The Off Topic Topic

[Grey Fox]

I was watching a British show call Cowboy Builders on HGTV, it's from channel 5 iirc. Anyway, the show is about bad contractors(cowboys ) ripping off people. Standard fare. What seems so weird to me, is the Brits way to build houses.

a) No wood. They don't seem to use wood at all. Everywall seems to be in Bricks and every beam in steel. Seems very wastefull & overthe top to me. Especially for the south of country.

b) No sheetrock. Do they really plaster everything?

It's so weird. It feels so alien. I feel like Tyr.

We live in a country with extensive forests.  Brits do not.

That's true but we are the ones living with cold winters. All they get is a little of rain & they build wall with a foot deep of isolation.

[Eddie Teach]

Also buildings in Britain tend to be pretty densely packed together I believe. So they're more vulnerable to fires.

[Josephus]

I got a letter today and the return address had "Alcoholics Anonymous" on it. Thanks, now everyone at work knows.

[The Larch]

I was watching a British show call Cowboy Builders on HGTV, it's from channel 5 iirc. Anyway, the show is about bad contractors(cowboys ) ripping off people. Standard fare. What seems so weird to me, is the Brits way to build houses.

a) No wood. They don't seem to use wood at all. Everywall seems to be in Bricks and every beam in steel. Seems very wastefull & overthe top to me. Especially for the south of country.

b) No sheetrock. Do they really plaster everything?

It's so weird. It feels so alien. I feel like Tyr.

Weren't you told the story of the 3 pigsies? If you don't build your house with proper materials the Big Bad Wolf will blow it away.

[Sheilbh]

That's true but we are the ones living with cold winters. All they get is a little of rain & they build wall with a foot deep of isolation.

I think a lot of the insulation's regulated on new builds to improve energy efficiency.

I've read many times that Britain's building industry is really inefficient and unsustainable because we love bricks and that sort of thing - which is a slow and wasteful form of construction.  But the trouble is that almost everyone wants their house to look like a typical house.  Which means bricks

[Barrister]

If I was going to build a house I would try and get it made out of brick.

Except that I doubt you'd be able to find a builder who would know how.

[Razgovory]

"And why did you leave that position"

"I used city property to bludgeon a coworker."

There are some things you don't volunteer at interviews. This is one of them.

Well it's a natural follow up question as to why I painted him yellow.

[MadImmortalMan]

I got a letter today and the return address had "Alcoholics Anonymous" on it. Thanks, now everyone at work knows.

Quitter.

[Grey Fox]

If I was going to build a house I would try and get it made out of brick.

Except that I doubt you'd be able to find a builder who would know how.

On the outside, sure. but for structure? It's like Mono's tower of concrete, pain to renovate.

[Barrister]

If I was going to build a house I would try and get it made out of brick.

Except that I doubt you'd be able to find a builder who would know how.

On the outside, sure. but for structure? It's like Mono's tower of concrete, pain to renovate.

Absolutely.  My parents used to have a big old brick house built in 1930 - it looked beautiful.

[Grey Fox]

I would need to see one in person to judge, I guess.

[Eddie Teach]

It's like Mono's tower of concrete, pain to renovate.

More resistant to tai-fun damage however.

[Barrister]

I would need to see one in person to judge, I guess.

I am convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt that Montreal has brick houses.

[mongers]

I was watching a British show call Cowboy Builders on HGTV, it's from channel 5 iirc. Anyway, the show is about bad contractors(cowboys ) ripping off people. Standard fare. What seems so weird to me, is the Brits way to build houses.

a) No wood. They don't seem to use wood at all. Everywall seems to be in Bricks and every beam in steel. Seems very wastefull & overthe top to me. Especially for the south of country.

b) No sheetrock. Do they really plaster everything?

It's so weird. It feels so alien. I feel like Tyr.

We live in a country with extensive forests.  Brits do not.

iirc around 4%, which possibly makes us the least or one of the least forested countries in Europe.

Well bricks do suit our climate and it helps the housing stock last a long time, which it needs to. 

[DGuller]

That's true but we are the ones living with cold winters. All they get is a little of rain & they build wall with a foot deep of isolation.

I think a lot of the insulation's regulated on new builds to improve energy efficiency.

I've read many times that Britain's building industry is really inefficient and unsustainable because we love bricks and that sort of thing - which is a slow and wasteful form of construction.  But the trouble is that almost everyone wants their house to look like a typical house.  Which means bricks

Can't you just do brick veneer?