lot. Very informative, your passion is contagious.

I was literally huddled under my duvet in September with my thermostat on 68 while watching this. Lmao

Here in Finland we still have a ton of post-WW2 rebuild era houses that were all built using the same basic design. There was a shortage of several materials at the time, so these houses are basically all wood (which we had a lot of), from the framing to the insulation which is leftover sawdust. No plastic anywhere, which means the structure lives and breaths. Most of these houses are still perfectly OK as long as the roof has been kept watertight and there have been no prolonged leaks from water pipes. It was only the later houses from 60s-70s on that started suffering from rot and moisture, thanks to plastic layers and insulation materials that are incabable of dispelling the moisture that inevitably gets there. And obviously some of these good, healthy older houses were ruined in the energy crisis era by adding modern insulation, or by blocking air flow to the cold attic. Or by using latex paint outside - that's enough to seal the wood off and make it rot. It's only now that the building industry is starting to realize the mistakes they've made. Too bad so many people have had to suffer from the air quality problems inside these later houses. It's a big price to pay from fractionally smaller heating costs.

@PhilRacicot

5 жыл бұрын

What kind of paints should be used instead of latex? I have to repaint the overhangs on my house. Latex is what is mainly available now here in Canada unless you use oil-based paint for metal...

Subscribed my friend. Thank you for teaching me stuff I don’t normally learn working in the trucking industry. You help me from feeling worried about working on my future home to feeling like I know just a little bit.

My house is about 120yrs old, stone built, with old growth oak support beams. I've lived in new builds and all I had were problems. This one is perfect now that I've rewired it.

The Japanese say if you want a house to stand for 300 years you need 300 year old trees.

Very interesting video! Thank you. Our house (in Ohio) was built in 1926. Most of the houses in the village are from the 1880's to 1930's and very well maintained. The furnace system was retro-fitted with A/C in the '60s. It is not an energy efficient home but I think due to location our heating/cooling bills are quite reasonable, and the heat/cool is only used about 6 months per year. It's a neat old house and I like it much better than newer ones I have owned.

Loved your brief discussion @ 24:00 about QUALITY. One of my fav books explores the metaphysics of Quality: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

3:00 Here in Hungary we have hundreds year old mudhouses with wooden beams, and suprisingly they are in a very good condition. They are also covered every 5-10 years with lime-washing, which makes it very strong and termite resistant.

In the room with pink wall paper, showing the moisture marks under the windows, is not one possible explanation the addition of the window cooler unit causing condensation buildup on window which dripped down? Factor in the window only has a single pane of glass.

wood doesn't rot if its left to breathe, as long as it can dry out properly, its fine. most VERY old houses are only in bad shape because of modern attempts to prevent damp, which only serves to seal in the moisture and cause rot... Even painting wood will stop it from drying out in the summer.

I am a commercial construction worker and I understand the products that are being put out there today I see what you're talking about wrapping everything with the new standards and I understand how it all works I never seen it done in residential but I think it's a very good thing

OSB is a scourge on the housing industry. OSB is everywhere now, even the flooring. The problem is that when it gets wet, the wood expands (as all wood does), and it breaks down the glue bonds. The stuff literally falls apart after a few years of exposure to water. Old wood houses were built out of cut lumber, so this process took a lot longer. Even plywood is more resistant to water, although not great it has glue too. But the trend is towards cheaper and cheaper building materials that do not handle water as well. Vinyl siding for example is very common now. But how long can vinyl survive in the elements? 20 years? So your siding becomes like an asphalt roof and needs to be replaced every 20 years. But the damage may already be done.

@reesedaniel5835

5 жыл бұрын

I HATE VINYL SIDING WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING! THAT GARBAGE SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!!

Rule of thumb. Don't cut corners. In the long run it is not worth it.

@jj7958

5 жыл бұрын

yes, many times I think people cut corners in order to save money, but they end up paying the price in the long run.

@slateslavens

3 жыл бұрын

It's _always_ less expensive to do it right the first time.

Really enjoy your videos. I don’t build houses but I enjoy learning. They say you never stop learning and I enjoy learning something new everyday. Thank you for the knowledge!

I could watch these videos all day long (and sometimes I do!). Thanks for all you do Matt.

