@weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world • 27 days agoThe perfect dishsub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square36arrow-up1562
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minus-square@brap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•27 days agoYep. Can’t imagine a wooden house. It sounds flimsy and loud.
minus-square@SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink15•27 days agoBrick does really badly in earthquakes, at least without major reinforcing. ‘Unreinforced masonry’ can be fatal pretty easily. Brick veneer over timber framing can be a thing.
minus-square@sykaster@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish4•27 days agoLucky for Europe then that it’s not on major fault lines
minus-square@prettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•27 days agoWhich is why stone construction was possible there
minus-square@brap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-227 days agoThat’s a really good point I’ve not thought about as I’m lucky to live somewhere without that risk.
Yep. Can’t imagine a wooden house. It sounds flimsy and loud.
Brick does really badly in earthquakes, at least without major reinforcing. ‘Unreinforced masonry’ can be fatal pretty easily.
Brick veneer over timber framing can be a thing.
Lucky for Europe then that it’s not on major fault lines
Which is why stone construction was possible there
That’s a really good point I’ve not thought about as I’m lucky to live somewhere without that risk.
Makes a great gift, though.