May 31, 20242 yr Visited this place today - Little Morton Hall! Still up 500 years (ish) later. Spoke to the surveyor who says the tower moves a few mm (13) in a cycle over the year and depending weather, but its not sagging any more than it already had when they started measuring, which they do 3 x a year, 9 years back!
May 31, 20242 yr Yeah, pretty much any old oak frame building you see today will be C16-18th i.e. 200-400 years old. No modern glues, fixings, vapour barriers etc. I’m sure our modern self-builds will last as long, no?
May 31, 20242 yr You’re just being mischievous now. Be interesting to know what kind of movement - straight up and down or some side to side sway? Edited May 31, 20242 yr by Alan Ambrose
May 31, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, Alan Ambrose said: Yeah, pretty much any old oak frame building you see today will be C16-18th i.e. 200-400 years old. No modern glues, fixings, vapour barriers etc. I’m sure our modern self-builds will last as long, no? only if you can afford 200year old well seasoned oak to build them from
May 31, 20242 yr 3 hours ago, Alan Ambrose said: Yeah, pretty much any old oak frame building you see today will be C16-18th i.e. 200-400 years old. No modern glues, fixings, vapour barriers etc. I’m sure our modern self-builds will last as long, no? And lots of survivorship bias. The ones that have survived are the expensive ones that are attractive enough for someone to spend money on to maintain. (I don't see any reason why a modern stick built house shouldn't last hundreds of years if it is maintained.)
May 31, 20242 yr The less posh buildings can do alright too: https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/stålekleivloftet-one-of-the-oldest-wooden-buildings-in-the-world/207516/
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