10 Old-School Building Materials Getting Harder to Find

🔗 Grandma Ruth's Old-House Repair Handbook (digital, 35+ pages): [link] Most folks make back the cost of this ebook the first time it keeps them from replacing something that only needed repaired right. Every material on this list built the houses in these mountains still standing after a hundred years or more, and every single reason it disappeared traces back to somebody making more money off you replacing it than you repairing it. I learned to work with most of these at my grandmother Ruth Sizemore's side, in a house her own father built by hand in 1911 — a house still standing today. Tonight: 10 old-school building materials that are genuinely getting hard to find, and the actual reason each one disappeared. Number three is a mistake I made myself, and it cost me. Number one isn't a material at all. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:35 #10 Heart Pine 03:05 #9 American Chestnut 04:30 #8 Real Lime Plaster 06:00 #7 Hand-Forged Cut Nails 07:35 #6 True Slate Roofing 09:00 #5 Hand-Split Cedar Shakes 10:20 #4 Boiled Linseed Oil 11:55 #3 Lime Mortar 13:40 #2 Heavy-Gauge Galvanized Tin 14:55 #1 What's Actually Disappearing 16:25 Final Recap 17:20 Next Video Preview A safety note on #4: linseed-oil-soaked rags can self-combust from oxidation heat if balled up. Always lay them flat outdoors to dry. This channel exists to keep old-time Appalachian know-how — garden, kitchen, and homestead — from dying out with the last generation that lived it. New video every week. SOURCES: 1. American Chestnut Blight History — American Chestnut Foundation 2. Lime Plaster vs. Gypsum Board Permeability — building science / historic preservation research 3. Cut Nail vs. Wire Nail Holding Strength — historic preservation trades reference 4. Residential Building Design Life Estimates — housing industry research summary #appalachia #appalachian #oldhousematerials #homesteading #forgottenskills #heartpine #limemortar #historicpreservation #oldways #grandma #foodhistory #americanhistory #ruralamerica #nostalgia #handmade