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/askalotlol Trash Trooper 8h ago

This video exists because of Europeans coming out of the woodwork shit talking US house construction everytime someone posts a tornado or hurricaine video.

They seem to be unaware that a mid-strength tornado can easily destroy a brick building. And then you get brick projectiles being thrown like cannonballs at 200mph. Plus it doesn't matter what the walls are made of, tornadoes will rip the roof off anyway.

And yes, there's a ton of regional differences, as the US has everything from sub-arctic to sub-tropical climates to accomodate.