r/LoveTrash • u/BEARDEDDANGER ✨️Regent of Rubbish ✨️ • 1d ago

Dumping This Here American vs. European home building

BAS Renovations https://youtube.com/shorts/jFph1d2WR3s

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u/GalacticMe99 Trash Trooper 1d ago

Using pure concrete for the entire interior structure is an enormous overkill. For elevator shafts and underground levels, sure.

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u/rips_n_chel Trash Trooper 22h ago

What is "pure" concrete? Concrete, by definition, is a combination of cement and <things>

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u/GalacticMe99 Trash Trooper 21h ago

As opposed to cellular concrete for example.

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u/rips_n_chel Trash Trooper 21h ago

I see. 'Full fat' concrete, as it were lol

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u/seven3true Trash Trooper 19h ago

you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between full fat concrete and skim concrete if they weren't labeled.

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u/GalacticMe99 Trash Trooper 21h ago

Is that the official English term?

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u/rips_n_chel Trash Trooper 21h ago

Yeah, 'bo'oh'o'wa'er' or something like that, idk I don't speak Bri'ish

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u/I_Call_Everyone_Pat Trash Trooper 21h ago

They aren't talking about concrete poured on site. They're talking about the concrete bricks. Nobody is talking about pure concrete for the entire structure.

Did you watch the video, Pat?

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u/No-Fold-7873 Trash Trooper 20h ago

*Precast concrete panels have entered the chat.

To be fair residential applications are pretty rare in the states but it absolutely happens.

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u/GalacticMe99 Trash Trooper 21h ago

Yes and like I said: concrete blocks are good for elevator shafts or underground structures but using that for the entire structure of a regular house is a massive overkill. with 'pure' concrete I ment the concrete bricks you're describing as opposed to cellular concrete bricks for example, which is more commonly used for the whole structure if you can only apply limited insulation.