Comments by "Traveller" (@traveller23e) on "Stewart Hicks" channel.

@jdrissel Is there a reason such a fake attic would communicate with the house? Or would such a burgler bring a saw of some kind to cut through the plywood of the roof underneath?
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@Irontygre Dare I ask what European minimalist is? My city is mostly baroque now thanks to an earthquake a few centuries back, though a lot of construction seems to have halted sometime around 1900. I guess that's when the money ran out.
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@MaseraSteve The reason is simply that buildings in scandinavia have entirely different environmental challenges. The obvious one that springs to mind is they don't need to deal with immense heat, but rather have the opposite problem where it can be difficult to get a humane amount of sunlight inside. Not saying that buildings in Texas are necessarily well-designed, but if you're going for something more durable (and in particular if you're searching for European inspiration) you may have better luck with something not dissimilar to what you find in southern europe/north africa. Small windows, thick stone walls, high ceilings, shutters and awnings are all good defenses against the heat.
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@kevinwelsh7490 Except for the fact that they exist to keep sun/rain out of the house whilst allowing airflow...
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@nw42 Arguably fake stone in some applications has the same issues of shutters that don't shut. Actual stone walls have a lot of advantages over home depot 2x4s, such as the fact that during the summer they tend to stay cool longer and in the winter are relatively warm. They also tend to last a lot longer.
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@MtJochem hahah same. Except my current flat only has inside shutters (you know, those little wooden panels on the inside of the windows that heat up right away). But my house was at least built for the climate so the windows are nice and small and the walls are thick enough.
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@jeremypalmer7177 In tropical climes awnings are even better (though having both is the better than either). These can be as simple as a long curtain hung from the outside of the doorway and over the balcony railing or of course they can be much more sophisticated structures, the important thing is to stop the sunlight from getting all the way to your window. As for storms, I wouldn't expect most regular wooden shutters to help being lowering the amount of rain hitting the window. They certainly aren't a protection against broken branches or anything else, though maybe if you went with some fancy metal solution it would be possible? But unless you live in a stone (or well-built brick) house the wall next to the window could be equally vulnerable.
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@MaseraSteve hahahahahaha I'll give you one good reason not to build a house in Texas based on blueprints for a 1995 construction in Bergen.
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