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Re:Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why by mbesto on Friday January 17, 2025 @08:29AM (#42737296)
Patching sheetrock is 10x easier than concrete and looks way nicer. Protruding conduit does not look good.
Re:Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why by nottorp on Friday January 17, 2025 @08:32AM (#42737318)
Isn't the conduit inside the ... whatever ... plaster? ... you put over the hard concrete wall, I don't know the name in english?

It's definitely not protruding in my home... and it's all conduit in the walls.

Re:Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why by cwillu on Friday January 17, 2025 @09:31AM (#42737870)
Drywall is common in north america. It's ~1.25m×2.5m×1cm sheets of gypsum sandwiched between a heavy paper, and plaster is only used to bridge the seams. It's almost always screwed down, and adds significant rigidity to a stick-framed wall. Cement walls are often (but not always) finished by stick-framing a false wall and then screwing the drywall to that.