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I agree. Hurricanes, floods, tsunamis cause irreparable damage to mankind. Water damage restoration is one of the most important tasks that must be done after the devastation to dry and dehumidify the property and avoid mold.
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We over here in my part of the world only use wood as doors, kitchen cabinets, and coubords in the house. Even window frames are nowadays made from aluminum - While all the rest of the structure is made entirely from a scaffold of steel rebar, around which concrete is poured. Floors too are always either marble or mosaic. The entire structure is weather and fire proof for practically forever, as well as earthquake resilient. Wood is just way too costly to make houses out of here. And extremely maintenance hungry too, (also prone to attack by termites, plus a fire hazard too)... I guess in other parts of the world it would make sense to use wood as the main construction material to build homes out of, on the account of it being plentiful - But over here it's almost unthinkable. I can visualize that there must be a lot of practical reasons why such type of homes aren't built elsewhere, (outside of Asia, Middle East, and Africa). However, since this thread is all about water damage and restoration - I'd just like to share an alternate way of building homes. So that issues like water damage never ever occur on your property, which results in costly maintenance... Here is an example of what homes in my area look like during construction. And below is how such homes end up looking after construction.
A lot of the newer homes in the US are constructed in the same way using steel and marble - stucco and concrete. Depending on the region and resources available. Many homes were framed with water proof lumber materials that are naturally water proof which include cedar, redwood, old-growth cypress, mulberry, yew, osage orange, and black locust. My home is all concrete, even the tile roof. But it’s older and framed with water proof wood before steel framing was available. Generally early on when homes were built in the PNW where lumber was a cheap strong and abundant material. Trees harvested from forests provided wood and lumber was a huge commodity built by the lumber and logging industry of the PNW. The biggest fire hazard on my property is the 3 acre garden full of trees, shrubs and different types of plant materials . However, the other buildings and roofs which are metal , typically used for the barn’s and out buildings . I also live next to an old growth forest, which is much of the PNW landscape. Very few rocks are on or near our area . Rivers , trees , lakes, ponds and mountain's are a strong landscape feature of the PNW , and a few volcanos…inactive since the 80’s. Other states in the US have very different and diverse climates, landscapes, building environments and materials.
I would love to see that again! Not a disaster. I don't want anyone to suffer from it. So unrealistic of me, I know.
Daniel Did you go to St Helen’s at the visitor center? There is nice viewing area and center with photos and demos explaining the blast and how the trees and shrubs were brought back up to the top soil by pocket gophers…gophers - which are a pain in the caboose around here, but as I hate to say it are the hero’s of the new growth after the volcano explosion. To see a volcano you could take a trip to Hawaii. We have family that lives there and took us around to see all the gardens and volcano. It’s quite amazing to see how plants and animals bring the new land back to life. Pic showing the huge coconut palm seeds that float along the beaches blown up by the winds onto the ash are shown growing out of the ash left behind by the volcano . The coal black terrain for miles is shocking and then to see trees and shrubs cracking up and growing right thru the hardened ash .
