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Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance' (www.thecooldown.com)

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Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance'::The team of scientists developed an aerogel glass brick, which is a translucent and thermally insulating material.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

Anything to get rid of modern vinyl houses.

Masonry is always worth it for housing, we need to go back to building houses that'll still be habitable a century later.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 months ago

Except earthquake prone areas, and maybe others I'm not thinking if. Wood isn't the problem, cheap+fast wood is.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Houses generally will last a century with basic maintenance. Modern US construction techniques are a lot more thought out than is generally acknowledged.

I'm more concerned with things becoming "outdated" in aesthetic ways. A properly installed tiled bathroom (including the bath stall) can last a long, long time, but future owners might not like the look and tear it all out. Recycling it all is a laughable dream. There are designs, though, that stand up to the test of time, and we should be pushing those more.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Man.

I wish my standard of living was so high I'd think redoing a bathroom for aesthetic choices was a common run of the mill thing everybody's just doing on a whim.

Congrats.

[-] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's fairly common. People with money hire contractors to do the work for them. People that want to save money tend to DIY it. But redoing bathrooms is quite common.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago

It does happen all the time. If a flipper buys a house, redoing an old bathroom is one of their first things they think of.

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