The Puritan structure. This mid 1600s structure is very different from our 21st century homes. in exterior raw materials the differences are remarkable. Their roofs leak and often had rodents living in them. Could you image rodents living above you.
Today we have sheet steel or shingles. They are water resistance and doesn’t possess possible places for rodents to live. in the figure below you should be able to see the differences between your home and a puritan house. The innovation of homes has come a long way from our founding father. The homes before the one depict ewer small half sphere homes that were constructed of wooden sticks stretch in a semi-circle to form a dome.
The siding depicted and the siding on your home.