tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093666650139166859.post6772422721689434015..comments2024-03-26T20:00:38.042-07:00Comments on A Woodsrunner's Diary: Wattle and Daub.Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093666650139166859.post-65732213950201167682011-11-05T15:49:54.070-07:002011-11-05T15:49:54.070-07:00I can see why log cabins became popular in America...I can see why log cabins became popular in America!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093666650139166859.post-59520053088962007862011-11-05T13:17:34.168-07:002011-11-05T13:17:34.168-07:00Neat!
One curious thing is how quickly W&D fa...Neat!<br /><br />One curious thing is how quickly W&D faded as a construction method over here - I assume mostly because especially in the East there was a *lot* of wood available, so what wood buildings we had were clapboarded fairly early. The homes I've seen up North *tend* towards clapboarded post and beam. Down South and along the Appalachians you get more square-cut log houses that eventually (mostly 19th c.) were covered over in clapboarding to look more civilized. <br /><br />Also lots and lots of brick, way earlier than I had always assumed. But I guess it makes sense - Thomas Jefferson in his "Notes on the State of Virginia" was talking about how one of Europe's great advantages was a housing and public building stock of stone - it saved work as it didn't need constant rebuilding. <br /><br />...and it's better protection from ravenous wolves I guess. ;)<br /><br /><br />I have to admit though - there's few things quite as cozy as a thatched wattle and daub house to while away an afternoon in. :)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.com