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minus-squarebrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·6 days agoYep. Can’t imagine a wooden house. It sounds flimsy and loud.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 days agoBrick does really badly in earthquakes, at least without major reinforcing. ‘Unreinforced masonry’ can be fatal pretty easily. Brick veneer over timber framing can be a thing.
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoMakes a great gift, though.
minus-squarebrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 days agoThat’s a really good point I’ve not thought about as I’m lucky to live somewhere without that risk.
minus-squaresykaster@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 days agoLucky for Europe then that it’s not on major fault lines
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoWhich is why stone construction was possible there
Yep. Can’t imagine a wooden house. It sounds flimsy and loud.
Brick does really badly in earthquakes, at least without major reinforcing. ‘Unreinforced masonry’ can be fatal pretty easily.
Brick veneer over timber framing can be a thing.
Makes a great gift, though.
That’s a really good point I’ve not thought about as I’m lucky to live somewhere without that risk.
Lucky for Europe then that it’s not on major fault lines
Which is why stone construction was possible there