[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Rupert! What were you thinking?

[Child Of Midian]

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> 
> zanooda:
> > Not where I come from :-). 
> 
> Geoff:
> Ditto in the UK.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Bricks are too small to build a large structure from, the walls would be too
thin for a second floor, insulation would be terrible and the inside walls
would be terribly cold and damp in the winter. Yes, some houses are double
layer brick, because it would have to be for height and structural
integrity. Yes, in older countries there's a lot of brick and stone houses,
usually on the small side but the UK certainly has its share of wood framed,
aluminum sided development homes. 

Even if you build a house from brick, if you put a roof on it, lath the
walls and insulate and put interior walls up, you have essentially framed
the house from wood after the fact. 

Mostly I was speaking to modern houses, but even a lot of older houses, for
my example of houses here in the US --- the oldest often in  my area, east
coast near philly, appear to be brick houses, but are really masonry block,
even 150 years ago, brick on the outside, plaster inside, block in the
middle. Just a sturdy and lasting as anything in an older country. 

md