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My friend lives in an brick-built aparment built by the Austro-hungarian empire. The walls are nearly a meter thick, cool in the summer, warm in the winter.
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
My friend lives in an brick-built aparment built by the Austro-hungarian empire. The walls are nearly a meter thick, cool in the summer, warm in the winter.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoBrick is not very good for insulation - typically an R-value of .2 per inch. At 3 feet (~1 meter), you're only at an R-value of ~7.2 - which you can get with 2 inches of fiberglass. I don't doubt the building is cool in the summer and warm in the winter, but I suspect the reason is different than the brick walls.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoMight be huge thermal mass? It does need heating in winter like any normal house, but does not het hot in summer days
- frumper 3y agoSounds like a fun place to be in an earthquake.