Comment on Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance'

• usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Except earthquake prone areas, and maybe others I’m not thinking if. Wood isn’t the problem, cheap+fast wood is.

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• frezik@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Houses generally will last a century with basic maintenance. Modern US construction techniques are a lot more thought out than is generally acknowledged.

  I’m more concerned with things becoming “outdated” in aesthetic ways. A properly installed tiled bathroom (including the bath stall) can last a long, long time, but future owners might not like the look at tear it all out. Recycling it all is a laughable dream. There are designs, though, that stand up to the test of time, and we should be pushing those more.

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Man.

    I wish my standard of living was so high I’d think redoing a bathroom for aesthetic choices was a common run of the mill thing everybody’s just doing on a whim.

    Congrats.

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    • SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s fairly common.

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It does happen all the time. If a flipper buys a house, redoing an old bathroom is one of their first things they think of.

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