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I live in Florida. That factors substantially in how I'd build for longevity. No concern for earthquakes, or snow, great concern for termites, hurricanes, floo
by CapitalistCartr 5y ago
I live in Florida. That factors substantially in how I'd build for longevity. No concern for earthquakes, or snow, great concern for termites, hurricanes, flooding. Pick land near Winter Haven, Lake Wales.
I'd build a wood frame style house with steel studs, and steel roof trusses, aluminum roofing. Pour a concrete slab on grade, be excessive with the dimensions, perhaps 10"-12" thick (25-30cm). Bedrock is limerock 40' down (12m), brutally porous, lots of sinkholes.
Would it last one thousand years? I don't know, it might, but it would last for centuries at least, or until the next developer decided to bulldoze it.