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Outside the warmer areas of the US, I think a big reason for wood framing is how easy it is to insulate. I'm not sure how it's done in the UK with brick buildi
by rudedogg 8y ago
Outside the warmer areas of the US, I think a big reason for wood framing is how easy it is to insulate.
I'm not sure how it's done in the UK with brick buildings though. It seems like if you needed much insulation you'd end up with an inner wall and brick facade.
- ben_w 8y agoTwo layers of brick separated by an air cavity in the old days (c. 1970) and more recently with foam, glass fibre, or rock wool.
- keithpeter 8y agoUK: Breeze block inner, cavity with rock wool and brick outer with internal walls of basically studding with plaster board for my 1985ish 'compact and bijou town house'. Some medium-rise blocks of flats use steel frame floor plates from concrete central pillars with external cladding approach but most new houses are brick.