LBM's expansion into the Restoration Business was an eye opening experience. This home was absolutely engulfed by fire. But the we agreed with Engineers and Home owners. Rebuild the family heirloom, was a priority. Tight budgets and damage are overcome with ingenuity and tradesmanship. Shiplap sheathing and spiral nails, make it hard to do repairs, but save the amount of repairs needed. The OSB sheathing of today, would have rotted far worse and would have burnt up a lot easier. As well, the older systems resilient  structure, makes for a strong, confident, integrated transition when building off of it. Unless we were removing the foundation, I wouldn't have it any other way.