Posted by Centex Farmall on November 27, 2012 at 19:22:17 from (166.128.159.119):
In Reply to: Old farm houses posted by Ralphwd45 on November 27, 2012 at 17:48:08:
Wood is just not a long term material. I know you can find exceptional examples all over the world that are 200+ years old, but they are a very small percentage of the total. Sooner or later wood either burns, rots or bugs eat it.
The majority of people today are hooked on central heat and air and the old houses were designed to be as comfortable as you could be without it. You can retrofit but it's beginning to cost big dollars to heat and cool such a large volume of air, and energy is trending ever higher these days.
I believe there will come a time when brick suburban homes are untenable and we'll have to relearn some of the lessons that the old homes already knew, albeit with a little technological spin.
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