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		incompatible on Jan 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikihouse: Open-Source Houses Is double brick still built in the UK, or is wooden framing with brick cladding more common?

simonbarker87 on Jan 10, 2024 [–]

Breeze block for the inner skin and red brick for the outer skin is still the standard as far as I see from local housing developments and friends doing extension. Internal dividing walls may now all be stud partitions but wooden structures are pretty uncommon.

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