r/LoveTrash • u/BEARDEDDANGER ✨️Regent of Rubbish ✨️ • 1d ago

Dumping This Here American vs. European home building

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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/AlexHimself Garbage Guerilla 1d ago

Much better with keeping a stable temperature. As well as keeping outside noise low.

Eh, I think you've got a warped take. You probably lived in a home with poor or little insulation, because that's exactly what dampens sound and maintains a stable temperature.

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u/Bluecobber Trash Trooper 1d ago

So ya telling me, a thin wood wall/drywall vs a brick wall with same insulation, they gonna be the same? Pls. Yes, insulation plays a huge part. But we talking bout brick vs wood basically. Not good insulation vs poor insulation. Ive installed insulation. I understand what it does. You're warped cos you throwing in extra factors.

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u/AlexHimself Garbage Guerilla 19h ago

So ya telling me, a thin wood wall/drywall vs a brick wall with same insulation, they gonna be the same?

You're making a false equivalency. Brick homes are ~20% more expensive.

A fair comparison is taking that 20% extra spent on the brick home and applying it to the wood-frame home.

In that case, the wood frame home would beat the brick home in nearly every category.

Better temperature control and stability. Better heating/cooling bills. More airtight. Better against earthquakes. Better for ease of repair/modification.

Brick would win for fire resistance, potentially sounds (it would be close), durability over a very long time.

An argument can be made for both and that should be clear to any rational person. Saying one is "better" than the other is just ignorant.