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I've head that fire resistance and earthquake resistance work against each other. That the things that make a house fire resistant - stucco/metal roofs - are b
by hackeraccount 2y ago
I've head that fire resistance and earthquake resistance work against each other. That the things that make a house fire resistant - stucco/metal roofs - are bad for earthquakes and the things that make earthquake resistance - flexibility - are bad for fire resistance.
Reading just a bit it seems like the question is how you get that flexibility; the easy way would seem to be building with wood which is tricky with fires.
Any truth to this?
- financetechbro 2y agoI’m not an engineer/have no formal training in this area. My hunch is that your statement is perhaps true at a scale of a house. For large builds like sky scrapers you’re definitely able to include fire resistant and earthquake resistance features. I think ultimately it comes down to cost. It’s possible to get treated lumber that is fire resistant, but it’s going to cost much more than traditional lumber