This House Will Last Forever, Heres Why
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- "I do not encourage anyone to enter culverts, Unclog anything or enter flooded areas as it can easily become deadly without the proper training". I unclog drains for fun in my spare time (I have Been Trained In culvert inspections for years with private co) osha trained,
:Exploring Abandoned Anything can be dangerous or Deadly without experience. I don't encourage anyone to enter any Abandoned structure. Not only is safety a concern, but often times its illegal and when possible, i seek out permission from the owner or local police. I simply go to document its history before it's gone forever and leave things the way I find them. I only take pictures and only leave footprints. I assume all the risks & responsibility before doing this. Please don't attempt to do this on your own. Their could be nails, Asbestos, Falling concrete soft floors, animals or other hazards. Thanks for Watching
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I like how you get excited over what we take for granted in Scotland, a brick house. Its very rarely we have wooden houses except we now have log cabins but, they`re mainly rented out for tourists in National Parks. The house i now live in is over 100 years old, with 3` thick stone walls. Commom place here with a fireplace and what would have been a range in the kitchen - bricked up now as we all have gas central heating.
That building looks like it would have been a semi detached at one time too.
It varies in the United States. I grew up in New England where brick houses were a somewhat unique thing to see. It is almost the complete opposite in Indianapolis where I currently live. Modern houses tend to have more wood, but they still have some amount of brick in the construction. It probably mattered what materials were available in a region. This region had huge brick manufacturers. New England had a huge logging industry.
That is 3 feet stone walls
@@juliesnook6998 That`s what i said - 3` stone walls.
my house has a real brick foundation
there's a load of brick buildings a couple towns over
@@phantomaviator1318 I`ve lived in places where its been 1 row of facing bricks, a cavity wall then 1 row of breeze blocks then plasterboard on the inside - i could hear my neighbour cutting their toenails and farting and her husband was just as bad.
The discoloration pattern of the bricks on the front of the house indicates that the front porch was covered.
get a parking space fixed up there and i guarantee you would find some takers for sale or rental if you fixed it as long as there's some jobs nearby
have propane tanks on my house but they've got little shed
That house has been a abandoned since about 1976. I remember the last family that lived there. There used to be a shallow well with a hand pump next to that old shed you were looking at.
No way Jose
Absolutely amazing. I was wondering how long it's been abandoned. You just can feel the history of the house. It was definitely loved when it was originally lived in.
Thanks. Some invent a help on oh where on map is this
@@KTurner-ny3orAnother commenter said the tunnel he went through was the kittaninny mountain tunnel in spring run, pa
These were 2 semi detached cottages once upon a long time ago. From the size of the windows, 19th century is more likely than earlier. The walls are solid, American bond, which is 5 rows of stretchers followed by 1 row of headers, which are the same bricks but the ends showing on the outside. This makes the wall quite strong, but not as strong as Flemish bond. If you double or triple glazed this house, the road wouldn’t be a problem, except when you’re in the yard, of course… it will only last forever if you can keep water out, water will erode the mortar and the bricks, but as it seems to have a new roof, you could be right about it remaining standing for a very long time!
It had even hooden roof or entrance on the porch. You can see the markings in the entrance wall. Very much a like a british teahouse.
@@The_Cat_Authority No it seams to be Teahouse or Pub. In the living room tea and liquor, cake and so would be severed. And so the house had a private and business door.
into the 20th century there weren’t separate kitchens in small cottages and definitely no bathrooms. There are still 2 front doors though and 2 back doors. They would have had an outhouse. So 1 room downstairs and 1 upstairs each. Probably for people working in a big house nearby. I lived in a now 320 year old house (in the UK), that originally had 5 bedrooms, but before we had it, 1 bedroom was split in 2 to provide a master en-suite and a bathroom for the other bedrooms. When we took the plaster off one of the walls we found that there had been another staircase in the kitchen, which had an enormous fireplace. Old houses get modified to suit how people live and that’s what has happened here too. Thankfully I have downsized as these old houses need a lot of looking after and I now live in a house that is only about 100 years old, which is considered practically new here, the houses across the road are from 1652 and 1634 and there are quite a few like that here, but they all have bathrooms and kitchens now!
