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Old 06-24-2010, 03:40 PM   #101
Lamplighter
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
They did a good job matching the repairs to the original house. You can't tell what's old and what's new.
Yes, they did...

In the 1900's, lumber here in OR was "full dimension" here so a 2x4 measured 2 full inches by 4 full inches. With prior approval of the insurance company, our repairs were done with full dimension lumber sawed in a small custom mill up in the (bear infested ? ) woods.
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