On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 06:40:44 -0500, philo wrote:

Most of the houses in my neighborhood were built in the late 19th or
early 20th century.


Recently someone totally rebuilt a house near here, they stripped it
down to the 2 x 4's and rebuilt...they even put in a new foundation.

At first I wondered why they did not raze it entirely until I realized
the old style 2 x 4's are superior to the ones used today.

They actually measure 2" x 4" and use better wood that today's soft pine.

My question is: what kind of wood was actually used.

In my early 1950s, California, cheap tract house, the framing is rough-sawn redwood. Whether
it's coast redwood, or high-sierra redwood, I don't know. Anyway, nails don't stay nailed very
well, but the bugs have given it a pass.

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croy