What the hell is a “British teahouse”?
@@billiamtaylor3509 Watch "Turn" Washington spies - in the Wild West American got Saloons - on the East coast Pubs and Inns like in England. For more female costumers more little teahouses.
The house has a fireplace with holes in the chimney. Now looking at the history of heating a home, we start with the fireplace. You need a good up draft to take the smoke up and out of the home so you install a chimney. However there are factors that affect the up draft such as the air pressure inside the house vs the air pressure outside of the house.. If it is warmer in the house than outside the warmer air will rise. If it is warmer outside than inside the house, the chimney will have a down draft. If the wind is blowing outside, it will also come down the chimney. Helicopter pilots must train for mountain flying because of the infamous down drafts on the lee side of the mountain from the wind. This also happens with hills. I don't know if this applies to the house in the vid but it might. Anyway fireplaces are drafty, sometimes the down draft is unbearable or bad enough that you can't get a fire going but that is rare. However, during the winter that can be life threatening, depending on the temp outside. As time went on metal wood stoves became more and more available and began to replace drafty fireplaces. People gladly plugged up their fireplaces and knocked holes in the chimney to accommodate stove pipes (used to vent a wood stove through the chimney). If enough heat didn't migrate to the upstairs, another hole would be made in the upstairs level of the chimney for another wood stove and stove pipe. Some of the old chimneys have dampers built into them to control the down draft and some people put a damper in the stove pipe just above the stove for the same reason. It just makes life easier.
19:52 There's a third maintenance tunnel in between the two main tunnels. If there'd be a fire in the tunnel, you can escape into them. If they're anything like the Channel Tunnel, the maintenance tunnel has a higher air pressure, so when you open the doors, smoke and fumes can't get in, and you'll be safe in there.
Years ago I was walking around in Brooklyn and saw a strange building that looked like a cathedral, but the windows were all filled in with louvers. I was told that it only existed to force air into the battery tunnel so those driving through wouldn't suffocate.
Good to know. Thanks for the info.
I don"t really enjoy driving through those tunnels and its nice to know someone tried to make them as safe as possible.
There’s some really interesting history behind the usage of bricks. For the longest time they couldn’t be mass produced, but once they figured out how, they took off as a far cheaper alternative to the more tradition cut stone bricks in Britain. The aristocracy also liked them because they were new and looked unique. However, the novelty wore off, and for a while it seemed everyone despised brick houses, and they started figuring out how to make them look like old houses or similar again, using facades. There’s a really good book on this kind of stuff called At Home by Bill Bryson. Well worth a read.
It is evident that someone started renovating that house and then stopped for some reason; notice several of the windows are new as well as two of the doors and the electrical work seen. Possibly bit off more than they could chew as it would be quite a challenge to bring that structure up to code. The big thing in the basement with the large hole in it looks to be a cistern where water from the roof would be collected via those now rusted out iron pipes. This was a typical water system in the good ol' days. Brick houses are not as wonderful as you think because they are hard to heat with any system and have a tendency to leak air right through the walls - even with the window openings filled.
I lived in Pa most of my 70 years. Traveled through these same tunnels. Those doors are fir maintenance crews to walk along the sides checking for any damage or water seepage and to fix the tiles. I have seen them come out those doors. You can enter that maintenance tunnel from the outside where the tunnel starts on either side of the mountain
Thanks for this video
You should explore Bucks County where I used to live. Stone houses from the 1700s. Lots of history there.
Oh cool I was trying to figure out what state he’s in I thought maybe PA. Where in PA is this? Born & raised here myself… Brick isn’t that rare though?
The concrete tank is a cistern. They weren't too picky back in the day with water.
They used the gutters to collect the water to a downspout into the cistern.
They conserved the water like crazy in the summer especially.
