• @BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works
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    2410 hours ago

    Americans should start building their houses like Europeans. Made from brick, mortar and good insulation. Your houses are made from wood and paper.

    • @dafo@lemmy.world
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      226 hours ago

      looks around at countless houses made from wood I guess northern Sweden, which gets below -30°c every year, lost its European status.

    • @Fosheze@lemmy.world
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      167 hours ago

      You do realize that there’s insulation in those walls right. That’s the whole point of wood frame construction; you stuff the gaps between studs full of several inches of insulation. Besides, most of a homes heat loss isn’t through the walls anyways. It’s through any openings in those walls (windows, doors, etc) and through the roof.

      • More insulation, double or even triple glassed windows. My in-laws have half the insulation on the walls compared to my parents, roof wise my parents got 2.5 ft insulation

    • tiredofsametab
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      65 hours ago

      Earthquakes would say otherwise for at least part of the US. Also, without full-time mechanical ventilation, that would be misery in a lot of the US. The climate is also different to some places in Europe and varies hugely on US region

      • skye
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        -33 hours ago

        There’s earthquakes in regions of Europe aswell, and climate varies by regions in Europe aswell.

        So what would be the excuse for not using paper walls?