Comments by "Burnt Kitty Forge" (@BurntKittyForge-pl8ol) on "Memebusters: Will a .50 Cal Really Go Through a House??? Feat. The Fat Electrician" video.

..i guess you could have rented it out as a rental but same difference
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..if the water was on you might get water pipe leaks random but that house is probably simple plumbing ....
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pretty much have to strip out dirty houses to replace rotten boards anyway, then you need new insulation, sheathing and coverings to put back (i prefer foamboard layers and cementboard for exterior walls , homemade flooring ...) i do extra steps if it's that far like painting , adding boards along the bottom between the studs and the middle and simpsons thick corners , have to study how it's built and problem places but then you never need a repair place by for whatever , ..hardware almost doubled since 2020 on a bunch of items i get annoyed with prices sometimes , above the 4" screws they start costing $2 + each fastener ....2" foamboard went $30 to $50 then $40 again , oak plywood was the same as rough pine plywood
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reminds me of a house i went to look at with a buddy , similar open spaces , no attic , it needed everything when i looked it over , but i knew how and what i'd use . It needed the carpet tossed , new subfloor , the walls stripped and the ceiling was some plastic sheet stuff , i'd strip that house out to 2 by's and use foamboard atleast 4" wall and 6" ceiling atleast for the space and humidity , durability , cement board, and fiberglass screen like EFOS, stucco over some spots , it needed everything though counters, bathroom , foundation stuff sort of ...it's easy after experience , testing stuff ....
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I've been saving brake discs for use in some exterior walls sometime , the thing about stucco it can keep going thicker with more "rebar" and there's different concretes the acrylics and the thicknesses needed ...really insulation is best exterior so the entire mass/thermal mass is insulated and it's possible to get continuous coverage on the exterior like efos but the foamboard covers the mass and over the exterior and all is good ... EDIT: when the wall is stripped it's easy to visualize using horizontal furring strips on the exterior, from cut 5/4" , true 1" (x5.5") deck boards ripped in half and screwed through the exterior into each wall stud , then the former exterior can get (exterior layer) foamboard between the strips, over the studs mostly and 4x8 hardie board exterior rated 1/2" is what i'd use maybe with additional stucco and mesh over that .../ranting that house still is all , the one had the yard sold for mining type stuff was the problem besides i have too many projects...
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i've been thinking of searching for destroyed homes, floods, whatever and see if they just give away all the "junk" , pressure treated lumber is like bio-waste, since it can't get burned , saves the landfill, maybe insurance pays them and they have to pay removal if they say take whatever i'd rent a uhaul and make some cabins , sometimes nice rental beachhouses get destroyed maybe nice bathroom/kitchen stuff .....
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