Building A House (2nd, 1962)

Shows the main stages in building a house. Points out the importance of each workman's special skill in following the architect's plans.
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[@timavery7984]

Back when there were true craftsmen who had pride in their work. -greatly needed today.

[@motonorge1172]

I can tell you that there Are just as many or more to day

[@jboy856]

i totally disagree im 27 and take great pride in my trade and know many like me!

[@karaDee2363]

This house was not a quality built house, not even close

[@trainnerd3029]

There’s still our plenty of us we’re just getting older. Young people are not coming into the building trades…

[@stevelopez372]

@@trainnerd3029 True, everyone wants to go to college wear clean clothes and make big money. Lol. Let the immigrants work in the dirt and hot sun.

[@johnsarcaneautos]

my uncle was a master carpenter for 40 years and specialized in interior finish work. he wore those same white coveralls every. day. It was his uniform. He taught my brother and his son the trade. Great to see this video. This looks like a typical house in San Jose (the opening credits mentioned that) would be neat to see where this house is

[@danielmay8827]

I read somewhere in an old carpenter book a lot of guys wore white coveralls because it separated them from the union and non-union workers.

[@johnsarcaneautos]

@@danielmay8827 That makes sense! My uncle was in the union for years until he semi retired and went on his own doing smaller jobs to keep busy. Thanks for the insight

[@angelbelmont2190]

Oh ok no wonder you see Mexicans there 😂

[@gravy1219]

Thank-you to the tradesmen of our world, you guys are probably here and never get enough recognition for the hard work you put into each day yet without you most of the world couldn't do their jobs, so thank-you :)

[@mathiastwp]

Thanks, mate. I'll lay the conduit extra nice next time you're renovating.

[@mikezylstra7514]

gracias senor.,

[@PlumberWRX]

Thanks bro

[@gorillaplays8926]

Back when they seal the plumbing with hot lead

[@vanillarain711]

I love these old videos!

[@MrPhotodoc]

High class for sure. Wife cooking in high heels.

[@oneofmany1087]

just for the show. but after that it's back to bear feet

[@waterheaterservices]

The Wal-Mart shopper style was not popular then.

[@nyccollin]

@@oneofmany1087 Bare*

[@xsmash5328]

sexy

[@powerwagon3731]

@@nyccollinLooked pretty hairy to me. HaHa 😅

[@yeltsin6817]

My grandfather in Yugoslavia was a master carpenter. My dad he built their family home from start to finish. Even split the cedar shingles by hand. He said he and his brother had to pull and recycle old nails out of other projects and straighten them out for the dad. Amazing

[@mgray1609]

I love these times. I am an old soul at 28. 5 years in army and a veteran now. Raised by my grandparents. I still hold doors for women on dates. All that stuff. I should’ve grown up in these times. I work in cyber security now. But these craftsmen are true craftsmen. We are missing these types of workers now a days

[@billhosko7723]

There remain plenty of tradespeople today.

[@Globerson]

Amazing how little the tools and materials have changed. Of course they’ve evolved but they’re very similar still

[@xChromerSatanasx]

Nothing has changed. Only thing which has changed is ethnicity Now it's a jobsite full of Mexicans

[@nellof1244]

Seriously? Id say entirely different

[@helenrenee8105]

@@xChromerSatanasx so true. God bless the Mexicans!

[@helenrenee8105]

@@acommentator69 They are entitled to lower wages. It's called a free market and those that cannot compete need to leave the craft and find another line of work.

[@helenrenee8105]

@@acommentator69 More free than any other market and those that can push down wages are entitled to their just deserts

[@sanchichisan7797]

I was blessed to remodel my entire house with my father in-law. It was an experience of a life time. Seeing that my father passed away when I was 5, and he was a general contractor, the experience with my father in-law was very meaningful. My father in-law's motto was "if an Egyptians can build a pyramid, why can't I build this house myself?" It's been two years since my family and I moved back home. I am so humbled and blessed. God is good! I will share these moments with my kids when they're of age. Joshua 24:15 KJV 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. ⚔️💪⚔️💪⚔️💪

[@rickbailey189]

So that's how my neighborhood was built in 1950. I'm sure many of you reading this post can say the same. Many many thanks to all you contractors who may be long gone now. You made the "American Dream" possible for so many American families. I loved this video.

