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Originally Posted by Irish mist
I'm aware that some new construction methods are innovative, but overall I'm not impressed with the stuff I have seen that has been thrown up. I'll take a home built in the 1960s and earlier before new construction.
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Take a quick look at this link,
http://www.advantechperforms.com/dar...e/Default.aspx I am aware this belongs to the manufacturer.
Being the owner of a 1960's built home I can tell you that 1x sheathing over improperly sized structural members does not a make a better house. There is absolutely no shear strength to resist twisting and the load placed on one member alone does not get transfered to the two next to it, I can go into further detail to explain this if you would like.
Anyone that tells you that they do not build them like they used to, has not been made fully aware of why the older building are still standing and it has nothing to do with the labor to assemble, it has everything to do with the old growth wood used to build them. If you were to build a house in the exact same fashion as the 1960's with 1x10 sheathing on the roof and walls and four toe nails per joint your home would not pass the current 90lb+ snow load rating that is required in NH.