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I think a lot of houses are made of bricks, not necessarily reinforced concrete. Appartement blocks on the other hand is all reinforced concrete I believe.
by cm2187 3y ago
I think a lot of houses are made of bricks, not necessarily reinforced concrete. Appartement blocks on the other hand is all reinforced concrete I believe.
- foobarian 3y agoGood point - yes the walls not necessarily, but floors. There used to be a common community activity similar to "barn raising" - "building the plate" where after the homeowner DIYd the molds and rebar, the neighbors would come together and mix and pour concrete over the span of one day. Fun times.
- gnopgnip 3y agoIn the US four to five stories of wood framed apartments over a primarily wood podium garage is a common construction technique. Type IIIA construction.
- cm2187 3y agoI can't imagine what the sound insulation between floors must look like.
- quickthrowman 3y ago> Appartement blocks on the other hand is all reinforced concrete I believe. Five-over-one is probably the most common new residential apartment building variant in the US today, it’s a single story of concrete (commercial space or common areas) with 4-5 floor of stick built (wood-framed) apartment housing on top. Developers only build apartment towers when the land is expensive enough to force them to. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1