Thanks - keep info. coming - I can use all, as I have no experience in all this.
We, too, have a nice secure feeling in our current 1918 built house which is in a neighborhood about 5 blocks from the Mayo Clinic. I think that perhaps there was quality construction in this neighborood. As I am with most things, I am very suspicious about built quality and especially the practices of the individual worker, even the designers. Human laziness and greed tends to ruin a lot of things. Wish we could pick up our house and take it with us when we move. brian Tony wrote: I'm confident that our old and creaky 200 year old house will be here in another 40-50 years when these houses across the way are being torn down.
