AKA_Squanchy t1_iqu2quw wrote on October 3, 2022 at 2:20 AM

Reply to comment by Bubbagumpredditor in Leaky ceiling, poked a hole in the ceiling with a screwdriver, and after 15 minutes the dripping stopped. What's going on? by UnofficialSlimShady

Seriously! I grew up in a 1928, my dad is still battling it (he was a carpenter, and he taught me lots of handiness). My wife kept looking at craftsman homes and other classics and I finally had to tell her to stop, no way in hell I was going to deal with all that.

Bubbagumpredditor t1_iqucu25 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 3:44 AM

1890 something and my dad was handy as hell. Still had issues.

Uncle_Larry t1_iquh2rs wrote on October 3, 2022 at 4:26 AM

Better than being “handsy”.

last_rights t1_iqudy83 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 3:55 AM

Mines 1917.

We're pretty handy.

Some small plumbing leaks that we fixed, replaced some of the cast iron sewer pipe that was rusted at the toilet, and replaced the old leaky cedar gutter that rotted the rafter tails. We cut those off and put up fascia and had aluminum gutters installed instead.

That's pretty much all that we have been "forced" to do. Everything else was because we decided to.

greeblefritz t1_iqvj0n9 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Yeah, I don't think you can broadly generalize about older houses like people are in this thread. It has to be more case-by-case. If a 100+ year old house has been well maintained over the years then it's not going to be much worse than a newer one. Different types of problems certainly, but it's not not automatically a junk heap. Whereas I've heard numerous stories of newer houses needing repairs or remodeling within the first 10 years because of shitty contractors cutting corners and doing a bad job.