Comments on: The Walls Hold A Surprise http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-walls-hold-a-surprise/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Historic Farmhouse Renovation is Complete - Mosby Building Arts http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-walls-hold-a-surprise/#comment-422 Historic Farmhouse Renovation is Complete - Mosby Building Arts Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:13:03 +0000 http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-walls-hold-a-surprise/#comment-422 [...] Here’s the story of our carpenters finding brick nogging in the walls. This required a quick education on what it was, why it was there and what to do about it. Because the interior and exterior were being re-built, the brick should go in order to properly insulate, but it was such a great historical find - how can we just chuck these antiques? As you can see from the photos above, an ingenious design solution was born. Plans for the hearth room wall were changed so that the old brick nogging hugs the new brick fireplace. The starting point of the home - long buried under plaster and paneling - is now fully exposed, serving as an architectural scrapbook of how it began and how it remains. The 4th generation of the farmhouse as a toddler, in Freeburg, Illinois. [...] [...] Here’s the story of our carpenters finding brick nogging in the walls. This required a quick education on what it was, why it was there and what to do about it. Because the interior and exterior were being re-built, the brick should go in order to properly insulate, but it was such a great historical find - how can we just chuck these antiques? As you can see from the photos above, an ingenious design solution was born. Plans for the hearth room wall were changed so that the old brick nogging hugs the new brick fireplace. The starting point of the home - long buried under plaster and paneling - is now fully exposed, serving as an architectural scrapbook of how it began and how it remains. The 4th generation of the farmhouse as a toddler, in Freeburg, Illinois. [...]

]]> By: Mosby Building Arts » Blog Archive 140 Year Old Farmhouse Gains New Life http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-walls-hold-a-surprise/#comment-89 Mosby Building Arts » Blog Archive 140 Year Old Farmhouse Gains New Life Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:43:16 +0000 http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-walls-hold-a-surprise/#comment-89 [...] Our renovation of a family farmhouse in Freeburg, Illinois continues, with each new milestone adding to the excitement. Here is back story on the house and its first surprise. [...] [...] Our renovation of a family farmhouse in Freeburg, Illinois continues, with each new milestone adding to the excitement. Here is back story on the house and its first surprise. [...]

]]> By: Rosemary Thornton http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-walls-hold-a-surprise/#comment-40 Rosemary Thornton Wed, 02 May 2007 15:37:55 +0000 http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-walls-hold-a-surprise/#comment-40 Brick nogging was also non-flammable, which was a big concern in the late 1800s, especially in the Midwest, after so much of Chicago burned to the ground in 1871. Of course, plaster is also non-flammable, so if the house caught fire, the only loss would be the interior trim. Great house. Rose Thornton author, The Houses That Sears Built Brick nogging was also non-flammable, which was a big concern in the late 1800s, especially in the Midwest, after so much of Chicago burned to the ground in 1871. Of course, plaster is also non-flammable, so if the house caught fire, the only loss would be the interior trim.

Great house.

Rose Thornton
author, The Houses That Sears Built

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