These days, you're supposed to pre-drill when putting screws into dense wood. Presumably they did that then, too. Also they probably nailed the laths rather than screwing drywall?
I don't think it's just new vs old growth, incidentally -- it seems like they've even genetically selected quicker qrowing species.
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Date: 2011-08-15 01:50 pm (UTC)I don't think it's just new vs old growth, incidentally -- it seems like they've even genetically selected quicker qrowing species.