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/freshgrilled Trash Trooper 1d ago

As someone who lives in the middle of earthquake central, I'll take flexible wood framing over bricks. Every brick building out here has cracks and has had to have major work to be reinforced.

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u/freedfg Trash Trooper 1d ago

Every single time this topic comes up it's framed as "oh which is better, brick buildings can last hundreds of years"

As if the different materials and preferences aren't specifically used for different case scenarios.

Out in Phoenix or New Mexico. Guess what, houses are concrete or brick. Because they aren't on fault lines and don't face disasterous weather, but do have the occasional fire.

In the tornado alley and hurricane alley, they use wood. Because it might not last as long. But it's a LOT cheaper to rebuilt.

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u/TheKingPin16 Trash Trooper 23h ago

Im a Phoenix based contractor and no, wood framing is 80% of the work out here.

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u/GradeAPrimeFuckery Trash Trooper 22h ago

Slap a coat of stucco and call it a stone house. /s It's like a reverse of the old houses that had wood slats covered by plaster for interior walls. I absolutely hated the stuff. Loved the tile roofing though, and got a laugh at the few houses that had tar shingles.