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Laying brick is very quick. And if you are willing to do a full brick width as the wall thickness, you don't really need much further insulation IIRC. Stick bui
by IgorPartola 10y ago
Laying brick is very quick. And if you are willing to do a full brick width as the wall thickness, you don't really need much further insulation IIRC. Stick built houses are not as durable and take longer, but as long as wood and labor are cheap, they will be popular. Drywall is also cheap, though takes multiple passes to finish.
Personally if I was constructing my home with my own hands, I would go for brick.
- hasbot 10y agoEven better/faster than brick is dry stacked concrete blocks: http://www.drystacked.com/index.html http://www.drystacked.com/index.html
- jacquesm 10y agoBut ugly.
- hasbot 10y agoNot necessarily. Dry-stacked blocks require surface adhesion which can be dressed up anyway you want (e.g. smoothed and painted, make to look like stucco, etc).
- lucaspiller 10y agoYou can just finish it with a layer of render.
- etrevino 10y agoYou can put bricks on the outside. The interior, well, I don't know. I guess you could put a frame in there (though when you get there what's the point).
- djrogers 10y ago> Stick built houses are not as durable Unless you happen to live in an area with earthquakes... if you do, the flexibility (literal, not metaphorical) of 2x4 construction will really shine.