[@mikezylstra7514]

1962.

[@jeffevans3193]

I remember as a kid watch guys build houses.

[@natelucasmt7]

The plumbers were my Family for the last 100 years. I did it all with my family and appreciate seeing this old footage. Thanks!

[@benchavis1624]

Where was this filmed in the Bay Area?

[@MrAeronca100]

An age of professional highly skilled men using hi quality AMERICAN made materials, now we have who ever the contractor can pickup at the Home Depot parking lot for labor and only the finest Chinese materials....

[@antoniov4152]

If whites don't like the heat then home depot guys will

[@MrAeronca100]

@Jason Coughenour we now live in a country that can't even make it's own toilet paper!

[@MrAeronca100]

@Jason Coughenour That's for sure!

[@killingtimeitself]

the product of outsourcing everything :)

[@billhosko7723]

troll

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

I work as a journeyman electrician doing new construction work for residential-commercial properties. It’s interesting to see how the HVAC systems and fire alarms have changed over the years. I remember my old man telling me that back then, HVAC was all based on pneumatic controls. Now it’s all electronic systems. There were hardly any fire alarms used back then (aside from water sprinklers), but now we’ve got smoke detectors on each floor.

[@nathankoroush7918]

Young people look so old back in the day.

[@ethan.000]

They look stylish and rich. Not that they are rich but they present themselves very well.

[@dhuss14]

Its called higher testosterone than the average of today. They didn't have the abundant EDC's of today either, many factors we can talk about, high nutrient dense diet, zinc+selenium+copper+magnesium, much more active lifestyle, today's men have to fight more, metaphorically speaking, to keep their testosterone , back then they were in an environment which never hindered their testosterone and overall endocrine health anywhere near as much as it does for one today, if at all.

[@killingtimeitself]

@@dhuss14 seems quite over complicated, in reality these people are people that are likely older and have been doing this work for a long time, which makes them look the way they do. Ultimately these days if you look at people doing construction you'll see similar features. also like what the fuck is the second half of this comment?

[@tinytrouble1782]

Hear me out everyone in that era was out building and working in the sun with little to no shade making skin leather like nowadays people barely get sun and we have products that reverse aging

[@querty292]

That’s because at this point, they are all old

[@chosenone2856]

This is back qhen housing was literally built by hand. Every single piece has been fit and beaten by hammer and nail. Crazy how far the times have come over the years. I love watching these old videos with the narrator speaking in the background. Such a nostalgic feeling i get watching this. I'm a firm believer that thwy do not make things the way thwy used to be made.

[@harrybriscoe7948]

They were doing mill work for over 200 years For like windows and doors

[@fnhwk]

They build structures stronger and more safely nowadays.

[@davidjames666]

@4:08 when my father and grandfather built my future childhood home in The New York suburbs back in 1968, they used brass fitted pipes for the hot and cold mains to the sinks, lead and cast iron drain pipe mains, the electric was bx cable, and the walls were sheetrock. the only sweated copper was for the hot water baseboard heat.

[@dand33911]

Video uploaded 3 years ago Comments section 90% from this week 🤔

[@mattg7952]

Algorithm is on vintage construction this week

[@javierdenardo2607]

Covid

[@MrElliebeli]

Love these old films on house building...give me a masonary house every time over frame tho.

[@hammerface1682]

I don't know about the other things, but the carpentry work sure does go by a lot faster now with the nail guns and such.

[@David-rv9kj]

It does, poor planning slows work down but physcially its faster and much much safer

[@dhyde9207]

It was a point of pride in your work to be able to sink those 16 penny nails with 1 or two blows of your hammer.

[@stickshaker101]

Very impressive that the hardwood floor guy eyeballs and freehand cuts the boards.

[@karaDee2363]

That was a crappy floor. It wasn't even tongue and groove

[@billhosko7723]

troll@@karaDee2363

[@alc.8415]

Good God... construction sure has changed, for the better and for the worse... Things I liked about the old-timey way (that we should still do today): - hand-troweled stucco - plywood subfloors and roof decking (not OSB) - wood slats under the roof decking - real hardwood floors - real masonry fireplace Things that made me cringe (and thankfully are built better/ safer now): - molten lead/ lead wire used as pipe solder - cast iron drain pipes - asbestos blanket duct insulation - tar paper used as house wrap - was there any form of flashing around windows/ doors? I didn't see any - hopefully that electrical system was at least grounded if two-pronged receptacles were used - vinyl asbestos floor tiles - lead paint

[@markfowler7171]

I suspect it was in California, as woven wire ( chicken wire) was not popular in most other places. notice the lath moves too. It was of line wire and paper. Open stud. not done much anymore. I still believe in that method for strength and ability to breath, ( more vapor permeable) .

