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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 15, April 8, 2001, Article 17 DON'T WORRY HONEY, ALL HOUSES DO THAT Granvyl G. Hulse, Jr. writes: "I have had for years in my attic the Numismatics International Library, which I have thought was about the third largest lending library on books on foreign coins in the U.S. About ten years ago my late wife called me into the living room - pointed at the ceiling and asked me if I noticed anything wrong. Many years before a wall had been taken out to increase the size of the living room area, and there was a long beam stretching from the front of the house well toward the back to support the second floor after the supporting wall had been removed. After peering at it intently for several moments I noticed that the beam had developed a very noticeable bow. The weight of the books in the third floor attic was affecting the whole shape of our fifteen room house and the pressure on the top of the second floor had put all doors out of shape, and was in the process of working its way down. To prevent the house from falling in on itself I had to place a twelve inch square beam starting from the basement and working up to that cross beam - jacking it up to straighten everything out. The moral of the story is that if you buy a 130 year old house - put your library somewhere other than the top floor."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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