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wood or stone? beliavsky 08-26-2006
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Posted by on August 26, 2006, 3:32 pm
In some countries, stone houses are common. In the U.S. most homes are
built with wood. Why?


Posted by Glenn on August 26, 2006, 4:39 pm
Maybe we three pigs aren't as afraid of the big bad wolf here in
the good old USA.

> In some countries, stone houses are common. In the U.S.
> most homes are built with wood. Why?


Posted by Mike on August 26, 2006, 7:09 pm

> Maybe we three pigs aren't as afraid of the big bad wolf here in the good
> old USA.
>
>> In some countries, stone houses are common. In the U.S.
>> most homes are built with wood. Why?
>
I am thinking lumber is a lot more expensive in europe?



Posted by Notan on August 26, 2006, 7:55 pm
Mike wrote:
>
> > Maybe we three pigs aren't as afraid of the big bad wolf here in the good
> > old USA.
> >
> >> In some countries, stone houses are common. In the U.S.
> >> most homes are built with wood. Why?
> >
> I am thinking lumber is a lot more expensive in europe?

Or stone is a lot more expensive in the US!

Notan

Posted by MaxChunk@ergebnis.de on August 26, 2006, 9:42 pm
>>>In some countries, stone houses are common. In the U.S.
>>>most homes are built with wood. Why?
>>
> I am thinking lumber is a lot more expensive in europe?

Right... all the "old growth forests" were removed from Europe centuries
ago. Once ours are all gone we'll be using steel and concrete. There
is already a tiny amount of "steel stud" construction around... you can
buy the studs at Home Despot now.

Reminds me, I saw some oak plywood in there this week that was stamped
"China". Do we send our oak over there to be glued into plywood? Or do
the Chinese still have oak forests?




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