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How To Determine A Home's Age?
Can anyone tell me the *general* age of two homes with the following
characteristics. #1 1) Wavy individual "decorative" parging on each foundation block BEFORE mortaring. 2) No knob-and-tube but only fuse box. 3) Profuse arbor vitaes, "sculptable" bushes (Northeast Pennsylvania). 4) Push-button and lighted, back-and-forth light switches. 5) Crumbling red brick chimney on fireplace-less house. 6) Hidden bevelled glass French doors at entrance to living room. 7) Single-paned huge front window bookended by unopenable panes. 8) Intensive use of terra cotta tiles as terrace material. #2 1) Logs and railroad ties used as floor beams; several floor jacks. 2) Extremely low ceilings, railings, banisters; very uneven door lintels. 3) Evidence of knob-and-tube in basement. 4) Second floor bathroom dangling over sloping kitchen roof like it didn't exist on the original structure. 5) Painted asbestos shingles. 6) Double-hung windows WITHOUT weights. 7) Claw-legged sink in washroom. 8) Extremely large kitchen. Thanks for reading. If you know of a good website where you can become a "house detective," I'd appreciate knowing. |
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