MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: It's beginning to look a lot like garage-mas...

> > Something majestic about framing...
>
> I've been curious about this one for years. What is it with wood for anything? Is it
> because is cheaper than concrete, or is it because it's easier to renew in short
> terms?
>
> I have the impression you would always go with more durable materials specially in
> zones temperatures reach below 0°C or in places constantly exposed to natural
> disasters like floods or tornadoes.
>
> Or perhaps it has to do with material availability? Governmental regulations? Here in
> Mexico is easier even for low class workers to buy material (concrete, sand, brick,
> etc.) every four kilometers and build walls, roofs and ceilings because statistically
> there's always a familiar or friend who is a mason. For the same reason our frame
> windows and doors are made with ferrous metals and protected with bars to prevent
> burglars to get in (if possible or at least make it difficult).
>
> I know there's an obvious and logic reason to that, but as i've never been in USA is
> difficult for me to find it. BTW, nice framing you got there.

Thanks for bringing this up. I wonder for some years now why in the US (Canada also?) there are _so many_ buildings made mostly of wood/lumber. And especially i'm wondering how's about the heat insulation. At least in New England, there's often not much in the way than an (usually black) insulation foil or something like that. On e of my friends who moved there from Miami wonders why she now has to pay almost $400 a month for the heating... oO

Here in Germany we even insulate all those buildings that are standing for like 10 decades now, and we do it like this, using styrofoam underneath the render/plaster: