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and how ungodly is it when it burns?

fy20 6y ago
Wood can actually resist fires more than other building materials such as steel. Yes it does burn, but it also doesn't lose it's structural integrity when heated: https://youtu.be/G-J86Ka9MkQ https://youtu.be/G-J86Ka9MkQ
- baybal2 6y ago
  > Yes it does burn, but it also doesn't lose it's structural integrity when heated: It does, and by a lot. This is why wooden houses collapse during fires, and bury people trapped in them in a fiery grave.
q_andrew 6y ago
Laminated wood basically doesn't combust, so the fire hazard is comparable to most modern construction materials. Also, the way it's processed makes it extremely structurally sound.
- baybal2 6y ago
  Excuse me, but you were succesfully made to swallow the coolaid. No construction technique out there can make wood a safe construction material, no way, and no how. The wood still burns no matter how much fire retardant you soak in it, and it will inevitable rot, warp, and slip off fasteners. The vodoo cult of "wooden skyscrapers" is bizarre, and the way they slip past building regulations is even more. In BC, the wood lobby effectively managed to undo a fire safety testing for building materials, and rewrite a big part of fire code to make wooden skyscrapers possible.
  - voisin 6y ago
    Source for any of your claims here?
  - q_andrew 6y ago
    In many situations, you are right. For instance, the five-over-ones being built in basically every city in the US exist because of a regulation loophole for building wooden structures (that constructing a fireproof barrier between two wooden structures allows you to build large, multi-story apartments with it). They are infamous for burning down during construction because they don't have sprinkler systems yet: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-13/why-america-s-new-apartment-buildings-all-look-the-same https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-13/why-ameri... Cross-laminated timber has a "char layer" that keeps the other layers from burning through, and is even known for withstanding higher temperatures than steel: https://www.greenspec.co.uk/building-design/crosslam-timber-fire-resistance-and-rating/ https://www.greenspec.co.uk/building-design/crosslam-timber-...

fy20 6y ago

Wood can actually resist fires more than other building materials such as steel. Yes it does burn, but it also doesn't lose it's structural integrity when heated: https://youtu.be/G-J86Ka9MkQ https://youtu.be/G-J86Ka9MkQ

baybal2 6y ago
> Yes it does burn, but it also doesn't lose it's structural integrity when heated: It does, and by a lot. This is why wooden houses collapse during fires, and bury people trapped in them in a fiery grave.

q_andrew 6y ago

Laminated wood basically doesn't combust, so the fire hazard is comparable to most modern construction materials. Also, the way it's processed makes it extremely structurally sound.

baybal2 6y ago
Excuse me, but you were succesfully made to swallow the coolaid. No construction technique out there can make wood a safe construction material, no way, and no how. The wood still burns no matter how much fire retardant you soak in it, and it will inevitable rot, warp, and slip off fasteners. The vodoo cult of "wooden skyscrapers" is bizarre, and the way they slip past building regulations is even more. In BC, the wood lobby effectively managed to undo a fire safety testing for building materials, and rewrite a big part of fire code to make wooden skyscrapers possible.
- voisin 6y ago
  Source for any of your claims here?
- q_andrew 6y ago
  In many situations, you are right. For instance, the five-over-ones being built in basically every city in the US exist because of a regulation loophole for building wooden structures (that constructing a fireproof barrier between two wooden structures allows you to build large, multi-story apartments with it). They are infamous for burning down during construction because they don't have sprinkler systems yet: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-13/why-america-s-new-apartment-buildings-all-look-the-same https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-13/why-ameri... Cross-laminated timber has a "char layer" that keeps the other layers from burning through, and is even known for withstanding higher temperatures than steel: https://www.greenspec.co.uk/building-design/crosslam-timber-fire-resistance-and-rating/ https://www.greenspec.co.uk/building-design/crosslam-timber-...