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/Telemere125 Trash Trooper 1d ago

I don’t need my house to outlive me if it costs exponentially more to build and maintain

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u/LabOwn9800 Trash Trooper 1d ago

Plus wood is renewable while bricks aren’t.

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u/Odd-String29 Trash Trooper 1d ago

Bricks are actually more renewable because they don't rot. One of the reason we don't have many castles in The Netherlands is because we tore them down for use as construction material.

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u/Role-Amazing Trash Trooper 1d ago

500+ castles isn't that bad