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Can we build relatively fire-resistant wooden buildings today, using modern technology?
by ido 11y ago
Can we build relatively fire-resistant wooden buildings today, using modern technology?
- TheLoneWolfling 11y agoWe can build relatively fire-resistant buildings. As for relatively fire-resistant wooden buildings? I suspect that it's easier to "just" use less wood. Although note that there are a couple of things that do help. A steel roof as opposed to a shingled one. Having proper screens in the roof vents. Having fire-resistant siding. Tile floors (or something else that's non-flammable) as opposed to carpet or wooden ones. Not having gas lines to be ruptured by an earthquake. Having proper (read: not likely to catch something on fire in the case of an earthquake) electrical connections.