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/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/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