Doors

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:

Geoff: 
> > ... we have lived in houses built in 1928, 1914 and 1935 
 
zanooda:
> Geoff, what material houses are built of in the UK? I remember I was really surprised to find out that they build wooden houses here in the US. Just curious :-).

Geoff:
The great majority are built of brick - older ones can be a mixture of 
stone and brick. Our 1918 house fell into that category.

Stone is used more in rural areas where, as for instance in the Cotswolds, 
local stone makes the housing in the area very recognisable.

Wooden buildings are very, very much in the minority and were very often 
only used for chalet type buildings and second home type constructions 
at the seaside or for self-catering accommodation in tourist areas. There 
are now experimental type building projects in some areas with 
Scandinavian style houses - often designed as low carbon footprint 
buildings.