When You Don't Make It

[Straight Shooter]

BP , you are talking from a uk perspective , in fact most modern builds do not use a double skin brick/ concrete block wall with a 3” cavity bonded with butterfly cavity ties ....stainless steel or galvanised .....most builds now are timber framed.....this allows the lid / roof to be fitted and felt , battened , and tiled first ! The outer skin ....brick or blocks are built after ....tied to the studs , that why they are fast to erect .....my place was up and roof on and covered in two days ! .....I very much doubt our place ...or any other builds would stand up to what Kentucky has experienced ....even your stone cottage ! American weather is worlds apart from our weather BP ....in this case it was even more severe than previously recorded , it could be argued why? Live there in the first place knowing there’s a good chance of it taking place every year ....it’s the season for it ! ......I suspect they feel like you BP ....about Devon .....or me here in South Wales ......it’s home ! U