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Are houses in the US solely built using lumber/wood or do they have brick walls and concrete floors like here in Europe?

• karamanolev 5y ago
  As a European having lived in the US, brick walls and concrete floors are definitely a way rarer find than in Europe. Even some single-floor multi-apartment complexes are entirely wooden. The typical motel from American movies, but instead residential, is also almost entirely wooden.
• reissbaker 5y ago
  Very much depends. The foundation is always concrete, although for single-family or duplex homes the floor being concrete would pretty non-standard (that's usually wood, tile, or faux-wood e.g. vinyl, laminate). The framing is generally lumber. The exterior siding can come in any number of forms: stucco, wood, metal, vinyl, brick, etc. Brick in particular is rare on the west coast, FWIW, due to seismic conditions, but is much more common in the east.
• dudul 5y ago
  It depends on the area. And it applies to Europe too. Plenty of areas where wood frames are more common.
  • DeWilde 5y ago
    I live in south-eastern Europe and almost all houses are brick. Only smaller buildings in the yard are built from wood but sometimes even they are made with bricks.
    • dudul 5y ago
      Good. Now go visit northern europe.
• orthoxerox 5y ago
  Where does insulation go in a brick single-family home?
  • DeWilde 5y ago
    On the facade, that is between the facade and the bricks there is a layer of styroform and other insulations.
  • modo_mario 5y ago
    Depends. I've seen renovations with it between the double brick wall, on the outside or the inside.
  • noneeeed 5y ago
    New homes, certainly in the UK are double-skinned with insulation between the layers. In the past most were double-brick, but some combination of brick and timber has become common.