> this bamboozles and enrages the american that seems like a fairly wasteful use of concrete, but it all depends on the earth structure. in sweden, like +80% of the urban regions, if you dig 1 meter you hit bedrock, so it is easy to fix a house to it. in swampy regions, like st petersburg, gothenburg, amsterdam etc you need a completely different solution. with that said, amerimutt housing is usually built as cheaply as possible on the cheapest foundation possible and buildings are designed like wind catchers, while the framing is flimsy at best.   based and mountain pilled. why change a system that works? if he had just reinforced the roof he could just anchor it in the corners. will be interesting to see if it protects against the neighbors houses flying by. pic rel survives +80m/s.
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