Just reading a news article about the Gatsby mansion being torn down
in the states. Which lead me to thinking. These old timber houses did
not use steel, just very big timber joists etc, but sometimes the
spans are huge. I believe one technique was to use the walls above as
a very tall box joist to hold up the ceiling / floors. Cutting new
doorways in such walls can be perilous !
Maybe the used iron in places as in some of the old stately homes
here.
Thoughts / knowledge from others interested in such matters ?
Simon.