Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIt was all a lie, wasn't it?feddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down14
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minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-221 hours agoMy house is brick, built in 1925 and has wall voids, you’re simply wrong. It does have wood floors with 10" wide rough cut planking and has not been remodeled, that’s why I bought it. Just as reference there are ancient Greek buildings with cavity walls, this argument is dumb.
minus-squareazertyfun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoI guess Greek house building was several decades ahead of Belgian house building then, because I’ve yet to see a pre-war house with cavity walls. I guess the cheap coal heating and lack of a need for cooling must have something to do with it.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoRegional variations exist and in some places or fell out of habit completely, just not in the US and honestly most of the Americas.
My house is brick, built in 1925 and has wall voids, you’re simply wrong.
It does have wood floors with 10" wide rough cut planking and has not been remodeled, that’s why I bought it.
Just as reference there are ancient Greek buildings with cavity walls, this argument is dumb.
I guess Greek house building was several decades ahead of Belgian house building then, because I’ve yet to see a pre-war house with cavity walls. I guess the cheap coal heating and lack of a need for cooling must have something to do with it.
Regional variations exist and in some places or fell out of habit completely, just not in the US and honestly most of the Americas.