[@doylehargraves9243]

fuckin OSHA agent

[@MrDW-ei1fe]

Cast iron is actually a super good quality material for drain piping. We don’t use it because it calls for a ridiculous amount of man hours to pour lead joints for fittings.

[@robs1852]

No sheathing on the walls, just tar paper over the studs

[@billhosko7723]

Ohh good grief. Lovely video and you trolls om 1/3 the comments.

[@stanparsley9186]

Brings back memories of my roofing days.

[@mattg7952]

Cool to see. I just finished remodeling my grandpas house built in 55. My mom's house was built in 38 so knowing the original techniques for construction helps a lot.

[@xChromerSatanasx]

ARE YOU gonna sell it now

[@updatemysettings5095]

im still finishing remodeling mine built in 1880

[@michaelyarmie4858]

Imagine if they had air nailer's.

[@mikeznel6048]

tHeY dId It AlL wRoNg Says the people who put together a store bought birdhouse once when they were 14.

[@Alonelycheezit]

No but modern shit just lasts longer and blocks out the elements and rodents better. I’m renovating an original home from the 80s and it’s disgusting for being a 1 mil + home

[@harrybriscoe7948]

in the old days Sears sold house kits

[@OUigot]

The two boys at the beginning and end bring back memories of when kids were all dressed in the same clothes their parents bought them. There was no choice in clothes back then. Lol

[@MrArron1357]

Jerry wonders if his kid would grow up eating paint chips , 2020 :yep

[@darianzielinsky96]

Yeah and air ducts wrapped in asbestos 🤣

[@Pythonzzz]

@@darianzielinsky96 and molten lead on everything

[@error47c92]

This is some cool shit man. History right before my eyes I love it

[@ddott631]

I could not imagine cutting wood by hand like that

[@markg999]

The basics look the same but definitely been huge improvements for keeping homes more energy efficient. Very cool to see.

[@mrswolls]

Back when you could slam a couple rum and cokes on the job site and come home to a steak dinner times have changed so much

[@dougtheviking6503]

Ah America. The good days before the last 60 years .

[@automategames]

6:54 wow that truck would be incredibly useful in modern days to any homesteaders.

[@sparkyobrian6417]

you cant hardly find a real carpenter here in the south , just thousands of nail benders with speed squares.

[@TreeFilms1]

Those are the hardest looking dudes I've ever seen. You'd think they fought a war or something.

[@richardstilwell6043]

Long time sub love you av geek ❤

[@dondressel452]

My parents bought their first home in 1959 for 15 thousand dollars Sold it in 1968 for 21 thousand Not even enough for a down payment now

[@bogey19018]

My parents bought theirs in 68 for 19K Today its worth almost 400K and its still original. crazy

[@mikeznel6048]

Now with lumber at 110% increase, that would barely pay for the lumber to build an average house now... china kungflu virus(the flu) that has the commys who want world power have out there scaring everybody.

[@dondressel452]

@@bogey19018 yea here in California prices are insane I bought my house in 1988 for 194 thousand Now it’s worth over a million The house my parents bought in San Rafael California in 1959 for 15 thousand is now worth over a million Ridiculous

[@Drewdayz2419]

Ours is 6 bedroom 4 bath 2 living room, 1 kitchen with dining room, 2 car garage 3 acres commercial/ Residential paid 28,000 in 1940

[@superdupert6]

@@mikeznel6048 Lol! Fake News much? Try Trump's tariffs on Canadian lumber!

[@michaellane732]

Oakum makes the water tight joint for the plumbing, the lead just holds the oakum in place

[@christopherbonanno1120]

And there both not water tight. If was water tight roots would not seek out the water in the line. And seen lots of joints leak when sewer was backed up. Water tight for water passing by only not standing water

[@laurencezemlick1979]

@@christopherbonanno1120 it takes decades for those joints to loosen up for roots to get it. Usually from ground settling.

