NT wrote:
On Sep 9, 9:16 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
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RobertL wrote:
For flooring an extension to my Victorian house I am planning to use
reclaimed victorian floorboard (with suitable insulation under). ebay
item 220474833588 is an example.
However, an alternative is "resawn floorboards" where the supplier has
sawn up victorian joists to make 'new' old floorboards. ebay item
130325590872 is an example.
Is there anything to aware of with such resawn boards? is the joist
wood likely to be softer for example, or to have more knots in it?
Likely if anything to be the very best timber of its type.
Bwahahah!

Best material is reserved for planed, not rough sawn. No building regs
in victorian times either. If it didn't fall down, it sold.

The only thing you can say, is that if it hadn't fallen down, it wasn't
total rubbish.


There were 2 types of housing built in the 1800s: quality houses and
cheap shacks. The latter are as good as all gone, what's left is
almost entirely the quality builds.


Not so sure. I lived in a cheap 1890 terrace in E London for a while. I
reckon it'll outstay the mid-50s bomb site semi infills.

Problems I've seen have tended to relate to foundations. Otherwise, if
it's streets that get cleared for example, demolition can have little to
do with quality of construction - more lack of maintenance (private
landlords maybe) or planning (road widening, 'slum' clearance).

Rob