350 years.

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Well, thats an estimate, but a realistic one: these wall are more than 300 years old. Asl old as the USA. Or even slightly older. Or not qute as old. But they are 18th century.

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That is beautiful.
I know you must look at the whole house and required function when making decisions on how to finish BUT to seal that wall and retain the look as in the second photo would be amazing.
 
gasket said:
That is beautiful.
I know you must look at the whole house and required function when making decisions on how to finish BUT to seal that wall and retain the look as in the second photo would be amazing.
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I agree! It sure would be cool to plexiglass one of them!
 
bea said:
Well, thats an estimate, but a realistic one: these wall are more than 300 years old. Asl old as the USA. Or even slightly older. Or not qute as old. But they are 18th century.

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This is really quite fascinating.

I showed this to my wife and she also had the idea that it would be cool if, at least, one wall could be sealed somehow so as to keep the construction exposed.

Really nice, Bea.
 
That's pretty cool! My place is 100ish years old and not as nice. We just replaced the ceiling in the bathroom and Dawn saw the old wood and wanted to leave it exposed until I rolled out insulation....we get snow here & 100 year old houses have a lot of air leaks!
 
Yes, that's a question i also think about.

Most of the walls need to be buried again under thermal insulation. And the closed door in the wall will remain closed - that'll be the place of my bed.

I learned about the real age of this house just a few months ago, thought it was just about 130 years. But now i feel the need of learning about the the architecture and the living at that time.

BTW: two examples of similar houses in an open air museum in the vicinity:
Haus aus Fellingshausen — Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark
Haus aus Frankenbach — Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark

Insufficient to understand my house and to give me ideas how to restore it.
One of them showing the standards of living in the 1920s, the other one apparently trying to show the old situation. If You ever happen to visit Germany - these open air museums are actually more interesting that Rüdesheim or Rothenburg (where all the Japanese visitors go...)
 
bea said:
Yes, that's a question i also think about.

Most of the walls need to be buried again under thermal insulation. And the closed door in the wall will remain closed - that'll be the place of my bed.

I learned about the real age of this house just a few months ago, thought it was just about 130 years. But now i feel the need of learning about the the architecture and the living at that time.

BTW: two examples of similar houses in an open air museum in the vicinity:
Haus aus Fellingshausen — Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark
Haus aus Frankenbach — Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark

Insufficient to understand my house and to give me ideas how to restore it.
One of them showing the standards of living in the 1920s, the other one apparently trying to show the old situation. If You ever happen to visit Germany - these open air museums are actually more interesting that Rüdesheim or Rothenburg (where all the Japanese visitors go...)
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I have always wanted to visit Germany. My family left there during WWII to the US.
 
Very cool bea!!! so much history there --- here its all crush the old put up new ---- hurry its 10 years old DESTROY IT --- build a new one --- a better one--- till 10 years from now when we will CRUSH IT --- our legacy will be ------ hey where did our legacy,,,,, oh yes we crushed it------ never mind
 
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... and our villages are full of such old buildings. There must still be 1-2 million old houses around. Luckily our rural regions did not have to face too much of destruction during the two WWS (but quite a lot during the older wars, especially the 30-year-war which ended long before that little hose had been built).

To our main topic: i'll have plenty of space for a woodworking shop and i'm already making use of it, and there will be a really decent music salon - the room where my DIY workbench currently is.

Plenty of space for a single person - in the old days typically 10-12 people were living in such a house.
 
Here in Australia if it's 100 years old it's certain to get a heritage listing. My street was developed from farmland 50 years ago, the houses are now one by one being leveled and rebuilt. TODAY a machine is taking one out 3 doors away from me. Nothing wrong with it other than young owners have higher expectations than 3 bedrooms and a single bathroom. They pay $750,000 for a house then level it, OMG!

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In May of 2017 I flew to Germany for work. Flew non-stop from LAX to Frankfurt and then drove over to Wiesbaden where we stayed. The hotel originally started as a bath house in 1486 from the hot springs the area in known for. We were sitting in the small bar one night and I said:

“You know, Christopher Columbus could have been sitting right here trying to find someone to fund his trip”

It was just interesting to think that it was even possible. I walked around the town and found a plaque dated from 367. That is farking old!
 
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