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Which also makes it a really silly choice for actual construction. Brick and concrete make a lot more sense.
by KozmoNau7 9y ago
Which also makes it a really silly choice for actual construction.
Brick and concrete make a lot more sense.
- pixl97 9y agoExpanding and contracting is good. Steel also expands and contracts. Bricks and un-reinforced concrete crack and crumble.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoOdd how this 1930s brick building I'm in right now hasn't crumbled apart, or even cracked from settling to any noticeable degree.
- pixl97 9y agoI'm guessing you've not been alive long enough to see the required maintenance that has been preformed on said building. People tend to miss and ignore things that aren't part of their profession
- KozmoNau7 9y agoI have bricklayers and carpenters in my friends and family, and I've been on the association board for the building, for the last 10 years. So I know quite well what kind of maintenance is needed. We replaced the entire 6000sqm tiled roof last year, it was the original roof, 80 years old. The maintenance needed on a brick building is fraction of what's needed on a wood building.