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So the dry weather this past week finally allowed them to break ground and pour the foundation for our house! Now you lot won't have to listen to me whine about the weather... as much. [:D]

I am always astonished by the simplicity and speed of how the most of family homes are build in the USA... [X(]

BTW, Mike, have you ever heard that someone you know build the house in the "European style" (i.e. basement, deep reinforced concrete foundations, reinforced concrete sides, brick walls etc.)?

Hey Leo, it's common in a lot of parts of the USA to build basements, at least 1/2 to 3/4 below ground level. They are more common in the northern and older parts of the country. I don't know how deep you mean for reinforced concrete foundations, but the one for my house is around 3 feet deep. Very few houses are built with concrete sides over here, but plenty of commercial buildings are. Bricks are frequently used above the foundation level instead of other forms of siding, but only for appearance and ease of maintenance. Most exterior brick walls on houses here are only the outside layer of wood frame walls. A good German friend that some of you may remember from these parts as Historiker commented more than once on the big differences in construction methods between the US and Europe.

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Hi all,

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I am always astonished by the simplicity and speed of how the most of family homes are build in the USA... [X(]

BTW, Mike, have you ever heard that someone you know build the house in the "European style" (i.e. basement, deep reinforced concrete foundations, reinforced concrete sides, brick walls etc.)?

Hey Leo, it's common in a lot of parts of the USA to build basements, at least 1/2 to 3/4 below ground level. They are more common in the northern and older parts of the country. I don't know how deep you mean for reinforced concrete foundations, but the one for my house is around 3 feet deep. Very few houses are built with concrete sides over here, but plenty of commercial buildings are. Bricks are frequently used above the foundation level instead of other forms of siding, but only for appearance and ease of maintenance. Most exterior brick walls on houses here are only the outside layer of wood frame walls. A good German friend that some of you may remember from these parts as Historiker commented more than once on the big differences in construction methods between the US and Europe.

You would consider our houses as "bunkers"... [8D]

But the speed of building and the overall price must be a driving moment here (i.e. why the houses in Europe differ so much to houses in USA):..


Leo "Apollo11"

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But if someone wanted to give me this house I wouldn't say no to it. [:)]

That is a nice house 🏠 👌....GP

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Hi all,

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I am always astonished by the simplicity and speed of how the most of family homes are build in the USA... [X(]

BTW, Mike, have you ever heard that someone you know build the house in the "European style" (i.e. basement, deep reinforced concrete foundations, reinforced concrete sides, brick walls etc.)?

Hey Leo, it's common in a lot of parts of the USA to build basements, at least 1/2 to 3/4 below ground level. They are more common in the northern and older parts of the country. I don't know how deep you mean for reinforced concrete foundations, but the one for my house is around 3 feet deep. Very few houses are built with concrete sides over here, but plenty of commercial buildings are. Bricks are frequently used above the foundation level instead of other forms of siding, but only for appearance and ease of maintenance. Most exterior brick walls on houses here are only the outside layer of wood frame walls. A good German friend that some of you may remember from these parts as Historiker commented more than once on the big differences in construction methods between the US and Europe.

You would consider our houses as "bunkers"... [8D]

But the speed of building and the overall price must be a driving moment here (i.e. why the houses in Europe differ so much to houses in USA):..


Leo "Apollo11"

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BTW, Mike, have you ever heard that someone you know build the house in the "European style" (i.e. basement, deep reinforced concrete foundations, reinforced concrete sides, brick walls etc.)?

Leo "Apollo11"

I suppose what I would like to have if I ever got a house it wouldn't be in the "European style". [:D] I would prefer something in a traditional Swedish style built in wood. Perhaps a newly built variant (or restored) of the one in the picture below.

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I would still have put a basement in. It is the cheapest addition that you can add to a house. Then there is also no need to build a crawl space for the snakes, skunks, and other varmints.

Fortunately, it is never cold enough, long enough for the ground to freeze in the Winter here, so we don't have to deal with much expansion and contracting of the soil.

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Hi all,

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Hey Leo, it's common in a lot of parts of the USA to build basements, at least 1/2 to 3/4 below ground level. They are more common in the northern and older parts of the country. I don't know how deep you mean for reinforced concrete foundations, but the one for my house is around 3 feet deep. Very few houses are built with concrete sides over here, but plenty of commercial buildings are. Bricks are frequently used above the foundation level instead of other forms of siding, but only for appearance and ease of maintenance. Most exterior brick walls on houses here are only the outside layer of wood frame walls. A good German friend that some of you may remember from these parts as Historiker commented more than once on the big differences in construction methods between the US and Europe.

You would consider our houses as "bunkers"... [8D]

But the speed of building and the overall price must be a driving moment here (i.e. why the houses in Europe differ so much to houses in USA):..


Leo "Apollo11"

I grew up in a house with a solid poured concrete basement, brink on the outside but wood facia and soffit then asphalt shingles. With a wood furnace in the basement, the kitchen tile floor was warm on the coldest days.

We don't have to worry about earthquakes, the earth only moves about once a week around here with a loud BOOM! first. Minor flooding, not like Iowa in 1993. No strong tornadoes either, lots of fresh water.

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Hi all,



You would consider our houses as "bunkers"... [8D]

But the speed of building and the overall price must be a driving moment here (i.e. why the houses in Europe differ so much to houses in USA):..


Leo "Apollo11"

I grew up in a house with a solid poured concrete basement, brink on the outside but wood facia and soffit then asphalt shingles. With a wood furnace in the basement, the kitchen tile floor was warm on the coldest days.

We don't have to worry about earthquakes, the earth only moves about once a week around here with a loud BOOM! first. Minor flooding, not like Iowa in 1993. No strong tornadoes either, lots of fresh water.

I couldn’t imagine living in a home without brick or concrete (plus a layer of bricks for appearance) walls.

Or maybe an old stone manor, but these get expensive nowadays.