I have become extremely skeptical of a lot of modern building materials. I suspect companies are finding materials that are easy to manufacture and install, then they lobby the building associations to get "recommended" for something or other usage. They'll sell the product for 10-15 years all over the continent before people realize it's junk and the science behind it was just some dude's theory.

@MacmillansDiciple

5 жыл бұрын

Hit the nail on the head. How about the fact that all these toxic chemicals in building materials will harm the inhabitants and certainly cause cancer within the next 10-50 years. Contemporary building has no soul, no quality and is just disposable and empty.

@senyashchukin391

5 жыл бұрын

Did you see the new zip wall system? What crap. I see major lawsuits soon

@jl9678

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this is why we now have "sick building syndrome". Where people get stick often just because they work in a certain building

@hillbillyvilly7522

5 жыл бұрын

It's all about the dollar. No company has ever stayed in business by selling old ideas even if they have insurmountable proof of performance. Instead there is insane pressure within to create the next big thing and that new thing has to be eligible for patent protection or its not worth the time it takes to pitch it to the Board. I liked the Ice and Water Shield idea... but the resultant styling needs some help or it'll all end up in a landfill when the style needs to be changed to keep up with the changing tastes. Creating a bubble like that is going to be incredibly messy to modify once its completed. It's well documented that although new houses are more efficient to heat / cool but the health benefits of a drafty house are worth opening a window a little bit despite the season.

@laratatouille6364

5 жыл бұрын

Gorky D, Reptilian Lord, big 0 HillBillyVilly - You are all right on these points. As a scientist living in a +200 yo house I can see the difference between the modern houses built with cinder blocks & modern insulation : they heat a lot in winter, they cool them down a lot in summer (±40°C/104°F) with huge electricity bills. Let alone the *toxicity,* *death accelerants* that I posted above : *lead paints* , *plywood & OSB* glued with formaldehyde (neurotoxic), fire-retardant (mainly PBDE carcinogenic), polystyrene foams, *LEDs lights carcinogenic at close range & harming retinas* (especially in children). Houses, *cars,* planes, water... Aaah, this good ole buddy *Asbestos* ... All the rage in the 70s. _You payed to put it and now you pay to remove it._ I'm not _against_ new material : Africa is plagued with *lung cancer because of opened wood fires.* There are great ones in labs & out. We just should be cautious.

having each of my houses get older and older as I moved, I will say, older is (usually) better. went from a new 2008 built house which was absolutely garbage, to a 2000 built house which was better but still bad to a 1980s house which is absolutely solid all around in its construction. the 2000+ houses I do not expect to live more than about 50 years before they need to be torn down or 100% renovated inside and out.

@moe4490

9 ай бұрын

I agree, I had a house built tin 2011. I had the luxury most do not, which was to be there on site every day. However, even with my being there, the contractors still got away with shoddy crappy practices. If you have an 80’s built home, be careful of what you may going in some of the walls if you make renovations. I lived in a 1980’s built home and we wanted to add two bedrooms and redesign the kitchen. There were empty cardboard cases of beer in the walls between the sheet rock, and we had found a lot of shoddy construction. But my brother renovated an old Victorian home from the 1850’s which some slumlord modernized for a boarding home and covered up all the beautiful wood. He found stained glass windows, and all kinds of hidden features an then he began restoring instead of renovating. Tha house is still standing, and its 2 blocks from the Atlantic Ocean.

I was given the remnants of a circa 1940 fireplace mantel that was removed during a minor living room remodel...basically a box made of 1" thick sweet gum lumber with an inside frame made of 2x4 pine scraps that were probably laying around the site when the house was being built. The sweet gum doesn't have much character but the pine "scraps" inside were clear old growth white pine with amazingly tight grain. Woodworking is a hobby of mine and I've never seen such nice pine in my life. Spent more time salvaging as much of that pine as I could than I did salvaging the sweet gum!

Man I love the way you teach. The examples are excellent!

