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In the US wood construction is the norm for residential buildings. These cannot go below a certain temperature, not much below 60F, otherwise dry rot will slow
by opensores 5y ago
In the US wood construction is the norm for residential buildings.
These cannot go below a certain temperature, not much below 60F, otherwise dry rot will slowly but permanently damage these buildings in most places (depends on humidity). I suppose if you drop the humidity below a certain point you might get by with pretty low temperatures.
- kuhewa 5y agoI lived in an Australian house on the shady side of a narrow stream valley, temperate climate. If you didn't heat in winter, dew would form on the walls inside at night as temp fell and mold would grow everywhere
- blahedo 5y agoI think this is an overstatement of the situation; it's true that you're supposed to keep the house from getting too cold, but it's within living memory in many places that in the colder parts of the winter, standing water jugs would have a thin layer of ice in the morning. They wouldn't stay below freezing, but they'd cycle through temperatures much below 60F (15C) on a daily basis for several months of the year. Even now I think it's more common to set the thermostat down around 50 or 55 when you'll be out of town, and I know people who don't set it much above 60 in the winter even when they're awake and at home, quite a bit lower when they're asleep or out.
- wolverine876 5y ago> These cannot go below a certain temperature, not much below 60F, otherwise dry rot will slowly but permanently damage these buildings Wouldn't the most exterior pieces drop below 60 deg in the winter? Plenty of homes have wood that is actually on the outside of the house all winter.