Comment on Foundation advice

TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Bitswap@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes! Apparently you can still get them installed in the US They still can meet code! Crazy!

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pretty nice, since concrete is not too good for the environment as far as I’ve heard.

    Building with wood and stone has been good to us for millennia. 👌

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    • Bitswap@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well…except to meet code for wood foundation you must use treated wood (usually treated with some kind of copper arsenic) which is not great for the environment (both the production and usage).

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh really. Well sh—

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, so has building with concrete.

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Let’s define “good”, I guess 😛

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• Thavron@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m amazed at the concrete on top of it as well. Normally (in my house) it would be the other way around.

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  • Bitswap@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The red is fully concrete. That part of the house was an addition.

    The black part is entirely a wood foundation. It’s the stupidest thing.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly! The other way around would’ve only been done by someone who doesn’t understand the concept of rot, afaik

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