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I don't think most countries build houses of wood like North America does. In Europe houses are mostly built of various kinds of bricks and concrete. Only the r

by ajuc 5y ago

I don't think most countries build houses of wood like North America does. In Europe houses are mostly built of various kinds of bricks and concrete. Only the roofs in detached houses are usually made of wood (and not all of them). That's how most houses are built in central Europe for example: https://budujemydom.pl/i/2020/01/02/215608-d885-1100x0-sc1x50562_forumbd-mundos-budujemydompl.jpg https://budujemydom.pl/i/2020/01/02/215608-d885-1100x0-sc1x5... Of course later the insulation is added: https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pressland-cms/cache/__original__/tl/20503051-https-bi.jpeg https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pressland-cms/cache/__...

throwawaygal7 5y ago
In the American south, there are a lot of masonry, or concrete homes or even AAC. See florida. In the north masonry homes have a lot of problems with freeze thaw cycles. As far as upgrades , remodeling, overall costs goes stick built homes are superior.
- ajuc 5y ago
  > In the north masonry homes have a lot of problems with freeze thaw cycles That's weird, central Europe has pretty northern climate with cold snowy winters and hot summers and I've never heard about any such problems. I've lived my whole life in such houses. You just need proper insulation (but you need it anyway cause heating is expansive). I think Americans don't much care for good windows for example, at least in the movies they have these weird 1-layer sliding windows that nobody would use here :). > As far as upgrades , remodeling, overall costs goes stick built homes are superior. There's a bit of stigma against wooden houses here and they are considered worse investment because they degrade and lose value much faster.
  - rmah 5y ago
    Single pane windows are not common in the US in anything built in the last 30 years or so (give or take a few decades). Sliding windows are usually 2 or even 3 pane. Movies use single pane candy "glass" windows so characters can be thrown through them.

by ajuc 5y ago

throwawaygal7 5y ago

In the American south, there are a lot of masonry, or concrete homes or even AAC. See florida. In the north masonry homes have a lot of problems with freeze thaw cycles. As far as upgrades , remodeling, overall costs goes stick built homes are superior.

ajuc 5y ago
> In the north masonry homes have a lot of problems with freeze thaw cycles That's weird, central Europe has pretty northern climate with cold snowy winters and hot summers and I've never heard about any such problems. I've lived my whole life in such houses. You just need proper insulation (but you need it anyway cause heating is expansive). I think Americans don't much care for good windows for example, at least in the movies they have these weird 1-layer sliding windows that nobody would use here :). > As far as upgrades , remodeling, overall costs goes stick built homes are superior. There's a bit of stigma against wooden houses here and they are considered worse investment because they degrade and lose value much faster.
- rmah 5y ago
  Single pane windows are not common in the US in anything built in the last 30 years or so (give or take a few decades). Sliding windows are usually 2 or even 3 pane. Movies use single pane candy "glass" windows so characters can be thrown through them.