Post things which fill the American with fear, rage and confusion.

Still seething from getting your arse kicked 250 years ago, huh Timmy boy?

>>211705184
sure, m8.

>>211707254
We had that in the sixties but we grew out of it. Those things cause mold anyway.

i dont get it. are those aerated concrete blocks and the brick is there just for show? what do you do for insulation? rockwool and drywall?

here houses are actually built out of brick and insulated with styrofoam on the outside, no interior insulation needed.

I think the plywood houses are mostly a suburban/midwestern thing
I've only lived in brick houses (upper south)

Are the bricks for decorative purposes?

>>211705923
You burned a building, we burned your globe spanning empire and made you a sidekick. We are not the same.

Why do you people hate building with wood so much?

Building with wood is simply cheaper, that's why we do it for single family homes up to mid-rise apartment buildings. I hope mass timber takes off so we can get wooden high rises like the Japanese and Scandis have.
>it won't last forever
Buildings don't need to lasts forever. We built a bunch of concrete and steel office towers that could last a long time, but now they're sitting empty, so it doesn't matter. We don't know what we'll need in 50 years, so we should focus on building for right now.
>you can hear your neighbors
Sound from outside mostly comes through the windows, and sound between walls is more about insulation than what whether or not wood frame was used.

>>211705053 (OP)

>>211709929
i don't know that much about the subject but based on what I've heard this is likely coming to the US in the future. supposedly they're able to process wood in a way that makes it much more resistant to fire and much more suitable for large buildings and high-rises than it was in the past.

I tried to type out my exact response (lets just say.........wtf) but 4chan said my post is spam
House out of rocks not just as a facade but even inside? What the actual fuck.,
Did you read the story of 3 little pigs and think it was a documentary?
If a hurricane blows through you will die.

>>211709929
>Building with wood is simply cheaper, that's why we do it for single family homes up to mid-rise apartment buildings.
if you look at a house as a generational investment then it makes way less sense to have a wooden one. in croatia when your kid starts a family they often just build another storey on top of your house. they also obviously last forever.
>Buildings don't need to lasts forever. We built a bunch of concrete and steel office towers that could last a long time, but now they're sitting empty, so it doesn't matter. We don't know what we'll need in 50 years, so we should focus on building for right now.
thats true, but we are talking about houses here no? if we put aside the longevity brick houses are also way easier to maintain. they dont get mold, they dont get thermites, bugs or animals cant live in your walls, they dont burn down, they arent affected by natural disasters. if a flood floods your brick house you can very easily repair it. wood is just very susceptible to damage.
>Sound from outside mostly comes through the windows, and sound between walls is more about insulation than what whether or not wood frame was used.
thats what i find so strage, the complexity of drywall, having to insulate it, and its still somehow cheaper than just laying a brick wall? actually in croatia a wooden house doesnt run you any less than a brick one.

North Americans have the advantage of lush forests, having only recently begun getting exploited. In Europe our woods are protected so the material while mundane elsewhere is expensive here. Also, I'm pretty sure there's laws forbidding from building heavily with wood anyway.

>>211705053 (OP)
I live in New England in a very big colonial brick house.

>>211710215
It's a superplywood. They basically take a bunch of wood chips and then glue them together into a solid chunk using extremely strong resins and polymers.

It isn't cheaper than concrete thoughever even after the IBC relaxed the rules due to the relatively limited amount of production and is therefore mostly only used for buildings looking to present themselves as being 'green'.

t. works in construction/development

American type light timber framing is the most popular way of house construction in Scotland and yet residents do not even notice their houses are made of wood frame because they are cladded with veneer brick wall.

>>211710533
Theory is mass timber becomes widely adopted, it could become cheaper due to scale which will enable cheaper high rises.

Who knows if that theory holds water.

>>211709771
It looks like a double skin wall with a porotherm brick outer layer and inner areated concrete blocks
they do serve a purpose in creating a void between two skins of the wall but the material choice was dictated by aesthetics.

>>211709929
Wood? Arent our houses made of particle board and drywall?

I love living in a 5 over 1.

>>211709929
Woodframe construction will still last quite awhile if you take the care to maintain it. My current home was a farmhouse built in the 1890s.

>>211705053 (OP)
>some kind of brick hut
Confusion only, no fear or rage
>>211705923
Needs to happen again
>>211707254
Looks comfy, could be in the US somewhere weird like Minnesota. Only element of rage is that I'm jealous
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>>211710816
Now THIS fills me with rage. Minimal confusion and fear though