Nothing wrong with this kind of water for the garden, the animals, washing clothes, etc.
They probably boiled it for drinking. I would
Back in the day Christ my home in Kentucky still has a cistern we have bottled water to drink but I shower and everything else is ran off our cistern
@@minorclips7541 do you live on a large piece of land? Several acres ?
I'm sure there was a sand and brick filtering system.
When I was working in Ofallon MO, there was an old farm house near the intersection of N Main St and Hwy 79. It was built in the 1880s and it was made of wood with a metal roof and brick chimney. Last time someone lived in it was 2005 so it was in pretty poor condition but it goes to show that wood homes can last forever as well If they are taken care of. It had a huge old stone well about 20 ft from the house as well the was super deep and just had a piece of plywood over the top. The house was relatively large as well for that time, about 1500 sqft. Sadly someone burnt it down early last year. I know it was arson because they had upgraded to a natural gas service in the early 2000s but the sevice was abandoned two weeks before the house burnt down and the electric service had been cut off long ago. There was no storms or lighting at the time either. I was on call that night and drove past it while it was up in flames, why must people be full of such hate? Anyways that's my story
We used to rent an old wooden house from 1890 in Vermont when I was in my late 20’s. The vents for passive heating in the floor of the 2nd floor took me back to that time. The system actually kept the upstairs passably warm when sleeping in Winter. You wouldn’t want to hang out up there when not under blankets though. Thanks for this video!
I rented multiple apartments in northern VT in the early 90s. Landlords weren’t big fans of insulating pipes and we paid for it during frigid winter spells. One January my car wouldn’t start for 3 weeks because all the batteries in the area were sold out and it never got above -15F.
Love this house! You can tell at minute 11:05, it had a gabled portico that maybe came out on the front of the house. You can see its outline in the discolored brick. Someone was updating this house & stopped for some reason.
Great video!
They came to their senses?
I assumed the area was Pennsylvania by the looks of the house and land. I have an old German brick house that has similar characteristics, but not as refined as this one. My house was built in 1845 by a German religious group originally from Harmony Pennsylvania. Thanks for the tour. I am always interested in old architecture, especially brick structures.
John
Bethel, Missouri
Yeah it looks like it could be Pennsylvania or somewhere close by. I grew up not far from Harmony.
I love it every time I see one of these old brick houses or the old farm house. Just amazing how much work went into them. I live in a converted old farm house and you can see the cuts on the wood beams which was all done by hand. Please keep showing these amazing old buildings off, I love to see them.
I have never seen a man get so excited about a brick house
Like would a house tour in the UK just blow your mind?
Nothing built in the US is meant to last these days. Even old-school masonry techniques are being forgotten as older generations die off.
@@smirking8457 oh we don't build thick big brick buildings anymore, the technique has changed drastically, people struggle to demolish those kinds of buildings as they are built so well
We also gotta reuse bricks too
Also, these old houses are great. Built before any lighting. So, 20 years after they were built, a crew comes in and retro fits gas lighting throughout the house. 20 years after that a crew comes in and installs knob and tube. Ive seen some old paper tags for reels of old knob and tube wire, perfectly preserved under floor boards. 1918, Raven core wire.. Also crazy, all these old houses, everything was brought to the site via horse. horse loads of lath, bags of lime, sand, lumber. In pittsburgh we have some of the craziest hills as well. crazy to think about horse trucks hauling gas pipes or lumber or bricks to the top of a 25% grade hill. I'm reading Ktaadn by Thoreau right now. Back in the 1800's, in Maine, the loggers would build their cabins with just an axe and a frying pan. eat pancakes everyday.
I'm a great fan of older houses, but it's sad to see this one unloved.
I was lucky to spend time with my grandparents as a child, they lived in a old cottage with stone walls so thick each window sill was deep enough to sit in.
Amazing how something that would be regarded as fairly ordinary here in UK could be so interesting. My 100+ year old standard semi detached house would probably look similar underneath all the paint, we still have the little fireplaces in the upstairs bedrooms.
