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Old 11-04-2012, 05:50 AM   #71 (permalink)
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From looking at some of the pictures here and on the news, it surprises me just how many houses and building in the USA are built of wood.
Why is that surprising?
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Old 11-04-2012, 06:32 AM   #72 (permalink)
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Why is that surprising?
Because nearly everything here is bricks and mortar with wood only used to form part of the structure. I'm sure a brick structure would have stood up to the hurricane better than a wooden one.
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Old 11-04-2012, 09:48 AM   #73 (permalink)
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Because nearly everything here is bricks and mortar with wood only used to form part of the structure. I'm sure a brick structure would have stood up to the hurricane better than a wooden one.
Most things here are concrete and steel, and some older buildings are stone and brick. The only wood frames here are found mostly in older structures and houses (most new houses now have steel frames with brick walls).
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Old 11-04-2012, 10:10 AM   #74 (permalink)
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Most things here are concrete and steel, and some older buildings are stone and brick. The only wood frames here are found mostly in older structures and houses (most new houses now have steel frames with brick walls).
I know in Canada that it's mostly out west that there are a lot of wooden houses etc.
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Old 11-04-2012, 10:15 AM   #75 (permalink)
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Because nearly everything here is bricks and mortar with wood only used to form part of the structure. I'm sure a brick structure would have stood up to the hurricane better than a wooden one.
Could be, I don't know. I'm sure there are reasons for the use of different building materials in different places though. It certainly varies a reasonable amount from place to place within the US.
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Old 11-04-2012, 11:42 AM   #76 (permalink)
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Could be, I don't know. I'm sure there are reasons for the use of different building materials in different places though. It certainly varies a reasonable amount from place to place within the US.
Wood is cheap to build with in the USA as far as I know, whereas in some parts of Europe it is expensive to build with (Depending on which part of Europe you're in).
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Old 11-04-2012, 12:44 PM   #77 (permalink)
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Wood is cheap to build with in the USA as far as I know, whereas in some parts of Europe it is expensive to build with (Depending on which part of Europe you're in).
Well there you go. Also, like I mentioned, building materials do vary from place within the US. In Chicago, for example, almost no buildings are made out of wood.
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It certainly varies a reasonable amount from place to place within the US.
That's what I thought. Which states/cities are they more frequent in?
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That's what I thought. Which states/cities are they more frequent in?
When I was in Perth they were wooden.
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