Hi I'm Happy! I think that retro renovation isn't really geared to the "building" itself. I find this Forum really interesting to read. To me It doesn't really matter how "old" the "Old House" is ...I see it as a forum for people to ask questions about houses that not many people know about anymore - no matter what the age of the house.

No, it isn't about the building itself but it's a gold mine if you want to know where to buy the things that went into the house. How else would you know you could still buy a Hudee ring? I want access to stuff that's older than that without driving to every antique store and still not finding it. Some of it is still made or stashed in a warehouse somewhere waiting for the right person to find it. And sources for mill work or all sorts of things that look nice but aren't wall studs. At least at retrorenovation you can find someone who will restore your old stove. I learned about Marmoleum in the GW kitchen forum.

If you want to rebuild your house this is the place to ask questions. If you want a source for interiors you won't find it here. A web site for old house innards. What brand has the most realistic looking old cabinets? Where can you buy new old stock door knobs? Who has the old tile you need? All those sorts of questions that all of us with old houses have to research for ourselves.

The best old house forum I've found and it's broken down by year of house. I've followed it for more than 12 yrs. Many folks who post here started on old house web, but then old house web changed admins so the folks moved here:

https://thehistoricdistrict.org/

Once the new admins settled in, this became another active old house forum, broken down by year of house

http://www.oldhouseweb.com/forums/

For products - both of the above and:

https://www.oldhouseonline.com/old-house-directory

I love retrorenovation and am on that website daily. It is indeed a goldmine of info. I see what you're saying now Imhappy about the inards of older houses. I didn't know about those other websites Jmc - thanks for those links.

Howdy hudee, thanks for RetroRenovation.com love!

The Old House Web forum is basically dead (http://www.oldhouseweb.com/forums/). It's pretty much been taken over by bots. Bots are used to post links in online forums for search engine optimization (SEO). Random links in post unrelated to the post or the forum will give it away. The admins of the Old House Web forum don't really seem to care in dealing with the issue.

I thought it came back to life, sacto, after the initial round of bots - say 5-6 yrs ago?