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Originally Posted by Patrick L.
Do you have a basement ?? Is the foundation or basement walls mortared/pointed or dry laid ?? Are the joists hewn flat on the top side, hand hewn on all sides or rough cut ?? What do your roof boards look like and how far apart are they ?? I guess dates can't be pinned down too closely as building styles are carried on for long times depending on areas and styles overlap depending on who does the building..
Have you hit any of those cut nails with the saw yet ??
How far back does the deed go ??
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Partial basement. Field stone foundation which appears to have mortar in it and over it. Crawl spaces are bare fieldstone with mortar inbetween the rocks while the basement has been coated. All of the crawlspaces appear to be part of additions to me as the wood framing above them differs from the framing over the basement section. The last addition was done using concrete block to extend the length of the house. Framing above this is still full size lumber and has plaster walls.
Framing is full size rough cut lumber which has circular saw marks from the mill. My floor joists are 2x8 over a 15 foot span 24" centers. Rafters are 2x6, not sure on span but there is no ridge board.
House was originally heated by multiple wood or coal stoves. Looks like one or two in the basement and than two on the second floor near the bedrooms. Steam heat was installed around 1920 judging by the Kohler radiators. Have not cut into a cutnail yet.
This picture shows the basement section of the foundation as well as the winder stairs and an arm which was placed there to scare my mother.
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This is the front of the house. The porch, car port and bay window and aluminum siding are obviously not original. I also had to tear down the tiny brick chimney last year and install a B-vent.
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This is the attic over the newest section of the house which is built on concreteblock.
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The wood floors are not original and it does not appear to have had "subfloors" but rather the subfloors were the finished floors at one time.
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This picture is a bit strange.
Apparently the opening for the basement stairs was cut into the floor at a later date. This shows the joists which have been cut. Since this picture these have been removed as I moved the plumbing into that area to get it out of the stair well as can be seen in the first picture with the fake arm in it.
Point of the picture is to show how the floor joists are cut to sit on top of the sill. The white crap is plaster.
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