I live in a home that was that was built in the late 20s and you damn right houses like this were built better. In my attic the roof is framed in like 4x6s i believe and this place had 3 large pine trees fall on the house during a huracaine. Some shingles and roof was good to go vs across the street my friend whos house built in the 90s one pine tree crushed his roof

Great video as always. If I was a younger man, I would love to have chosen a career as a builder/contractor. I've done a lot of minor remodeling on my own houses and always realize how much more there is to it and how little I know. One thing I'm curious about, I didn't see any mention of resistance to fire mentioned in the considerations of building materials. I'm thinking especially of those homes at the wildland-urban interface. Thanks for the informative and entertaining videos.

This episode was fascinating. Thank you for taking the time to make it.

Matt, your instruction makes me question the building I have done in the past few decades. Excellent stuff. I have always maintained that the secret to good building is controlling water. You cannot eliminate water, but you can direct it away from the vulnerable places, like along the foundation and any opening--windows, doors, vents etc. And this idea of putting your thermal control outside the structure is revolutionary to me. I can see a dozen applications for it already. I think I need more education, but what a great idea. Isn't this sort of the idea of the old dwellings built into the side of a hill?

What's interesting about the house that is insulated on the outside is that it could also be insulated on the outside for double insulation. I live in northern Canada where it is regularly -35 Celcisus in winter.

I live in a 1880's house I absolutely love it. I live in buffalo, ny - it gets (-40) here some winters, and yet I only have to run the heater in the morning and it stays warm all day with my 2 foot thick exterior walls - not too unlike that stone house. I've been here 10 years now - with NO maintence at all other then some cosmetic work and cabinets. It is built to last the ages.... Just the idea of buying a new ticky tacky year 2000 house makes me gag and This guy can speak for himself when he says "They didnt have the same comfort standards back then".... I actually have to open some windows to let the heat out of this house sometimes :-P And then in the summer - same thing with the a/c.... It can be like a refrigerator indoors.... Maybe texas building standards were not that high back then, but even then I'd rather spend a little extra $$ on electric then on a contractor every other year.

@paulmryglod4802

5 жыл бұрын

I've built hundreds of cookie-cutter houses as a young framer around Rochester. I believe your house will still be there long after these newer homes are gone. All homes have mistakes made by the people designing and building them. The new materials cannot handle moisture and water like the old days. That being said, if you gutted your house and used all new materials and methods on the interior like a typical modern home, your exterior would suffer the consequences.

@borisbritva7453

5 жыл бұрын

2 foot brick is ridiculously thin when it comes to insulation under really cold or hot climate. And when it comes to new materials a 7 inch thick SIP wall provides enough insulation to keep a 1000 sqf house warm in - 30c in Siberia using just a couple of 1kw convectors. Not even a 5 foot brick wall is as good.

@untamedlion33

5 жыл бұрын

then why do they not bother with 7 in SIP walls in Siberia?

@borisbritva7453

5 жыл бұрын

They do.

@worldserpent731

5 жыл бұрын

Untamedlion, this guy isn't thinking about old style basements, they cool a house very well. My dad and I never bothered with an AC (I used a fan some when I was a teen), we had cool air from the basement coming up through the floor heater. Half of our basement was dirt also. I want to build my own house :( I marvel at the old rough cut wood in my grandpa's old house. Wormy chestnut is awesome.

Informative video. We lived in a small 800 sq ft house built in 1925. That thing was the most solidly built structure I've ever lived in despite being nearly 100 years old. It creaked but wasn't moving anytime soon. Even our 1970's ranch that we have now is clearly not built as well as that house was, although it's still better than my folks new build (2019) which is already having issues with drywall, roof, etc.

I’m restoring an old homestead cabin and want to do do a stone exterior. This has been a very helpful video

The difference between craftsman and builders.

@laratatouille6364

5 жыл бұрын

*Thank you* from Europe, you nailed it. It is global.

@Turin-Fett

5 жыл бұрын

BRCC

@yourredcomrade717

3 жыл бұрын

my house built in the 20s was built by craftsman. the only reason to use so much cedar in my eyes is to protect the bones of the house from insects.

@FromThe3PointLine

3 жыл бұрын

Craftsman makes good tools, I never heard of that builder's brand

@dirt007

3 жыл бұрын

@me and me the newest products are all made to last a lifetime. Even modern osb can be rained on a number of times before it's ruined. It'll actually last longer than some plywood that delaminates. Now he real problem is buildings using new materials and old methods. That and some of the materials from the 80s 90s and early 2000s was crap. Like tar impregnated sheathing. Might as well be cardboard.