The tire and wheel in the basement looks like a trailer tire. That type of wheel is called a Dayton wheel, as are the similar, much larger wheels on heavy trucks. Awesome video, Post 10!
It's just a basic rim that goes on a mobile home axle.
That's a rim with a tire on it. Fits a Dayton wheel on a trailer.
I get a little nervous going through tunnels as a child I was scared they were gonna collapse as we drove through them, my parents would just laugh at me over it. There is a bridge near Delaware that has a tunnel on it that goes down under the water I am pretty sure that was the scariest tunnel ever for me. My dad took a different way back when we left on our return trip home because I pitched a fit about going back through the bridge tunnel.
As a person that lives in a brick house culture, we tend to value wooden houses, like from the US, the most; ironic how things are.
same! my house is very old and from the USSR lol
That’s so funny because brick is so much more durable than wood. Everything is made of wood here in the US. And post is right about the lumber sizes- a 2x4 and 4x4 were always less than the nominal size, but as of the recent massive inflation, like 4x lumber prices since the start of covid , I know of a friend who bought a 4x4 and it was something like 1/4” smaller than a 4x4 is supposed to be, and wouldn’t fit a pre-made mailbox post. He tried to argue with the cashier but they refused to give him a refund which sounded crazy to me. He said that all the wood was the size. Wonder if they’re trying to be cheap and shave a little more size off , or if that batch was somehow a mistake. Would like to hope the former, but I dunno!
@@MittyNuke1 Wood is very durable unless there is water damage. Many newer houses have inadequate water barrier. Codes now require sheathing and house wrap, but most of the newer materials used don't have long term usage patterns, but synthetic housewrap should help quite a bit.
Ohh my, that house has so many possibilities, take it back to a regular house, turn it into a one bedroom duplex, a little coffee shop, antique store, considering the lack of indoor plumbing, I'd say it had/has an outdoor outhouse, the only reason I wouldn't buy it, it's too close to the road, and it would take some effort to get the yard back to looking good but it isn't hard, lots of brush to clean out, throw another shed up, a new front porch roof, and a canopy for the parking area, it kinda looks like it may have been a way stop for a stage coash line or for a old railroad,
How come you're put off by the road? If you installed triple glazed windows it would be very quiet inside. Remember this is a brick house, so the walls are thick.
@@Phambleton I'm the one person in my family that can trip over a twig and fall over the edge of the porch and roll out in to the far lane while a tractor trailer is slowing down to pull into the warehouse across the street and I get run over by Sandy Claws and his 8 mules
@@jamesalinio5277 Ah I see what you mean. Maybe you could put up a cheeky fence/gate just in case you trip?
@@Phambleton lol yeah, I'd have to
Sister's house UK. Built 1560 from locally made bricks. If it's being delivered on horse drawn wagons you bet it's local. Clay tile roof replacing the original thatch. Real give away of the age is doorways I at 5"10 have to duck through, ceilings at 6"0. Our ancestors were a lot shorter.
1560?
Oooh!! I am europeen so when you said "never visited a brick house" I was confused, almost everyhouse here is brick 🤣 That is so sweet, I didn't know it was unfrequent in the US! Thank you for sharing your discovery ☺️🙏✨
I live in Denver. We don't have much timber out on the plains so Denver was known as the Brick City.
That really is a beautiful old house. I remember when we were kids on the way to Jones Beach, back in the wild and woolly 60's, we'd sing along to the songs on AM radio, and it would cut out under every overpass. We'd just keep on singing, and pick up the song when the car came back out. Those were such fun times!
arrrrrrrrrgh... Another one calling that old dump "beautiful."
As a German, I always wanted to hear your opinion on brick houses. Especially when you compared different building styles, I really wondered what you think about the English/German style of building houses (in the end, they differ quite a bit in details, I guess. From an American point of view, they might be the same).
Did I get it correct, that you love it, but it is economically not viable in the US? Or could it be a good option, but it is just common to take the price advantage of wood? Might it be a problem of skilled workers being experienced with brick building?
