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It's clay, and wood is much more abundant in the US. However, in other places such as the UK, wood isn't abundant, so most houses are made of brick.
by ytwySXpMbS 9y ago
It's clay, and wood is much more abundant in the US. However, in other places such as the UK, wood isn't abundant, so most houses are made of brick.
- kps 9y agoThe UK has a particular problem with a fungus that attacks lumber, serpula lacrymans aka ‘dry rot’.
- Jaruzel 9y agoRelated, we're throwing up so many new houses these days, that the UK brick industry can't keep up with demand: https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/uk-brick-makers-are-failing-to-meet-demand https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/uk-brick-ma...