Before watching. my guess: thicker and heavier materials means that even sub-optimal construction will make up for any mistakes.

I love the style of putting good window in the basement and then bordering them up that's an awesome Style very old fashioned

Love my house built in 63, on the coast of N.C. . I re-did it top to bottom, still a bit drafty, but sealed up just enough to be competitive as newer houses. No mold, mildew, moisture problems.

It will be interesting to see how many “building science” homes are still standing 100 years hence.

@Zoie3x8

Жыл бұрын

i would bet that it would not even last a full decade.

@cintadavinport5337

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Today's "standards" are based upon govt regulations partnered with insurance bullies, and the help of the media cleverly promoting what govt & insurance wants as popular "current trends" Today's standards are instant gratification at the expense of the inevitable regret and loss of tomorrow. Everything these days is disposable and designed to become "outdated", obsolete, and inoperable... hitting landfills as quickly as the operating system updates on our electronicz drop.

@idontthinkso666

Жыл бұрын

@@cintadavinport5337 You thought you were still on Reddit, but this is KZread.

I watched my old 1950 built house being torn down and hauled to the landfill and all I could think of was all those high quality floor joists, roof joists, etc... going to waste.

@bruce-le-smith

5 жыл бұрын

Dave Joseph Ouch, in Winnipeg, Winkler and the west of Canada we have a lot of ReStores, a division of Habitat for Humanity (originated from Georgia) www.habitat.ca/en/about Wish more contractors were conscious about saving old wood and other high quality materials.

@bruce-le-smith

5 жыл бұрын

Portland is the best.

@tinasun6909

5 жыл бұрын

I have a 1960’s old cabin on a rotten pier and beam foundation. The framing is still good and strong. I tried very hard to bring it back to life. Our new house looks great from the outside. But the builder used lots of recycled 2 by 4 which can only stay in a vertical position. Once it’s covered, no one can tell the difference. I love old mid century houses.

@gsxrgeorge00

5 жыл бұрын

50s dont have anything special. I'm working on a 1889 brick building that has 15x15 wood pillars and 15"x3" joists. You couldnt build that these days.

@Xixu.co.6

5 жыл бұрын

Houses from the 1950s-80s are the worst houses. Half assed workmanship, stupid designs, toxic materials everwhere.

What a great video. It answered a lot of questions I had.

What a great lecture! Normally I would have fallen asleep! Looking forward to more information.

i have bought and sold over 400 houses, and i bought this one house recently and this is the first, and only house that i ever bought that the wood is so hard that i can barely screw drywall screws into it. Its an older house but it a beautiful house.

@jago668

5 жыл бұрын

I have demo'd old barns that had 100 year old oak lumber in them. You want to talk about hard. We had to cut a bunch of nails off flush because we could't get them pulled even with a cheater bar. Had to pre-drill and use screws because it was too difficult to nail when the wood was reused.

this is my new favorite channel. Reminds me of watching Bob Vila as a Kid!

really relax start and really strong end. Best construction video I saw so far

Hi Matt, i was a GC for a while, i remember in Detroit, some houses, we could NOT pound nails into the old 2x4's, they were so old and strong, like red oak. we would commonly use good deck screws. Thanks for the good vids.

Iver hangs? Hhmm we call them: "eaves". We find them to be crucial to house design. We even design the eaves to extend down so as to allow sun light in the windows in Winter (low sun angle) and keep shade on the windows in Summer (higher sun angle). We literally design the eaves to extend down depending on the latitude of the house location.

@fm15243

5 жыл бұрын

So I'm guess you make the north side of the houses eaves extra long cause it gets little sun in winter if you go that hardcpre...

This was tremendous - I appreciate the objective reasons for some superior parts of old buildings: old growth lumber, thick masonry walls, deep overhangs. I also appreciate the caveats: poor insulation, high energy requirements for temperature control. Some things were better, some things were not.

Fantastic video Matt! Thanks alot!

