Comment on Foundation advice

• Bitswap@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh really. Well sh—

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• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, so has building with concrete.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Let’s define “good”, I guess 😛

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Benefitting humans, as a definition.

      Concrete lets people build things by moving semiliquid around that hardens.

      Reinforced concrete can span big gaps enabling skyscrapers basically, parking garages, structures like that.

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