I would really like to know how you would build if you would build something economical or something, which lasts long. How would you decide in real life?
In Britain most houses are bricks and mortar. I suppose in a Tornado it doesn't really matter what your house is made of. But owning your own brick house in England is like owning your own castle. It is something we aspire to. Great work Post 10. Love your videos. Keep em coming :)
Up the street from my house, about 2 miles, is an old abandoned high school made from bricks. This makes it even more tempting to go out and check it out, I'm sure they're (neighboring houses) used to explorers.
I just came upon your channel tonight.. I'm subscribing. I love the amount of energy you put out when exploring abandoned places. You don't miss the interesting areas, artifacts or historical finds. If those walls could talk. 👍
The combined downspout probably fed that cistern. Another awesome find Post10; thanks for sharing!
The prevalence of brick construction in the US is largely geographical. I grew up in NC where there is a lot of red clay used in brick making. And a lot of brick houses. My childhood home was brick, with a built in cast iron tub - no feet. :-)
Brick houses are still very common. With improved transportation of materials, the economy house is now stick built with vinyl siding. There is still a lot of brick made and used in the area. Cheap to manufacture, expensive to transport.
Same KY has plenty as well. I'm sitting in one.
I like your commentary. Most explorers don't know anything and say they dumbest shit, but you actually seem to know something about old buildings. You're right, I can't believe that basement isn't full of water.
I love your excitement! Anytime I see a for sale sign on an abandoned house. I grab a legal pad. If I get caught, I act like I’m taking notes to possibly buy.
The thing with the hole in it, in the basement looks like it was a cistern, that collected rain water from that down spout that was rotted away on the side of the house. Looks like it was a farm house built around the 1920's if not earlier.
I love that little brick house..maybe it was built when the rd wasn’t very busy ..
I'm from Australia and the majority of homes are brick, I was so suprised at your amazement of homes like this but I had the same reaction when I was in L.A. and the majority of homes are made of plywood with timber framing
Bricks aren't so good in a California earthquake
Definitely would have been a duplex. In the UK we would have called them "2 up 2 down" in reference to the number of rooms. As others have pointed out, solid brick construction is rare now (suffers a lot from damp and heat loss) - brick outer skin plus cinderblock inner skin with an insulated cavity is now the norm
*and minimal construction standards - you forgot that bit.
They only suffer from damp when the cavity fails and since the cavity on old houses i.e terraces from the 1800s, is so thin, that happens fairly easy. It only takes a bit of brick or a mortar snot to bridge that gap and you will have damp problems.
@@liamholcroft7212 they suffer from damp when people can't afford to heat them.
@@OrganMusicYT heat helps but it's not the main culprit
@@liamholcroft7212I have witnessed entire streets demolished after local councils decided to install electric heaters in their housing stock, which was built in the 1950s. The residents couldn't afford the cost of heating their homes. The houses went damp and had to be demolished.
Wow your camera skills have improved greatly since your early videos. And you're correct about the lumber. They use nominal values which is smaller than the actual 2x4 or 4x4 measurements.
Great charming old house & well built, agree! So sad to see it empty & wasted. It was built when the road was probably just a quiet rural lane.
@3:05--"You need a big retaining wall at the rear end" ...Please tell us that Ghost 10 did not hear that comment!
Otherwise, R.I.P.
This was AWESOME!!
Could you not put up a brick fence in front, and sides, to hide the road? Or even an iron fence for some type of barrier? In kitchen, where would stove go? Also, comments said it had an outhouse. You would have to have modern plumbing, for toilet, or a septic tank?
Thanks for tour.
Love ❤️ those mountains!!!
