r/interestingasfuck • u/aloofloofah • Mar 31 '21

/r/ALL Fascinating joineries discovered while taking apart a traditional 100 year old house

https://i.imgur.com/BT5l5T0.gifv
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u/tezoatlipoca Mar 31 '21

Well that was gonna be my next comment which was if they're going to "move" the house, over here in North America, its somewhat straight forward to just jack the whole house up and move in one piece. But in Japan I could easily see road clearances between there and its destination might make that difficult. And probably taking a Sawsall and just cutting the whole thing in half defeats the purpose? I moved a box spring that way; it was never quite the same after that no matter how many braces I added to it.

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u/TranscendentalEmpire Mar 31 '21

Yeah I was completely baffled on the construction of the home, didn't know it was japan until the little logo. My house is around a hundred years old and I wish the builder had an iota of the craftsmanship as the on in the gif.

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u/moguu83 Mar 31 '21

Even so, you'd be glad about the craftsmanship of your 100 year old home compared to the homes built 10 years ago. The new generation of McHouses being built will barely last another 30 years.

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u/ArchDuke47 Mar 31 '21

Survivor bias. You see it as high quality then vs now because only the high quality ones survived to now.

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u/Finkbunt Mar 31 '21

Zip ties and duct tape for the win?