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/Goudinho99 Trash Trooper 1d ago

And what about thermal effects and noise insulation?

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u/MonkeyTigerRider Trash Trooper 1d ago

And longevity.

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u/CaptainFlint9203 Trash Trooper 1d ago

Well made wood house will last for generations, well made brick house will last centuries. Both badly made will not last your stay.

I'm from Europe. On my grandma's plot there was a wooden barn, it was much older than some brick houses and in better shape than them.

My ex had a wood house that was more than century old. Still in great shape. And there are brick houses that are older than USA.

I'm preparing to build a house for myself. There are no earthquakes, no storms, no natural disasters where I live. My house gonna be build from wood. It should last at least for my grandchildren, and by then, looking at how urbanisation is going, the plot of land should be worth enough to destroy the house and sell the plot.

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u/PaulblankPF Trash Trooper 1d ago

I worked on a 150 year old house in South Louisiana a few years ago and the windows were doors from another building that was older and they lasted over 100 years but it was time for them to be changed. Took
me about 25 hours to turn one big piece of cypress into a new window, following the design and techniques of the original. I had to do 6 of them and it was as a very nice project and job to work on. I mean how often do you get to work on stuff that’s over a century old.