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Originally Posted by stampsx2
I don’t understand the whole older houses were better built. You mean a hand saw back then did a better cut than a table saw today? I can tell you that if someone gave me a hammer, nails and a hand saw to build a house i would be taking shortcuts everywhere.
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Purely anecdotal I'll grant you that, but I think the build-quality in that ~2006ish era was dodgy not just because of tools or scarcity of skilled trades.
Houses were selling at an insane rate so in order to maximize on that they were being built incredibly fast.
People wanted houses, the price was more or less the price so quality of materials could be downgraded to increase margins.
And then of course, and this is the part where the anecdotal element comes in, the people doing the work were themselves not of the highest caliber.
Anyone with a pulse who showed up for work could get a job in the Residential Construction industry at the time.
Proof = Me.
I worked construction from 2006-2008 to pay for my tuition.
Now if any of you have been lucky enough to have seen me swing a hammer or had the pleasure of me dazzling you with my handyman skillz you would realize that I really shouldnt be allowed anywhere near the construction of anything.
And, sadly, I was one of the better ones at the time.