• psud@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    America tends to build with the cheapest materials. So wood framed houses are clad in wood or plastic

    Australia copied a lot from America. Our houses also are wood framed, but we use brick cladding and concrete tile roofs

    New tech is more available now. If I were to build today it would be out of foamed plastic and reinforced concrete (as insulated concrete forms). And I’d use tilt/swing windows

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      9 months ago

      yeah in some states like the Tornado Alley or California (earthquakes) ig that might actually make more sense since sometimes such materials might withstand more force than brick

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        9 months ago

        Not an issue in Australia, but I bet brick stops or slows bullets more than wood

        Our brick construction doesn’t do well in earthquakes. If a roof is going to fall on you, you don’t want it made of tiles