• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I asked a builder why this was, and he said that the lateral forces created by a slightly tilted window has just enough force to rip the entire side of a house clean off due to houses having the structural integrity of wet newspaper, which is the preferred construction method in the States

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      9 months ago

      can’t tell if this is a troll or not. youre telling me people outside the states think we live in wet newspaper?