When Rolling Fork is rebuilt……

cheesefest said:
We had a few tornados in the the Uk but not as big as this one. A few roof tiles to replace and a replacement window
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Town I lived in the most growing up for some reason sometimes gets funnel clouds forming over the golf course and twice had them develop into tornados - one wasn't much of anything but one was reasonably powerful - about 30-40 feet across and brought down fences and damaged roofs and chimneys.
 
Rroff said:
I have to say from the pictures it is mostly the brick or stone buildings which have survived somewhat intact - the traditional timber builds are in many cases little more than kindling or where the exterior has sort of survived the interior is just wreckage.
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What the pictures don’t tell you is if there is any structural damage and what repairs will look like.i

I would be interested to see if that fox blox stuff would make an actual difference to the repair cost of the home or if it is all marketing
 
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People don't seem to understand that it isn't just wind blowing houses down, theres debris and when a massive lump of wood or a car get hurled at your brick house at speed it will wreck it just as good as a timber house. Your house doesn't need to be rubble to be condemned. Then you have the joy of having to finish off the demolition before rebuilding at far higher cost as well.

They aren't stupid. Well, not in that way anyway.
 
fez said:
People don't seem to understand that it isn't just wind blowing houses down, theres debris and when a massive lump of wood or a car get hurled at your brick house at speed it will wreck it just as good as a timber house. Your house doesn't need to be rubble to be condemned. Then you have the joy of having to finish off the demolition before rebuilding at far higher cost as well.

They aren't stupid. Well, not in that way anyway.
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Plus side though, you might not be dead so demolishing the walls that saved you doesnt sound as bad.
 
Hotwired said:
You realise British people buy houses in a floodplain because it's not gonna happen to them :)

Same thing plus wood is cheaper to make a house out of.
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Stupid housing developers and councils should not be giving the idea to build houses on flooding plains, unless all the living accommodation is raised - ie have car ports under the housing.
 
cheesefest said:
Stupid housing developers and councils should not be giving the idea to build houses on flooding plains, unless all the living accommodation is raised - ie have car ports under the housing.
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You might as well dislodge the whole of the east of England and London area then. Holland is also basically one whole flood plain. At least the difference is our government put provisions in place to construct flood barriers, dredging rivers etc. I am sure the American government do really little to help in this case. Just need to look at New Orleans.
 
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adam cool dude said:
You might as well dislodge the whole of the east of England and London area then. Holland is also basically one whole flood plain. At least the difference is our government put provisions in place to constructs flood barriers, dredging rivers etc. I am sure the American government do really little to help in this case. Just need to look at New Orleans.
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The US needs to put up massive versions of those wind breaks we use on the beach over here.
 
MikeTheNative said:
While they appear to be made out of masonry. I think the majority of new builds are now timber framed in the UK. It's cheaper and faster to build.
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Although true, the timber is covered with block work so the timber isn't exposed to the elements like US houses which are entirely timber including the cladding
 
Chojin said:
I thought those were just brick slips used for aesthetic purposes.
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No most houses are still true masonry build in the UK. Only about 20% of new build homes in England are timber. Of the 20% that are timber about 70% are still full masonry external leaf.

SIPs aren't done as often as their cost is about 15% higher than traditional timber with masonry external leaf.
 
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Chojin said:
I thought those were just brick slips used for aesthetic purposes.
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A lot aren't brick in the traditional sense... It's timber frame with concrete block work (the big ones) built around it and then render/roughcast over the top of the blockwork
 
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