They Don't Build Things Like They Used To
You've probably heard this before, especially from
someone who is older than you, but there is some truth to it. Think
about this for a moment, I remember my grandmother and grandfather
having the same furniture and appliances in their home, my entire life.
In other words, my grandfather built the home when my father was nine,
and my grandmother sold the home when my father was around 67 years old.
They had the same floor furnace, for years.
I'm sure that you know someone who has a similar story about something
that was built along time ago, but the truth is, some things that were
built along time ago, seemed to last a lot longer than things that are
built today.
I can't tell you how many wood windows I tore out and replaced with
aluminum windows, only later, to be replaced by vinyl windows. Which one
of these products is superior to the others, is yet to be known.
Here's something that I can say about older wood windows, they lasted a
long time and seemed to be built pretty good, until someone needed to
paint them. Once these would windows were painted, they seem to suffer
from poor painting, only to find themselves sticking, never to be opened
again.
When I look at some of the building products, that are made today, they
seem to be weaker and less durable. A good example of this, would be the
nails that I used, when I first started working, versus the nails that I
currently use today.
For the most part, it is true, they really don't build things like they
used to. I wonder what building products will look like 50 years from
now.