“This Old House” – Upper Falls edition

by | Apr 25, 2013 | Newton | 5 comments

Propped2Here’s a story about what keeps our house standing.

5 Comments

  1. andreae
    andreae on April 25, 2013 at 3:14 pm

    Lally column, invented by Waltham resident John Lally, whose descendant I once met in Allston. The Lallys (structural and otherwise) are alive and well in this area.

  2. Jerry Reilly
    Jerry Reilly on April 25, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    How cool is that? Mr Lally is right up there in the whos-who of column people, along with Mr. Doric and Mr. Corinthian – though I don’t believe that they were from Waltham.

  3. Terry Malloy
    Terry Malloy on April 25, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    Great story Jerry!
    Think the first floor could handle the weight of all of Village 14?
    Bloggers night out at Jerry’s!

  4. Jerry Reilly
    Jerry Reilly on April 25, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    That shouldn’t be a problem Terry. We bloggers are all 3/4 hot air.

  5. BOB BURKE
    BOB BURKE on April 26, 2013 at 9:44 am

    Jerry. Great Story. Our house was built in 1933 and it is almost entirely framed with steel beam rafters and cast iron steel. I stripped all our old wallpaper from the walls 20 years back and there was only one small crack on any of the walls, that one over one of the doors. I don’t think they still use steel beams in houses, but I might be wrong.