Re:What Armenians should know about life in America (2014)
by crazygringo on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:33PM
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You don't seem to understand how insulation works (or is necessary) in the US.
It's not that wood is super-insulating (though it's certainly better than stone). It's that wooden beams are spread far apart, and the space between them can be chock-full of insulation.
And as another commenter pointed out, the main reason isn't summertime insulation -- it's wintertime insulation. Stone is freezing. When it's -20°C out, insulation in between wooden beams makes all the difference.
Concrete blocks filled with insulation still just have way too much concrete to transmit the cold directly from outside to inside.
It's not that wood is super-insulating (though it's certainly better than stone). It's that wooden beams are spread far apart, and the space between them can be chock-full of insulation.
And as another commenter pointed out, the main reason isn't summertime insulation -- it's wintertime insulation. Stone is freezing. When it's -20°C out, insulation in between wooden beams makes all the difference.
Concrete blocks filled with insulation still just have way too much concrete to transmit the cold directly from outside to inside.