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submitted 3 weeks ago by [M] to c/okmatewanker@feddit.uk
 
A Twitter post from BBC World saying "Should more British homes be built using straw?" Below is a speech bubble coming out of a wolf.
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[–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

People in construction know what they're doing and in general know what they're talking about.

Unfortunately, that excellently constructed home they spent so much effort on will still be sitting there in 5, 15, maybe 50 years from now. And all that time it's definitely not getting all it's proper maintenance, and will slowly be dropping in quality.

I doubt these buildings would go up hindenburg style, but after a decade or two of being lived in, fires will not be as easy to put out in a home like this.

Source: not a construction worker, but have worked in construction for a few years here and there and have been working with fire for several decades (and working to make fire safe to handle and trying to fireproof a couple garages)

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    And all that time it's definitely not getting all it's proper maintenance

    That’s a human problem, not a problem with the material and would affect any home built with any material. Also, what kind of maintenance requires you to open up the walls?

    I doubt these buildings would go up hindenburg style, but after a decade or two of being lived in, fires will not be as easy to put out in a home like this.

    Anything to support this besides your assumptions? Straw has been in use for a very long time and, generally speaking, this statement doesn’t hold up.

    https://www.nachi.org/straw-bale-home-basics-history.htm

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  • [–] -2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    a good material for a house will survive neglect.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Uh, I don't think so. But maybe you can teach me something. Do you have an example of a structure that is exposed to the elements and doesn't need Amy maintenance? while providing good living xonditions of course.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    For certain definitions of good, they make these things called quonset huts. The metal ones aren't half bad if you insulate the fuck out of them (reno winters aren't that bad, but reno winters in a poorly insulated quonset hut? We had open jam sessions just to keep the building warm)

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  • not getting all it's proper maintenance

    So when my wife and I started dating, she had been given a car by a sister. That car had 150k miles on it and it got oil changes every 20k miles. In the 90s. Pre-synthetic oil.

    Her family (aside from her oldest sister, who has been telling them all the same shit for decades) wonders why my/our cars have always been so nice, and I keep telling them "just keep it clean and do the recommended maintenance". I don't know if they think I'm keeping a secret or lying to them, but it's that easy.

    As I've primarily rented (nothing much beyond standard rental contracts except a couple double nets, but I knew the owners and they preferred me to their usual maintenance guy) I'm suddenly wondering if I have been forgetting to rotate my foundation or something.

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