[@VinylToVideo]

@@christopherbonanno1120 The full proper caulking process with the lead once hardened wasn't shown. If this is all that was done, it wasn't done right.

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@christopherbonanno1120 I’ve been Plumbing for almost 20 years and I’ve seen maybe two Oakum joints leak in my whole career when faced with mainline stoppages. In my experience, roots generally get in where the pipe has rotted, but It took many many years for them to get that way. These pipes did their job for a very long time.

[@zenjon7892]

I wonder how much asbestos I just watched the duct guy inhale

[@woodboybob]

It’s fiberglass. Not pleasant but safe.

[@917Stefano]

@@woodboybob When I saw that scene, I thought about the poor worker possibly inhaling asbestos. I'm glad to hear it was fiberglass. If that worker was age 25 at the time of this film, he would be 83 today. So he may still be alive and breathing fine.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

I'd be more worried about the plumber and the lead fumes.

[@VinylToVideo]

@@kennethsouthard6042 Lead is still used by any plumber that wishes to use it. That duct tape doesn't look like asbestos to me.

[@vidpie]

@@917Stefano It was probably asbestos. My house was built in 1964 and the labeling on the insulation proudly proclaims it contains asbestos.

[@mrabrasive51]

I used to put in wood floors just like this back in the 80's in S.F...

[@nellof1244]

Wow.. really? That's insane. Never seen it done that way

[@Me-iw5wo]

5/16 top nail w a cavanaugh nailer. I've never seen that in the Midwest. I think that's a west coast specialty

[@mrabrasive51]

@@Me-iw5wo mostly bay area..it started when they were rebuilding S.F. after the 1906 earthquake.

[@Me-iw5wo]

In about 93 I had a guy from that area work for me in illinois. That's the only reason I know about it. That's the first time I've actually seen it being done. Small world

[@mrabrasive51]

@@Me-iw5wo i don't miss swinging that mallet 5000 times a day!.. those cavenaughs were very temperamental too!

[@danielmay8827]

Did anyone notice the ductwork guy was solidering the joints before he wrapped them? They use duct seal now. ( paste in a bucket)

[@TheSlywright]

Yeah im pretty sure that was asbestos he was wrapping them with too.

[@toddavis8603]

Built in 62, the year my dad died, a ww2 soldier.i am a journeyman carpenter.Screwguns came out early 1970's.Carps prob made about $3.00 per hour.

[@insanoibro6331]

3 bucks an hr that's slavery damn

[@gurjotsingh5357]

It’s quite impressive to see how was in past ( construction of a house) and how it is today. I am also a construction worker in framing I’m just 21 years old came from India to Canada here last year. I like this work very much I am learning the work and skill here. However the work today is mostly done by immigrants and don’t done job pridefuly.

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!!

[@thcmaintenance4573]

Nice large house and a micro kitchen

[@walkergillette3918]

everything looks bright and pretty

[@bigpjohnson]

Houses and interiors were so much more colorful back then. Then we went to dull browns and grays, no wonder everyone is depressed!

[@walkergillette3918]

@@bigpjohnson That and a stolen election

[@vidpie]

@@walkergillette3918 Cheer up. Trump lost by 7 million votes fair and square. That's why Newsmax and OANN retracted their statements about the voting machines when threatened by litigation.

[@brightonleonel1524]

Real carpenters no guns no drill Just use skills and the brain

[@marksimonds13]

2:06 - It's Mike Holmes!!

[@Blackserieseditionllc]

A house like that cost so much money today

[@jonnydanger7181]

Nowadays osha would show up and fine the roofers 10k for no safety ropes to trip over and fall then the kid would step on a nail and the family sues the contractor for 5 mil.

[@Richardpasquinucci]

that house must be worth a million dollars today

[@WilleJamesHuff]

Top of the line house by the looks of it

[@seamanship1203]

It’s amazing how people are able to build houses. I feel like if I were to be building a house, I would mess up

[@johndowe7003]

It's not that hard. To me finishing is what is difficult. Nobody will see a stud 3/16 off center. But everyone will see that gap in the siding. Unless you're a natural artist painting is also difficult to get right.

