/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1527841
Most McMansions are like that.

>>1527844
At least it isn't some shithole in asia.

>>1446397
>what is your opinion on putting cement with terracota tiles?

In places where hurricane storms are a problem, I think wire was the better method, but I'm only familiar with only hanging. I one such system is, "storm lock", which uses wiring and hooks. I'd only ever use it in an area where there was in fact a huge problem with bad storms. I can see people using mortar to help the tiles hold on. I mean the options are a bit limited in bad storm areas. It just means more work when repairing leaks and such, but the roof is more apt to remain on during a storm.

>there is so much scum in those contractors types

I've only known 1 contractor who was on the up-n-up and not an ass trying to scam people. That is Joseph Jenkins. His company does slate roofs. I'm not sure if he still does the work himself, probably does. I saw him in the 1990s.

>>1443807
>Typical wooden house is good for 100 years, if you will take care.

I wish that were true in America now. The lumber available at most places is knotty pine and various types of particle board woods (plywood, MDF, OSB, etc). The older houses, like the one I grew up in were made from solid, local, hardwood lumbers. I grew up in a house that is currently 255 years old. It still has wooden siding. The only real changes have been metal underpinning/skirting and metal roofing. In my life time, that house has outlasted all the modern houses I've ever lived in or know of personally. The main failures seems to be poor roofing, poor foundation work, and materials that when wet expand and fall apart.

One year my neighbor's entire roof flew off their new house and landed in my yard. Every neighbor's porch roofs were tore off at the same time. Nothing on my house or porch roof was damaged. My current house uses all local hardwood lumber, screws, and bolts with huge washers. I built my house myself and got the lumber from a local guy who had a portable saw mill.

If contractors used hardwood lumber instead of knotty pine, more houses would last multiple life times. I've seen this (pic) happen in my area countless times, yet this is the USA and not China.

tl;dr OP is a cool guy for wanting masonry instead of wood for his home, in this day and age.