As a bricklayer there would be a cavity between the inside and outside walls to stop water passing through
And a damp course around the whole house
@@catalickconverta6823back then maybe a thin slate damp course as plastic wasn't around that's what we used in Australia
@@thisisbeyondajoke6748 yeah man they always coated the brickwork with bitchamin or tar to keep the damp out as well i think my house has a slate layer as well as a bitchamin layer i live in england
@@catalickconverta6823 don't break your back doing it please I got stenosis in my c4-c7 neck joints after 28 years of laborious work all for someone else but it has taken me all over Australia a big big place
When you look at the thickness of the external wall by the window frame it looks like a single skin of bricks to me, not a cavity wall. This was common in old brick properties in England, and also no damp course.
They used anything they could for insulation with asbestos walls.Some floors had neespaper seen through the floors.The Highway Dpt uses that place as storage with signs and equipment. 1 Plu windows. Once walls get condensation and that needpaper insulation gets wet, it stays wet. At one time Highway Dept used that kitchen as a breakroom as they ate their lunches and snacks there. Reason they temporarily tapped into nearby electric lines,the wiring conduits you seen on the walls. Flip them on and you had electric during their breaks. Animals likely stayed out of bad weather within the walls and searched for scraps after workers left. A person could buy that land but have to prove it could worthwhile, as a business to help nearby businesses. Make that backdoor the front door. Close off the front. Possible a side door into the woods?Trim out weeds and trees. Maybe a big wood fence on the side to the road. Because that highway wasnt there at one time years ago. The reason it was eventually abandoned when it got built in front of the family home. Very cool old home. Should be helpful information in or around that home. Maybe those neespapers in the floors and walls? Or antique items in the ground?
What a lovely house. Shame its so close to the main road. I bet its cold in winter though due to lack of insulation. Great video as usual keep them coming. Have a great Christmas everyone.
In the Netherlands lands they have a lot brick houses, they don’t even use wood in the outside anymore it’s actually somehow rare to find a house without bricks.
you should buy it. just so you can have your own culvert and a brick house and all those antiques to restore. love the kitchen sink and claw foot tub!
In the UK you get a lot of houses that are known as terraced houses. They are of this era and older. They are literally side by side and right on the street. The only thing separating you from the traffic is the pavement/sidewalk.
814 Area code, that's a large part of Pa....in the middle - Johnstown, State College, Altoona...good heavens what were you doing out that far? And that looks rather similar to some of the older all brick homes in some parts of Philly - it's too bad the 'replacement' windows are too short for the window openings. Neat bldg, love that it's still so sturdy.... Ah! Kittatinny Mountain tunnel....Franklin Co...and the inside always reminded me of the Lincoln Tunnel in NYC..
Double glaze the front windows and the traffic noise would be minimized, many brick houses in England are far closer to far busier roads.
Do they actually enforce the laws against removing mufflers (and catalytic convertors, for that matter) in England? Here in Virginia just about every slack-jawed yokel has a pickup truck they've done both with.
brilliant video . buy the house post you could have your very own culvert imagine that , don't ever loose you passion for what you do please .
Hey King, I noticed that whoever is working on this house, there were also some recently new windows installed. Question, where exactly was the bathroom? I saw the cast-iron tub, but where was the drainage system? Anyway, I enjoyed this video....well, all of them. Take care and be safe.
I have no idea where the bathtub may have been. Some very old houses it would have just drained out through the wall and in Most states this would still be legal because it's only greywater. But I don't know where it would have originally been. Also didn't see a pipe for the toilet that maybe it had an outhouse
@@post.10 Yes....I thought maybe there was an out-house too, somewhere along the back of the house.
I grew up in a 100 year old, very large 3,500 sf. stick built frame house in Dallas TX. One corner of the downstairs had a large enclosed porch about 10x10. A portion of it was made into a full bathroom.
Upstairs there was also a large long bathroom.
I now think those were likely added over time.
Re the missing porch at the back, our house had a large porch across the width of the house. It was totally screened in and was called a "sleeping porch". Without central air, these porches provided comfortable sleeping for the entire family in the hot Texas summers.
Love Post 10's zest for life. Would appreciate learning more of his every day life.
Currently watching Post on my TV in a culvert video,, while also watching this exploration video on my phone. 💛 from Dallas.
