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Originally Posted by Doodler
Especially modern houses that are all cheap plastic and plywood. They don't build them like they used to...
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Plywood? You wish! It's all OSB (Oriented Strand Board, AKA flakeboard) today. Not near as good as plywood in my opinion.
My main house, built in 1980, has clear cedar siding with a 10" reveal. Probably cost $50,000 for the material today, if you could get it at all. New houses are sided with "composition" materials, consisting of sawdust & glue. Unless you spring for more to get the sawdust and cement ones.
I always thought it peculiar in Planet of the Apes that the Statue of Liberty was the only structure in all of New York to survive!
And for a real survivor, try the great pyramid. Around 5000 years old, if I recall correctly, and that's in spite of man's attentions more than because of them.