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Most of the houses in Seattle are wood. Seattle has a very similar climate to the UK including tons of rain. Many very old houses. Besides, with wood siding, yo
by grogenaut 5y ago
Most of the houses in Seattle are wood. Seattle has a very similar climate to the UK including tons of rain. Many very old houses. Besides, with wood siding, you can just replace it, it comes right off and you put more on. My house was built in the 70s. It's cedar siding. The siding is fine.
- OJFord 5y agoBut why is that better than brick, and (it being a lot harder to, sure, but) not needing to?
- drewrv 5y agoBrick in Seattle is not great because we get earthquakes and brick tends to crumble. There are some brick buildings, and there are some things you can do to reinforce them in preparation for an earthquake. But in general, wood is better.