That wall behind the house is beautiful
I so enjoy your excitement for life and all that comes with it. Thank you for sharing your explorations with us. Blessings from Michigan.
He mirrors my enthusiasm for old historical stuff! I love it! I love his videos! ♥️
We have mainly brick houses in the UK but they're mostly jammed right next to one another and tiny. The USA at least has big houses with a good yard. Great vid though, subbed ❤️😊
This would be a good building for an office & storage. Plenty of room for tools & a desk, plus a kitchenette. Probably wouldn’t want to sleep there, but for someone who travels for work it’d be a nice base office.
Looks like at the time of recording this place was up for sale. Given how real estate's been going in the USA, and the large numbers of people moving out of cities and into more rural areas, there could be an opportunity here. I'm sure there are people who want to move into a more rural area who'd be willing to tolerate the road in front.
It’d be interesting to find out how much they’re asking for this place. It has so much potential.
The road would be a big problem
Some one was definitely working on that house. My guess is something very expensive happened with water, sewer, zoning, ect that sadly made it not worthy of being lived in. This is the storey of a lot of houses setting empty just like this one.
I love old houses.. 200 yrs old is my favorite time ♡
Those spiky plants are planted by people because they are not native up north. They grow wild down here in Texas. We don’t plant them. But on many explore shows you can tell old homesteads in the woods long after all the structures have disappeared by the plants like yucca and lillies. Things that propagate and spread without human intervention long after they are gone.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to watch the whole video, but it kept my attention to the end.
My daughter lived In Pennsylvania for a while, and I really wish I could’ve gone to see her because there are so many things to see there!
I'm guessing that house owned all that land in front of it. I doubt the road was there when the house was built. Just my guess. Thanks for the tour!
As a Brit' 99% of our houses are brick or concrete, we have very few hurricanes.
It always breaks my heart to see, in the USA, so many homes flattened by hurricanes. Is building in wood really cheaper, or is it a false economy? Is the insurance expensive?
I see it's a typical gray, overcast, Pennsylvania day.
I lived in PA for many years. The weather is why I now live in Arizona.😁
My grandmothers house is made out of brick in the city!! It’s been in our family since the 60s.
Cool Video post. I work for the construction company rehabing the tunnels you went through. The outbound tunnel is completely shut down. That's why all traffic goes through the in bound tunnel you drove through. We will do the inbound tunnel in 2022. Looking at that Sundae syrup you found in the house, it has a upc code that started in late 80's, so it can't be older than that.
Those 2x4's actually being 2 inches by 4 inches is so cool!
My house is brick with cavity walls. Built in 1957 and still going strong.
Interesting explore! Those spiky plants are yuccas, super hardy plants. They have fallen out of favor, since they are so difficult to get rid of. This house with no bathroom or plumbing would be a hard sell for sure, but maybe someone will come and care for it. And yup, we live in a cute little brick house....love it!
Looks like a new project for you, Post 10! With your determination, you’d have this place in tip-top condition in no time! ☺️ From the front of the house it looks like there was a “ front porch “ or portico attached over the front door.
Yer Right... That rare old growth timber is greater over today’s wood... It has nearly ten times the number of growth rings per inch (meaning that it is much denser) more resistant to rot or damage. Not many understand this who can appreciate it these days. It would be awesome to keep that place, but I'm guessing it won't be there long when the property sells. It's quite sad when guys like us see these old buildings being knocked down then tossed into landfills or in some cases, farm homes that are bulldozed into piles and burned. Thankfully some companies are salvaging these along with old barn wood and sold to respected buyers that make other buildings or furniture. That being said, hopefully this will be salvaged for the bricks and it's lumber eh. (fingers crossed)
Bro I just wanna say I'm a huge fan of your videos. They are very wholesome and informative
You’re channel is very relaxing and educational. Thanks
In the UK some houses are closer to the street than that. Maybe most are slower roads than the one this one is near. But being in the UK I didn't see it as usual in its distance to the road.