[@ScratchyBaws]

Jerry will be about 70 now 😊

[@DSC800]

A friend bought a house built in 1949 that was fairly original but well taken care of. Kitchen was redone around the mid-80's. A "charming" house but really was just slapped together during a time of few and lax codes. Let's just say I'm glad they "don't build them like they used to".

[@KieC.]

True, we love to fetishize the past and believe everything was higher quality but honestly modern building practices are superior. In 100 years they’ll say the same but forever have more evolved understanding of structural and vapor barrier integrity

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@KieC. as a New construction/service plumber for the last 22 years and as a designer today, I’ve seen hundreds of newer homes undergo major repairs within as little as two years due to lack of material and building quality. i’ve never been able to trace these issues on homes that were built in the 40s, 50s, or 60’s… these old homes just don’t have the amenities that people want today, Which is why I do what I do today.

[@mjj8788]

Now a crack house with 10 cars parked in the front yard.

[@henrybaca1587]

Lmaooo true

[@leroybrown9873]

You seemed to have forgotten some broken hot water heaters and a few pit bulls.😂

[@fnhwk]

@@leroybrown9873 you don't heat hot water

[@ishtlutz1261]

@@fnhwk You might need a generator though. And lots of extension chords running all throughout the property. Good for when they shut off your power off (as opposed to paying the utility bill). Just make sure that generators stolen.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

Are you kidding me? It’s in California. Now it’s 1.8 million dollars and flipped “farmhouse style”

[@arizothwow1]

Imagine if the things were done that fast. But i love this videos

[@jonlebon5086]

Not much different today, just more power tools. The stucco process is exactly the same, that will never change.

[@51-FS]

We have a spry rig for stucco.....

[@jonlebon5086]

@@51-FS I’ve used those, it’s a big mess, I’m a stucco guy myself, I prefer the trowel and hawk method in both hardcoat and EIFS application. But that’s about as advanced as it will get, even with the spray you still have to use a trowel.

[@markfowler7171]

I am a stucco guy too. Pumps ( gun crews) are for production. plus, open stud with line wire is less common today. We use sheathing more. I too like the hawk and trowel. Ironically, the east coast hates woven wire.. I like it for wood framing.

[@stanprunty4141]

Main difference in stucco is all the lawsuit’s unfortunately

[@johnstraley9057]

Back when dimensional lumber was a bit larger than it is today.

[@jojohns1949]

Yeah and alot more honest too

[@fromthesidelines]

"Building A House" was a revised edition of a 1947 film, and released in the fall of 1963.

[@southerncross3638]

I Remember San Jose when it looked like that.

[@jrm2383]

They just finished tearing down the last remnants of the Allis Chalmers plant that built the dozer here in West Allis Wisconsin

[@Ransomhandsome]

Years ago I asked my grandmother, who was born in 1905, "Do you remember the first car you ever rode in?" She responded, "Oh yeah; it was a 1917 Chalmers!" Her father bought it new from a salesman for Chalmers who traveled from town to town.

[@markg999]

My dad has a Allis Chalmers tractor from 50s or 60s. Still runs good.

[@R33C3.]

Imagine building a house just like this just so the government could see how it would withstand an Atomic blast.

[@adrianstoness3903]

wonder if that house still has that same cedar on it

[@Lousybarber]

I wonder what that place looks like today? Wooden shingles, masonite siding and stucco. None of that stuff ages well. Looks like the guy was wrapping asbestos around the heating duct also.

[@kentkirkpatrick7953]

Where is this house? Be neat to Google Earth it.

[@2strokepower803]

No insulation in the floor???? What

[@TheDigitalslayer]

If this house was build in Houston, one of three scenarios have taken place to it.: 1 - That neighborhood is now a barrio/the hood, 2 - it may have been flood out and demolished or 3 - its possibly buried under a giant freeway.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

It’s clearly a Californian home dude. It’s got siding on the front, stucco on the sides, and a shaker roof. Where else has all those things together? Also just look at the shape and style very 60s north cal. I’m guessing it’s somewhere near San Fran and is like 1.8 million dollars as some flipped “farmhouse” with some tech family in it

[@TheDigitalslayer]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8se nice observation, I see that now as well. plus southern style homes during that era tended to use lap siding with tin/ metal roofing to repel water with cross breeze windows to help cool the house during hot summers. Most of those home were either demolished for commercial buildings or restored to someone who appreciated the style.

