Media Islam’s house under construction

[Siver!]

Wood houses. List of superior attributes:

Cheap.

The end.

 

[Rataria]

They need to be wearing more Carhartt .

 

[Koro_11]

Lucky contractors having the opportunity to work on his new home

Nice.

Makhachev seems like a decent dude, good to see him treating his workers well.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

dont know why these euros keep insisting on brick and mortar homes wood is far superior

like LA? so it can burn down?

 

[MarloStanfield]

Tasteless

 

[Smato_rules]

No. No they aren't. It's just what Americans are use to so they keep using it.
I was a carpenter and I live in a brick house for a reason. I could've chosen wood but I didn't. Brick is better than wood for housing.

1 reason being my house won't ever burn down. Yeah things can catch on fire but my house will still be there after the fire. That right there makes my homeowner's insurance cheaper than if I had a wood home.

1 downside to brick vs wood is brick houses cost more initially because materials cost more. But brick houses also hold their value and appreciate much better.

No. No they aren't. It's just what Americans are use to so they keep using it.
I was a carpenter and I live in a brick house for a reason. I could've chosen wood but I didn't. Brick is better than wood for housing.

1 reason being my house won't ever burn down. Yeah things can catch on fire but my house will still be there after the fire. That right there makes my homeowner's insurance cheaper than if I had a wood home.

1 downside to brick vs wood is brick houses cost more initially because materials cost more. But brick houses also hold their value and appreciate much better.

You’re right with the fire, but you’re not out of the weeds with a masonry house in terms of maintenance. Repointing still must be upkept, bricks here in New England can absorb water and spall in the winter, and masonry cladding draws a ton of moisture into your sheathing, or if it is a block interior wall, into the drywall. If it’s pure plaster on the block wall, which makes it very hard to run wiring and heating still causes a ton of moisture on the interior.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

You’re right with the fire, but you’re not out of the weeds with a masonry house in terms of maintenance. Repointing still must be upkept, bricks here in New England can absorb water and spall in the winter, and masonry cladding draws a ton of moisture into your sheathing, or if it is a block interior wall, into the drywall. If it’s pure plaster on the block wall, which makes it very hard to run wiring and heating still causes a ton of moisture on the interior.

I'm in Chicago. My childhood house was brick. And my house is brick.

I was with CCA (carpenter contractors of America) working for R&D Thiel. I built a lot townhouses back in the early 2010s for them. A lot of military base conversations to subdivisions. Carrying 8 green exterior 2×6 up 3 flights of stairs. I don't miss it. Those houses were the IKEA furniture of houses. I hated wrapping houses.

 

[jeskola]

This issue was resolved years ago, guys.

 

[Ibm]

Hopefully there is a lot of Shawarma places around his place.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Fuckin what? I know a large group of people who would disagree with that philosophy at the moment

Referring to the LA Fires? Because it's not really feasible in an area prone to earthquakes to make structures out of solid brick or cement...even with things being made out of wood and with some cement, there's large cracks and foundational issues everywhere. I'm no architect though, just what I hear.

 

[Smato_rules]

I'm in Chicago. My childhood house was brick. And my house is brick.

I was with CCA (carpenter contractors of America) working for R&D Thiel. I built a lot townhouses back in the early 2010s for them. A lot of military base conversations to subdivisions. Carrying 8 green exterior 2×6 up 3 flights of stairs. I don't miss it. Those houses were the IKEA furniture of houses. I hated wrapping houses.

Yeah I see a lot of spalling on brick here in Connecticut, even on newer houses. But any brick house built after the 1930s is almost guaranteed to be wood framed with a brick veneer held on by wall ties, so there is no structural value to the brick anyways, it’s just a siding option.

Oh yeah I’ve seen cca down in Florida on toll brothers jobs, lots of form work and trusses down there for them, but they were all cool guys

 

[Conan the K-9]

You’re right with the fire, but you’re not out of the weeds with a masonry house in terms of maintenance. Repointing still must be upkept, bricks here in New England can absorb water and spall in the winter, and masonry cladding draws a ton of moisture into your sheathing, or if it is a block interior wall, into the drywall. If it’s pure plaster on the block wall, which makes it very hard to run wiring and heating still causes a ton of moisture on the interior.

Here in the nordics most problems with houses are with the brick houses. Mold moisture etc.
My summer cottage is a log house built 1837 and everything is still in perfect condition. I have built 2 houses, of one wood and current brick and the next will be a log house for sure as they are durable and healthy to live in.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Cheap concrete facade on substandard brick work, great.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

It is poor. We are heavily socially invested in a system of cheap and quick building here in the states, so we're kinda stuck in it

Wood quality is far inferior these days too, so it's just gonna get worse.

*edit*

Howcome?

Here in Brazil is all bricks as well and I always wondered why US it's all wood.

A wood house here would be like a "poor" house.

You bozos live in the 18th century

US is ahead of the curve.. they realized Tents are cheapers: