• @Eiri@lemmy.ca
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    729 days ago

    What makes wood unfit for structure? I don’t know much about buildings, but it looks pretty strong and flexible to me?

    • @prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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      1229 days ago

      Nothing.

      This person is kinda saying nonsense.

      Wood is perfectly sound for structural building.

      There are wooden temples in Japan dating back to the 6th(7th?) century.

      A stone structure would have been shook apart by now.

      Different materials have different use cases.

    • @mmddmm@lemm.ee
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      29 days ago

      it looks pretty strong and flexible

      Compared to steel? I would recommend you check your eyesight.

      It’s also labor intensive, and has plenty of durability problems. Also, worst of all, there is a huge amount of problems that can weaken it but are completely invisible once you finish your walls. Problems that happen often, because of that labor intensity.

      • @Eiri@lemmy.ca
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        829 days ago

        Well i mean we’re talking houses here, not record-breaking high-rise buildings.

        As for issues with structural wood… Tbh they’re pretty rare. Probably more common than, say, the steel in your walls rusting or something, but still, not to a worrisome degree.

        The main one is insects. Water (leading to mould) is also a thing but water infiltrations are terrible news no matter the material so…