[@markfowler7171]

@@TheDigitalslayer I grew up in So Calif and worked construction in those days. while it is probably No Calif, we used of lot of shake roofs in So Cal.

[@publicmail2]

Nice House, Nice Wife!

[@ajhotmop]

The wife is like 100 years now

[@spartakmayakovski4797]

Where I come from everyone was able to build a house , the quality is another question but it was livable , dirt cheap , mostly brick and wooden frame roof

[@nunurbuisness5578]

My house was built in 1958 this looks just like my house. I only wish they wouldve made better footings or even a basements

[@gsm19911]

This appears to be of home construction in the southern portion of the United States. Trusses for the roof did not become popular until the 1970s or 1980s here in New York. Also I never saw a wooden shake roof around here. New York also tends to use more masonry in the structural components of the home up through the 1960’s then of those of the south unless you are in southern Florida.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

Where are you getting all this info? Ur wrong about all of it. It’s a California home for one. 2) trusses are very very common and popular in Ny and most states. If anything southern states have more hip roofs on older and newer homes as southern houses have more complex rooflines. NY doesn’t have a lot of brick houses not nearly as many as in the southern states (NC TN GA AL KY TX AR LA etc)

[@gsm19911]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8se I don’t know where you’re getting your information from…

[@markfowler7171]

My son just bought a home built in 1962, stucco and raised floor, just like this. He told me it had trusses. I thought he was crazy, but yes , just like this one. It is in So Calif. I was surpised it had drywall, not plaster, but his home is drywall too. No insulation n the exterior walls . BRRRRR.

[@PT-tv9my]

The asbestos man installs asbestos, everywhere.

[@gregh7457]

my uncle worked for john mansville and was the first one who sued for cancer. He died a painful death. he said that the owner of the company would come in with a different blonde bimbo each week. by the time the lawsuits were piling on, he had pissed away most of the company assets. i hate asbestos

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

The last hurrah before pneumatic nailers and paint guns arrived. Now most crews are battery-powered - no more hoses/cords everywhere...

[@johnswartz7872]

They actually made plywood landing craft boats-in World War II ...and then they burned them on the beach

[@waterheaterservices]

Yes, and burned the PT boats in the Philippines at the end of the war. Our tax dollars / war bonds at work.

[@matthoward8546]

plywood was a national secret when new.

[@calebtaylor3835]

This was actually a pretty modern house house for 1962. Poured foundation and trusses instead of rafters

[@paulhawkins8872]

i was thinking the same thing. the plywood subfloor was pretty modern for the time too. lots of old houses where i live just have wooden boards nailed right over the joists

[@philthycat1408]

Retirement now is welcome but looking back I feel slightly proud in being a Carpenter/Joiner.

[@frez777]

I see women wore high heeled shoes to check out their new homes even way back then.

[@pattojumpship]

More than likely on there way back from church in their sunday best, as it was then.

[@juniormint3136]

Yea and people dressed nicer to travel on planes and trains too.

[@VinylToVideo]

People had respect for themselves and for others.

[@benchavis1624]

Our ancestors were concerned about their appearance. Especially, when they left home for a simple trip to the store. I see young men and women go to the store in their pajamas after they have just rolled out of bed after 5:00 pm. Some appear to have no idea what a hair brush or tooth brush is used for today.

[@glenn4452]

It’s weird how they didn’t have any codes back then,how far apart the stair balusters are.

[@VinylToVideo]

Nice to see proper hardwood. If I were looking at a house I would immediately walk if I saw that DIY laminate stuff.

[@jmlcolorado]

Literally all you see now days is pre finished wood. Site finished is becoming a lost art

[@Drewdayz2419]

Funny the house im in right now is 6 bedroom, 2 living rooms 4 bathroom 2 garage . On 3 acres now commercial/residential Built in 1940 my family paid 28,000.

[@bluejayyankeeworkshop5830]

If you plug that into any number of inflation calculators you'll find out that's $598,000

[@bluejayyankeeworkshop5830]

Your family's house was huge most houses were about 951 square feet by 1950

[@Drewdayz2419]

@@bluejayyankeeworkshop5830 the house is on the beach in Gulfport Mississippi, yeah 950 ft.² is probably my living room , I haven’t really measured the house to see what the square footage is. I know it’s frigging huge,

[@mattdaddy_888]

1950s lumber was better then today's crap.

