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→ CONNECTING WITH THE PAST takes on a whole new meaning when it involves marrying brittle 179-year-old beams with the code-compliant framing of a new structure. Just ask Gordon Jacobsen, the project manager overseeing the construction of This Old House’s 2019 Idea House.
“This is the hardest part,” he says, pointing out the hand-hewn beams now sandwiched between crisp new 2×6s. When the work is complete, those beams—along with a number of
