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To: woodbutcher1963

I don’t believe they will change the codes. There will be however a big push to use steel studs. The Pinkos here in California will be so conflicted though, between the fire resistance of steel vs energy needed and CO2 produced in manufacture. And the tree huggers hated reality that there is no better product than lumber from an energy/CO2 standpoint.


48 posted on 01/17/2025 11:34:32 AM PST by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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To: Slicksadick

I have brought up the one house that survived the Laguna Beach fire back in 1993. There was an article in the LA Times and others back then about the differences in the construction of this house. It survived the fire when every other house around it burned to the foundation.

Among many things it had an inch of stucco on the walls. It had concrete roof shingles. It did not have normal soffit vents. Like most other houses built in the US. The house also had concrete coming up several feet above ground level.


50 posted on 01/17/2025 12:10:54 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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