18th May 2006, 08:17 PM
I have to say I hae been doing this a number of years and have yet to identify a ship's timber. Absolutly all buildings which contain 'ships timbers' that I have seen just have reused timbers from houses.
Major floor joists are frequently reused and this tends to involve turning the timber 90 degrees so the soffit has exposed joints.
We had a cellar turn up recently in one of the small towns which was over the road from the masonic lodge. The paper reported this as a tunnel leading from the masons to the parish church.
Major floor joists are frequently reused and this tends to involve turning the timber 90 degrees so the soffit has exposed joints.
We had a cellar turn up recently in one of the small towns which was over the road from the masonic lodge. The paper reported this as a tunnel leading from the masons to the parish church.