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Re:The Making of a $500M Mansion in L.A. by dopamean on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @08:14PM (#10550653)
If you're just worried about looks then theres a lot that can be done around the plywood to make it looks better.
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Re:The Making of a $500M Mansion in L.A. by msandford on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @10:17PM (#10551087)
> Show me 100 year old (or 200 year old!) reclaimed plywood and you'll have made me a convert.

You can buy 200 year old teak. There are plenty of wooden buildings around the world that are multiple hundreds of years old.

When plywood is shown to last 500 years without breaking a sweat, then I'll believe it's a great building material full stop.

For $500mm it should be built to last a millenia. I know it's not, but again, engineer brain.

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Re:The Making of a $500M Mansion in L.A. by CyberDildonics on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @11:42PM (#10551343)
> When plywood is shown to last 500 years without breaking a sweat, then I'll believe it's a great building material full stop.

I think it's unlikely you'll need it to last that long.

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