[@MrBrendog67rat]

that looks like the same model of house that was next door to the house i grew up in, in Novato ca. i think the builder was Mackey

[@gregh7457]

in petaluma i saw them putting up spec homes on the west side near where i lived in 1970. We called them cracker boxes then because everything was so thin and cheaply put together. We had that perspective then because we lived in an old 1870's victorian. But looking at those crappy houses even today they still look like boring junk to me.

[@shieldcracker]

Nice

[@mikiekegg4400]

Hey Michael London knows how to hang drywall 9:10

[@oneofmany1087]

ya i can see that and he didn't brake the joint strait up the door. he pitcher framed over the door-header

[@johnreep263]

With Brian Dennehy as superintendent, he’d better know!

[@thetinman4543]

@@oneofmany1087 no cracks at the corners y’all!!

[@gregh7457]

nah thats eddie munster

[@trxtech3010]

Good thing houses now days actually look nice.

[@RimasRatkus-wc8ns]

At the time when brick and concrete houses were being built in the USSR , houses with empty walls were being built in America

[@johnjones4453]

I wonder where tat house is the address 🤔 to c it now

[@nellof1244]

Hahahahahahaha

[@arnoldziffle8779]

I was like that kid, 6 years old in 62......wonder where this house is at, i live in San Jose and would like to visit that neighborhood

[@toddwilliams3358]

Seriously?

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

This house burned down in 1992

[@arnoldziffle8779]

@@brainwashingdetergent4128 ....sad!

[@jacobbernhardt9628]

@@brainwashingdetergent4128 how did you know that?

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

@@jacobbernhardt9628 I don't know I was joking I think.

[@anonemous1046]

Hmm, lead to seal water pipes? Amazingly cheap and efficient for some reason...

[@danielmay8827]

They used Oakm to stuff in joint then lead. Its still used in some small jobs to repair.

[@kingdom_lights]

I miss lead in my pipes 😢

[@cragway]

Don't go by the notion "things were made better back then"......our house was built 1966 and over the years you can see where corners were cut.....shoddy workmanship too

[@Pythonzzz]

Not to mention building practices and materials have improved dramatically

[@killingtimeitself]

@@Pythonzzz the actual lumber itself may be a different story, with dealing with replanting trees these days its harder to source materials that are the same as they used to be due to time.

[@markfowler7171]

Not all old homes were well built, Not all modern homes are well built. Always had and will have a few contractors cutting corners. But it was less complex back then. more standardized and basic. today we have so many, maybe too many options?

[@robs1852]

The 60s is not far back enough to be considered "built better than now".

[@jamesfernick3741]

back in the days when an average person could buy some land and build a house, youd have to be pretty rich to do that now

[@josephbroccolo6582]

Why does grandpa walk all hunched over?

[@ericalbright8797]

Worm drive @ 5:47?

[@rorybellamy2533]

Lead sealed pipes ! Not so long ago hand tools were used with skill ,

[@plumbum27]

Lead & oakum joints still set by hand in Chicago for larger buildings. Still code

[@jodyrolandconstruction6577]

@@plumbum27 and they still leak.

[@VinylToVideo]

@@jodyrolandconstruction6577 There is a sealing process that involves caulking the lead both inside and outside. If done right and with care it will last indefinitely; if not it will leak, and this is the case with any method. If replacing a toilet flange on cast iron drain pipe it would simply be foolish and lazy to go to the tightened plastic route as if THAT were better than lead and oakum.

[@jodyrolandconstruction6577]

@@VinylToVideo I am familiar with this method. I also know that in America ALL cast iron plumbing that is ran underground will eventually rust, rot, and leak. I have replaced enough of it in the last 26 years to know what I speak of.

[@VinylToVideo]

@@jodyrolandconstruction6577 So why you complaining if you made a fortune off it? lol

[@moodyga40]

not much insulation no glue on the sheet rock

[@lucky1206]

At 9:20 it looks like Luke Perry is helping out ha ha

[@andrewnicholson4689]

Of thousands and thousands of houses built...How many of those houses are still standing? Just asking the question!