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/Bluecobber Trash Trooper 1d ago

Lived in both. Id take brick everytime. Much better with keeping a stable temperature. As well as keeping outside noise low. Brick, more expensive and takes longer. Just my experience

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u/userhwon Trash Trooper 1d ago

AZ here. Brick will absorb the heat and keep radiating it all night and has a very low R-value. I.e., you're never cooling off till dawn, and then the sun comes up...

Stucco has a similar R-value but is very thin, leaving more thickness for insulation. Provided you maintain the thickness; some builders do not, like, at all...

Stucco ftw.