"-MIKE-" wrote in message ...

On 7/26/12 12:24 PM, Swingman wrote:
I doubt that ... most of those tract and custom plan houses built in the
fifties to mid sixties were well built with a skilled labor pool, if a
bit shy or room sizes and ammenities, and much of the framing lumber was
old growth and higher quality than today's plantation grown material.


I agree. Keep in mind that those houses had to be put up very quickly,
due to the fact that the boomers were being born and suburbia was
exploding. What allowed them go up quickly was that simply design, not
any shortcuts and lack of skill by the carpenters of that time.


Hey, Swing, think Sharpstown or Oak Forest as post-WWII tract-housing
booms.

Dave in Texas