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I don't know why we don't build with concrete like the rest of the world ... that should give us a higher noise isolation than wood
by udkl 8mo ago
I don't know why we don't build with concrete like the rest of the world ... that should give us a higher noise isolation than wood
- pwg 8mo agoConcrete is more expensive to build with than wood, and many "apartment buildings" are built with a target towards "minimum possible build cost".
- toast0 8mo agoMajority construction anywhere is whatever can be built with the least cost. In the US and Canada timber framing for buildings under about 6 feet is least cost. Other places without a lot of timber availability tend to build with other things.
- mayoff 8mo agoI'm pretty sure you meant something other than "buildings under about 6 feet".
- rationalist 8mo agoI think they meant what they wrote, they just forgot some punctuation. 'timber framing (for buildings) under about 6 feet'
- quickthrowman 8mo agoI assume they meant “five-over-one”, five floors of stick built (framed with dimensional lumber, not timber) apartments on top of a concrete and steel first floor. Timber framing is something else entirely, you can construct buildings taller than six stories with engineered wood products. > The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood-frame stories above a concrete podium, usually for retail or resident amenity space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1
- tpm 8mo agoA bit higher possibly, but from firsthand experience let me tell you it's not enough by far. Effective noise isolation does not magically arise from used materials, it has to be planned and included in the building project. And it makes the building more expensive.