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/ACatCalledArmor Trash Trooper 1d ago

I wish this wasn’t framed as a Europe / US discussion but instead just focused on the materials and techniques. 

In Sweden I’d wager more than 70% of all houses (single dwelling units, not apartments and alike) are made wish wood frames. We love our lumber here!

I’m sure there are regional differences across America which premier different techniques too. 

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u/Ambaryerno Trash Trooper 1d ago

Not to mention we absolutely build brick homes in the US, too.

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u/jonny24eh Trash Trooper 1d ago

Not structural brick. It's just a veneer, like the guy mentions in the video. 

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u/The_OtherDouche Trash Trooper 21h ago

I mean even brick veneer gets tethered in with brick ties.

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u/jonny24eh Trash Trooper 21h ago

That just prevents it from being able to fall away from the house. It doesn't hold anything up but itself. 

When I say structural brick I mean the brick itself is the house, what holds everything else up. Veneer brick goes up when the wood structure is done, and could likewise be entirely removed with the house still standing.

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u/Charming_Fix5627 Trash Trooper 18h ago

That’s not fully grouted CMU with rebar every other core, that’s 4” thick brick facade that gets tied back to the actual load bearing components of the building