Nothing is square in this house...

[charlie horse]

Crawl up under one of these plantation houses or old 1800’s era houses. Some crazy “engineering” in some of them.

Oh I’ve seen it, rocks, stumps, I saw some old leaf springs being used to hold up porch steps once. I have seen a fair amount of white oak beams used. They make pretty mantels.

[Huntinjunkie]

I’ve thought about getting one of those foundation specialist companies to come out and quote me what it would cost to get the farm house level, but i don’t think they would even go under it to look it for fear it might fall if they sneezed.

I rehabbed a cabin in great falls built in 1938 a couple years ago. It was 4 inches out of level in 28 feet. The owner said that explained why he was out of breath by the time he got to the refrigerator.

[Glenn]

I keep singing the title of this thread over and over in my head to the tune of Trace Adkins "Every light in the house is on."

Thanks for that.

Richard.

Take me a month to get that out of my head.

ETA; Nothing is square in the house I own...

There. Suffer like I am.

[FLS]

House builders around here farmed in the summer and built houses in the winter. Had to redo the floors in mine and I should have just burned it down and started over. Would have been cheaper and definitely easier.

[Smilee]

You oughta see what went on in the mill houses. The original tract houses. Nail it off and wish it well.

Rewired a many of them around Newberry. Shady stuff.

[Saltydog235]

Rewired a many of them around Newberry. Shady stuff.

I just did one that some jacklegs had tried to flip, talk about some shit work. We took the IKEA cabinets off the wall, found a wall that was black with mold. Cut the drywall out and uncovered more fun. 2 220V wires twisted together with 1 turn of tape on them, no nuts, no junction box, tape already falling off about 1/4” from a copper water line. Circuit was hot, water line was pressured. We ended up basically rebuilding that woman’s house.

[FEETDOWN]

I live in the house my great grandparents built in the 20's. Nothing in it is square or level and I love it. We've remodeled it a room or two at the time and still have a couple more to go. It sits in the middle of 90 acres and I can't see the neighbors on either side. Yes, if you drop a ball in most any room it's gonna roll one way or the other but I'd rather be where I am than in a subdivision where I can stand on the end of my porch and piss on my neighbors house.....

[SilverFox]

I know it might sound like I was complaining originally but I'm not. I love an old house. I built a new house in 2010 in Sevierville when we moved up there. While it was nice to design everything it wasn't built worth a shit. The wood we get nowdays is so bad. Then you had contractors trying to cut corners and letting anything go no matter how crappy it looked. I fought with them and had stuff ripped out that just wasn't right many times. When I sold that one in 2017 I was glad to be out of it.

My sister ended up buying the house next door a couple years ago when my father was sick. Her house was built in 1891... so 30 years newer than this one. There's been a lot of work done to her house and she's got it looking great.

One things for sure, if one of these houses ever catch on fire it's going to be a bad day. The fire dept better set up next door and do nothing but spray water on the one that's standing. Both are nothing but fat lighter.

[FEETDOWN]

I know it might sound like I was complaining originally but I'm not. I love an old house. I built a new house in 2010 in Sevierville when we moved up there. While it was nice to design everything it wasn't built worth a shit. The wood we get nowdays is so bad. Then you had contractors trying to cut corners and letting anything go no matter how crappy it looked. I fought with them and had stuff ripped out that just wasn't right many times. When I sold that one in 2017 I was glad to be out of it.

My sister ended up buying the house next door a couple years ago when my father was sick. Her house was built in 1891... so 30 years newer than this one. There's been a lot of work done to her house and she's got it looking great.

One things for sure, if one of these houses ever catch on fire it's going to be a bad day. The fire dept better set up next door and do nothing but spray water on the one that's standing. Both are nothing but fat lighter.

Correct. If it ever catches on fire, call the insurance company before you call the fire dept because there won't be any saving it. Lol

[Stumpknocker]

I live in the house my great grandparents built in the 20's. Nothing in it is square or level and I love it. We've remodeled it a room or two at the time and still have a couple more to go. It sits in the middle of 90 acres and I can't see the neighbors on either side. Yes, if you drop a ball in most any room it's gonna roll one way or the other but I'd rather be where I am than in a subdivision where I can stand on the end of my porch and piss on my neighbors house.....

100%

[charlie horse]

I couldn’t afford to save my grandparents old house, built in the early 1900s. No bank would touch it with the amount of work it needed from the foundation up. I saved the wood and used it in my new house. I did all the finish carpentry work, and as much framing as I could handle. The building inspector said he’d never seen so much lumber in a house before.