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A new house being built down the street from me (lemmy.world)
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

In Florida houses are also built from cinder blocks because wood is too weak against hurricanes.

Edit: interiors can be built from wood, but all exterior walls are made with cinder blocks.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Exteriors are wood too, hurricane straps. Basically metal connectors connect everything from ground across the roof to the ground again.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What part of Florida? I know there's different wind speed ratings depending on how far north you're building. In South Florida I only ever saw cinder block or full concrete exteriors.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Interesting. Here in California, building brick structures is prohibited because of the risk during earthquakes.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'm actually living in California now. Very different structures to the buildings. Houses are much smaller overall too. But the landscape is so much nicer to look at and explore. I never realized how boring and flat Florida was until I left.

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