Love my old home, built-in 1899 and still strong. been updated a few times to keep up with the times, but still maintains the charm

re: the heating bills, I grew up in an old house and we didn't spend more on heating that anyone would now. The difference is, we heated only part of the house - the parts where there was plumbing. Bedrooms were heated only for a couple of hours a day so that you could get to sleep and then in the morning for an hour or two, just to get out of bed. Otherwise, only the first floor and part of the first floor was cold. That might sound to someone like it's a horrible thing, but it's not that bad. I wouldn't imagine that the bedrooms got colder than about 50 degrees in the winter, and you were asleep anyway. The only exception was below-zero forecasts, we left the heat on at a low level just to keep the pipes from freezing (water heating). The idea of a house being warm end to end and all rooms and all floors is a modern thing.

@NadyaPena-01

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I spent some time in Japan where most houses are not insulated. It can get pretty cold but you get used to it. There are electrical heating units but they're used during the day and only in certain rooms. At night it gets cold but you don't feel it much since you're sleeping under thick futon blankets =)

Great video comparison. My old house has that real 2" rough lumber that actually measures 2". Not so sure I like the waterproof peel and stick skin as a modern solution. I think anything that you stick on with adhesive will eventually be a problem in certain areas. A small breach from a mouse puling and eating the membrane for example and moisture gets in and it can't get out and then as the wood rots the peel and stick lets go. The issue is that water can not escape with that waterproof skin if it gets behind it. I think I'd rather use marine plywood staggered kind of like board and baton but with really thick batons and have that as the inner seal to put your strapping and then siding on. Even that would eventually develop air leaks and breaches as aging occurs. But it wouldn't mold or rot easily.

I know I remember when I was building modular homes for Canada, specially for the hardyplank siding vapour control on the outside was very important, with standoffs and vents on top/bottom all way along to allow air to flow under the siding uninterupted. So its nice to see similar techniques used here

Helpful information, thank you for sharing !!!

I remember talking with a mason and he said: throughout history there have always be *SOME* builders who built it cheap and took the money.

@doyouseetorpedoboats8893

3 жыл бұрын

The ones that survive are the good ones. Survivor bias.

i live in a 40s brick and mortar ac or heat reacts great in these houses.

@vinnycgaz1

5 жыл бұрын

and my house is and energy saver

@MR..181

3 жыл бұрын

A winner

Great information! Thank you and keep it up!

Interesting perspectives. Nicely researched and well narrated video with clear navigation. A good example of how to explain concepts without being pejorative.

I did a job for a customer that had a 100 year old house, 7 bedroom, 5 full baths and 2 half baths. 3 car heated garage with original steam radiators, not a single crack in the concrete slab!!! Still has original slate roof. He told me he uses enough natural gas during the winter, that he's partially responsible for global warming.

@killerhz

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the amount of carbon consumed to tear down and rebuild with new materials would exceed the energy consumed by conditioning.

I lived in a home that was built in 1920. No insulation with plasters walls. Asbestos siding. Natural gas heat was so cheap it didn't matter.

My favorite part of the video is putting the insulation on the outside of the house @20:00'ish. I like it!

Great video - very informative and love the examples you used!

We must salvage the wood elements as well as everything else from all structures that offer good salvage. We must do this. One day it will be a billion dollar industry.

@anthonymorales842

3 жыл бұрын

When I started "harvesting" lumber from old structures here in the northeast people thought I was wasting my time

how is osb board house more sensible, you are basically building a house from glued up sawdust

@trevorp875

4 жыл бұрын

It sounds stupid, but the OSB is only for racking strength. The 2x4 and now 2x6's walls are where the true strength of the house is. I'm an engineer for a sheet metal company and we stopped spot welding some items and switched to VHB tape. TAPE. Check out a video of it. If installed properly it will be the better and more cost efficient way to connect most metals, for most applications. New science isn't always bad, just seems crazy until you see it in action.

@davegordon6943

3 жыл бұрын

@Ozone definitely

@treeguyable

3 жыл бұрын

Osb is cheap, but like anything used for the same purpose, none of it will survive getting wet, and no chance to dry.

@LacosteBlanc

3 жыл бұрын

😅Garbage. no wait expensive garbage.

Excellent video as usual! Thank you!

Some lovely looking houses you have worked on, it makes me want to visit Texas just to see more of them.