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bucolic_frolic

(48,404 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 05:12 PM Jan 25

The Sh*tification Of Everything & New homes won't last more than 20 years - Here's why



The Sh*tification Of Everything

With apologies for the commercial blurb about 1/3 of the way through, see if this video doesn't describe what is happening to our consumer lives, and explains why nothing lasts like it always did.

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New homes won't last more than 20 years - Here's why


With apologies for the commercial blurb about 7/8 of the way through, see if this video doesn't describe what is happening to our homes, and explains why nothing lasts like it always did.

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The Sh*tification Of Everything & New homes won't last more than 20 years - Here's why (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Jan 25 OP
I call them particle board death traps. (But more likely cork Wood.) GreenWave Jan 25 #1
Yep. Been in several. Not hard to imagine. Disposable houses Raven123 Jan 25 #2
A contractor doing work for me told me to never buy madaboutharry Jan 25 #3
luckily i never lived in a house newer than 1926. i love resale/hand me downs/estate sales. pansypoo53219 Jan 25 #4
That's utterly frightening. MissB Jan 26 #5
Skip sheathing being horizontal lathe, spaced, to provide support and ventilation bucolic_frolic Jan 26 #6
New cars are outrageously expensive milestogo Jan 26 #7
ok showing my age here Kali Jan 26 #8

madaboutharry

(41,552 posts)
3. A contractor doing work for me told me to never buy
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 05:45 PM
Jan 25

a house built after 2009. He said that was the year it all went down hill.

pansypoo53219

(21,881 posts)
4. luckily i never lived in a house newer than 1926. i love resale/hand me downs/estate sales.
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 11:51 PM
Jan 25

i have a danish mod coffee table. $5. new is only for lands end fleece. i had no name kohl's sales cotton undies lasted like 25 years. new jockey maybe 12 yrs. got new tape deck radios + died w/in months. digital cameras. ef new. ebay for vintage.

MissB

(16,192 posts)
5. That's utterly frightening.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 12:35 AM
Jan 26

Given the cost of houses, one would assume that they were being built to last. Sad to think so many of them are as temporary as a mobile home.

Our house was built in 1922. We’ve been here 2 decades and have had various interior and exterior walls open. It’s always amazing to see the old lumber used, especially the sheathing for the exterior walls and the skip sheathing on the roof.

When we moved in, we knew that the roof only had so many years left. When we had the roof replaced, they took off at least two layers of comp before they ran into the old cedar shingles and then skip sheathing underneath. I think our house got a bit taller after that I mean, we did add plywood on the roof but losing all of those layers had to lighten things up a bit.

bucolic_frolic

(48,404 posts)
6. Skip sheathing being horizontal lathe, spaced, to provide support and ventilation
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 06:40 AM
Jan 26

for those unfamiliar with the term.

Thanks for the tale!

Kali

(56,038 posts)
8. ok showing my age here
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 02:14 PM
Jan 26

I too used to be a levi's owner, and used to buy them at the Gap. but they were old style all cotton levi's and they were about $8!!!! got a new pair for school every year.

but in my opinion levi's strarted going to shit probably before she was born.

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