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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I’ve seen of the inside of my 1950s colonial, it’s a mix of cinder block and hardwood, no engineered wood aka particle board, cardboard, or OSB. And brick on the outside. I just can’t fathom how a mix of 2x4 and particle board/OSB is anywhere near as strong. And these new builds are huge! Why no steel beams anywhere? I just couldn’t spend the money after seeing the inside.[/quote] Wise. When house hunting, I found the average 90s houses usually were better built than the 2000s houses. The average 80s houses are better than average 90s houses. And so on. The houses built from maybe mid-1950s through early 1970s that used concrete block and at least some steel beams in the basement were most structurally sound in my experience. The immediate post-war (1945-1955) houses sometimes were built so quickly that they were not as well built.[/quote]
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