On Nov 1, 4:53 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Early on thee page he says "No ascending dampness by capillarity, but
consequence of current splash-water, water sucking cement joints" =
rising damp!.

You could at least quote the sentance properly, it says:

"No ascending dampness by capillarity, but consequence of current
splash-water, water sucking cement joints AND EARLIER ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
(FOLLOWS MINERAL SALTPETER (SODIUM NITRATE))

With 'rising damp', water is only half of it, the other half is
HYGROSCOPIC SALTS.

Theres not a lot of
timber framed 300 year old stuff around either - when I pulled mine down
I found out why ;-) It wsa allegedly a farm building originally - almost
a barn.

E-X-A-C-T-L-Y!!!

Never built to last, or house people, but somehow it did.

Probably lasted longer than much current housing will.

cheers,
Pete.