Lets see your old houses

looks like Iron Horse house

Looks like it should be on a golf course.

Dilapidated house in Spain.

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Kodak KE25 film Point&Shoot

Old tin mine Cornwall England

Old house, near Eureka Springs, Arkansas

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P Taylor wrote in post #18803194
Old tin mine Cornwall England

Beautiful stonework.
A bygone era and its craftsmanship.
very nice

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dougsmithsatx wrote in post #18803512
Old house, near Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Older house, near Luckenbach, Texas.

Both posts are beautiful examples of a previous life.

A lot of timber went into those wooden structures.

Interesting roof in Eureka Springs one. Would that once have been shingles? (think you call them shakes?)
Rafters very close together and the solid timber cladding over is not something we had here.

Love the old stonework also.

Thanks for the comments.

The roofing material on the old wooden house is corrugated metal. I believe shakes are more overlapping shingle-like and usually cedar, or other wood types. But they certainly don't build houses like either of those any more!

dougsmithsatx wrote in post #18817743
Thanks for the comments.
Thanks
The roofing material on the old wooden house is corrugated metal. I believe shakes are more overlapping shingle-like and usually cedar, or other wood types. But they certainly don't build houses like either of those any more!

Looking at it again, I realise it has upstairs, so suspect they lined the ceiling over the rafters then put the iron on top.
I could see the iron was very old, just puzzled me why the tight horizontal boards or planks.

Richard, my guess is the wooden house originally had shake shingles, could have lasted 50 years and when their life was over they were torn off and the galvanized tin was nailed over the 1" nailers.
The original sheeting could have been rough sawed Oak, a hard wood but when used as "green" or not dry, it was easy to nail with a hammer. They would often place it close together for good support knowing that when it dried it would gap a 1/2 inch. I've seen dried wood such as pine placed further apart, the shakes easily bridged the gap. Probably builders choice, how sturdy did he want his structure to be. The shakes would have been torn off to get a more even surface for the tin and nails would hold better.
What I find so interesting about the 1st house is it appears to be a duplex, I've not seen a house this size in what appears to be a rural setting have two doors with matching windows and mill work trim on the same side. Matching windows above too, as if it was actually two living quarters, not one. I would like to know if it was divided, where is the chimney, was there one or two? Did the house ever have electricity, maybe not. I'm guessing it was built about 1900 , possibly earlier ,and has a lot of stories it could tell.

Thanks Steve
Interesting observation about the 'duplex' possibility.
I can see what you refer to.

Re shingles, shakes.
Our house here is about 1860's, timber framed (pit sawn) with corrugated iron over the old shingles.
They left them on, nailed battens across and then the iron.

I love these old decaying houses etc from a departed era.
Need some more photos.