Just watching an American Tv prog involving a couple 'flipping' run down properties by strip them down to their bare bones and then either doing up or extending.
What becomes very obvious is that the amount of wood stick'n'frame type structure there are in America even with the newer builds and newer technologies.
I know in the UK we tend to build predominately in Brick and Block but I'm seriously wondering why we don't build HERE as our cousins do THERE. ?? If we are talking sustainable , fast and more importantly CHEAP doesn't Timber beat Brick n Block??
So can any builder types tell me Why we don't?? are there valid reasons that I don't see for us in sticking to our building choice??
Also Basements - Every basement in the UK I've been in within the UK has tended to be damp and cold , yet visiting friends in Canada ( where seemingly everyone has a basement ) they tend to be as much part of the home , as in usable living space , as any other room. Again , what gives???
Maybe a question for the builders here or the various people that have lived in different countries and experienced differing building methods.
What becomes very obvious is that the amount of wood stick'n'frame type structure there are in America even with the newer builds and newer technologies.
I know in the UK we tend to build predominately in Brick and Block but I'm seriously wondering why we don't build HERE as our cousins do THERE. ?? If we are talking sustainable , fast and more importantly CHEAP doesn't Timber beat Brick n Block??
So can any builder types tell me Why we don't?? are there valid reasons that I don't see for us in sticking to our building choice??
Also Basements - Every basement in the UK I've been in within the UK has tended to be damp and cold , yet visiting friends in Canada ( where seemingly everyone has a basement ) they tend to be as much part of the home , as in usable living space , as any other room. Again , what gives???
Maybe a question for the builders here or the various people that have lived in different countries and experienced differing building methods.