Wood frame is more flamable than brick but generally if there is a big enough fire that the actual frame of the house catches fire then the fire would be big enough to fuck up any masonry building as well. The materials of furniture and other possessions are far more important when it comes to fire prevention. Tipping over a candle isn’t going to ignite the frame of the house but it could ignite your couch depending on material.
Looks like someone already corrected you on the drywall part but just for further clarification, drywall is literally used as a fireproofing material. In hot work rooms on commercial properties building codes actually call for 2 layers of drywall specifically for fire prevention. You can take an oxyacetylene torch to drywall and it won’t do much more than smolder and smoke a bit. It is intensely fire resistant. A fire needs to be pretty damn big already to make it through the drywall to the wood frame of the building. Modern wood frame construction is pretty good as far as fireproofing goes. The big issue the US has are the houses built during the post WWII housing boom that use shit like masonite or wood paneling for wall coverings and then fill the walls with shit like tar paper and shredded rags for insulationbwhile also having shody wiring.
I have heard that US buildings are more flammable than those in Europe. Not sure about these ones in particular.
Wood frame is more flamable than brick but generally if there is a big enough fire that the actual frame of the house catches fire then the fire would be big enough to fuck up any masonry building as well. The materials of furniture and other possessions are far more important when it comes to fire prevention. Tipping over a candle isn’t going to ignite the frame of the house but it could ignite your couch depending on material.
Makes sense. Stick frame
and drywallis all woodLooks like someone already corrected you on the drywall part but just for further clarification, drywall is literally used as a fireproofing material. In hot work rooms on commercial properties building codes actually call for 2 layers of drywall specifically for fire prevention. You can take an oxyacetylene torch to drywall and it won’t do much more than smolder and smoke a bit. It is intensely fire resistant. A fire needs to be pretty damn big already to make it through the drywall to the wood frame of the building. Modern wood frame construction is pretty good as far as fireproofing goes. The big issue the US has are the houses built during the post WWII housing boom that use shit like masonite or wood paneling for wall coverings and then fill the walls with shit like tar paper and shredded rags for insulationbwhile also having shody wiring.
Drywall isn’t wood, it’s also called “sheet rock” for a reason. It’s mostly gypsum and it does a pretty good job slowing the spread of fire.
huh… TIL. Thanks
Oh dang. Okay.