Brick Houses (was: Rupert! What were you thinking?

[zanooda2]

> The stucco houses in California are wood-framed. 


zanooda:

That's what puzzled me a little in Julie's post :-). After stucco was mentioned, I looked it up and I was under an impression that stucco is only used as a wall-covering material, not as a structural material (for construction itself). I was just going to ask about it when your post came along, LOL.