That old house is soooo cool! Sooo where was the bathroom? Or was there an outhouse there somewhere?
I live in a brick house, it is really easy to heat, impossible to burn down, and fairly resistant to hot weather. You really should build using brick, just make sure you have enough excess space for any future needs.
My house is almost 100% brick. My local taxes reflect this and I am punished every year for having brick. It is like a jea-lousy tax.
What's up with the undersized replacement windows on the front?
We owned an early 1800s Federal brick house in Petersburg, VA. Withstood Civil War battles. Loved that house.
Good video. Those seeds are commonly referred to as hitch hikers. They latch on to any passer by ,fur or not, and fall off a distance away to plant themselves. Coal was a common fuel in homes back then as it was a clean hot burn and took less room. We had register grates when I was on the family farm. Day time a rug could cover the grate and keep the heat in the down stairs during the day hrs. Brick is nice but most homes now are wood framed with the option of brick siding. One plus is insulation and to hide wiring. Take care.
I remember staying at my grandma’s in PA, sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags next to the register, hearing massive long trains with nothing but coal go through at night. And the streets, lined with chestnut trees that I’d climb.
Columbus Ohio has tons of old brick houses still lived in and taken care of
I get some ghost vibes off of that missing porch, what’s the history behind this place? That glass door looks new and doesn’t match the antiques in the rest of the house, or what’s left of them.
I would really try to buy that house even being close to the road. Awesome place
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I bet his heart skipped a beat walking up those stairs and getting a glimpse of that long handle in the tub. Too bad it was not a rake ...
A lot of these old school houses are amazing they were built to last and they are near impossible to take down. Hopefully someone did or does buy it because it is just beautiful
What a wonderful old house. So many things to wonder about. How old is it? Was it maybe an inn, maybe a stagecoach house at one time? It has a history, for sure. Curious lack of plumbing. Bet there's a well and remnants of an outhouse nearby.
Oops should've watched the whole vid before commenting. He found a well.
We have a TV programme here in the UK called Homes Under the Hammer. People bid on houses just like this at auction and do them up. The programme shows the before and after. How much spent and how much the house is worth when finished. This would be ideal for the programme.
Great video. Love the house it differently had solid bones. The attic was in great shape.
this building is absolutely solid.
There are lots of brick houses in the US, just not many in New England.
probably mentioned elsewhere but the holes/grates in the second floor were to allow the cold air of the second floor to draft downwards as warm air from the fireplace/stove rose up the stairs
I love when you explore old homes it's so interesting makes you wonder what happened to causes the house to be abandoned , Someone has to Still own it
Likely the devil called Eminent Domain. It can take your property if it's in the way of a new highway project.
The local government will try to force purchase it, but if not, then Eminent Domain takes it. Sad cause it's a lovely old house.
The hole in the ceiling at 9:13 is to allow the heat from the fire on the first floor to heat the room above it.
my house is brick and was built in 2002. I don't know why brick isn't used as often.
I just love your channel! Love the old wooden floors also! Cool to be able to buy it and relocate that house on your own land away from the road.
I live in a brick and its brilliant as it doesent burn down and get blown away .imagine that .epic .buy that house and fit some triple glazing .you could even tunnel in to the rear banking to make extra storage space .
Looks like a small house but I can imagine if it is remodeled, refurnished. It would look gorgeous. And I bet it would hardly cost a thing to buy and rebuilt that house.
I am sure someone could buy it and turn it in to something useful. Maybe some kind of shop since it is so close to the road. Or even offices of sorts. Such a waste. Beautiful house. I have wanted to start an exploring channel because there is so much to explore in old homes and barns out here in Oklahoma.
I think people in arid states like Arizona and New Mexico are building brick and stone houses. Most likely due to the cooling effect the stone/brick buildings provide during hot weather.
I'd love to buy that house. Maybe move it back from the road.
Interesting fact, the walls are called haint blue. It allegedly keeps ghosts away. It's a southern legend