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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hammarberg, Eric
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:17 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Balloon Framing vs. Platform Framing
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> I do not have hard facts but based on my experience, the technology
> probably:
> Traveled from east coast to west and from cities out to the
> countryside Was influenced by the Wars and the Depression
> Depended on the practitioner (carpenter) and availability of
> materials and lengths required - balloon framing requires
> longer lengths of studs.
Consider also the role of catalog houses in the shift. Standardized
materials sized for shipping naturally favored platform framing. Sears,
Montgomery Ward, Harris Brothers, Aladdin, Gordon-Van Tine, and others
were marketing home kits nationally beginning shortly after 1900. Local
builders still balloon-framed for another 25 years, but these national
folks played a big role in the standardization of framing lumber
lengths.
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