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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by detaro on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:29AM (#15607838)
If that were true, wooden buildings would be more expensive to insure against fire damage than non-wooden ones. Turns out, a (properly designed and built) predominantly wooden building can get the same or (even better, depending on what it is compared against) ratings.

EDIT: adjusted wording to clarify re "wood framed"

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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by tryingagainbro on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:36AM (#15607871)
they cost the same? https://www.google.com/search?q=fire+insurance+wooden+vs+con...
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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by detaro on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:51AM (#15607925)
That's at least figures family friends got for their buildings, not sure about the details. One thing I notice is that the top search results are about "wooden framed" - the house in question was predominantly wooden and thus more massive wood construction than just wood framing is.

If I think about it, I suspect this might not apply to larger buildings like those discussed in the article, (unless fixing partially damaged structures is easier? Don't know how the internal details work)

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