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Originally Posted by masraum
That would be an interesting find. I'd love to live in a really old house. I suspect it would be really interesting. I also suspect that it could be a real pain in the arse when stuff needs to be repaired. I see lots of custom work and time to do stuff that would be easy in a newer house.
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When I was doing some renovating work, I found a cigarette pack (empty) above the ceiling. It helped me date the work to prior to WWII. Lucky Strikes, in a green package. During the war, they stopped using green, supposedly for the war effort, and kept the package white after the war.
The ceiling had a fiberboard (basically cardboard) nailed to the floor joists. The seems were covered with a thin strips of wood, which then were made into a square pattern. We pulled it down, stained the rough cut floor joists and bottom of the rough 2nd floor floor boards (18-24" wide plank pine!). My ex-wife had lots of antiques, and this fit well with the theme of the house.