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thurst
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koreans definitely do bring in americans and canadians to build western style houses. if you hit geckos or seoul pub on a weeknight (don't ask lol) you'll run into a fair amount of them. i don't know if korea has a shortage of plumbers, electricians or what, but firms definitely pay these dudes big bucks to come over and build stuff.
most of the cats i met were working out gyeonggi-do in places like ilsan, yongin, etc.. getting paid like $10G's for 10 days of work. |
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UknowsI
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| I'm a bit worried if the same constructions they use back home would work as well here. Having experienced how easily your house get attacked by insects and mould, I have started to appreciate the simple concrete cage I live in. People from southern US and south america probably know a lot more about this than me, but coming from a cold country with no mould or bug problems, I would be cautious to import a house directly. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| UknowsI wrote: |
| I'm a bit worried if the same constructions they use back home would work as well here. Having experienced how easily your house get attacked by insects and mould, I have started to appreciate the simple concrete cage I live in. People from southern US and south america probably know a lot more about this than me, but coming from a cold country with no mould or bug problems, I would be cautious to import a house directly. |
Considering how much mold and mildew I've seen in Korean apartments, I don't think their construction metods are a standard to hold others by. |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Considering how much mold and mildew I've seen in Korean apartments, I don't think their construction metods are a standard to hold others by. |
I didn't mean that Korean buildings are any more resistant to getting mould, but the potential damage is a lot less in a pure concrete building than it is in a house built with wood and insulation. One advantage of sleeping on the floor and have little furniture is that you will spot and kill a cockroach as soon as it enters your house. An advantage of having a pure concrete house is that when your house is flooded by a typhoon you can just clean out the water, stop any leaks and change the wallpaper. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| UknowsI wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
Considering how much mold and mildew I've seen in Korean apartments, I don't think their construction metods are a standard to hold others by. |
I didn't mean that Korean buildings are any more resistant to getting mould, but the potential damage is a lot less in a pure concrete building than it is in a house built with wood and insulation. One advantage of sleeping on the floor and have little furniture is that you will spot and kill a cockroach as soon as it enters your house. An advantage of having a pure concrete house is that when your house is flooded by a typhoon you can just clean out the water, stop any leaks and change the wallpaper. |
I'm not sure avoiding potential damage is a good way to evaluate a domicile. Might as well just live in a tent. |
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rkc76sf
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:08 am Post subject: Re: Building American-Style Houses in Korea |
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| LOL, he said "Koreans don't really know how to work with wood." I'd think a few hundred years might give them some experience in "how to work with wood" Scroll up, that's exactly what he said. |
Uh boy... context?
Aside from that, your post concluding that there exists today some stock of experience in wood craftsmanship because Koreans typically built post and beam structures for hundreds of years, is just as laughable. |
What's laughable is the fact that you think it's so difficult for Koreans to grasp that they have to hire Americans/Canadians to do it instead. Obviously you don't know much about Koreans, reference automobile industry and shipbuilding, read Chung Ju Yung's biography by Michael Breen. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:44 am Post subject: Re: Building American-Style Houses in Korea |
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| rkc76sf wrote: |
| What's laughable is the fact that you think it's so difficult for Koreans to grasp that they have to hire Americans/Canadians to do it instead. Obviously you don't know much about Koreans, reference automobile industry and shipbuilding, read Chung Ju Yung's biography by Michael Breen. |
I said nothing of the sort. You write, recall, and postulate quite badly. |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| atwood wrote: |
Considering how much mold and mildew I've seen in Korean apartments, I don't think their construction metods are a standard to hold others by. |
I didn't mean that Korean buildings are any more resistant to getting mould, but the potential damage is a lot less in a pure concrete building than it is in a house built with wood and insulation. One advantage of sleeping on the floor and have little furniture is that you will spot and kill a cockroach as soon as it enters your house. An advantage of having a pure concrete house is that when your house is flooded by a typhoon you can just clean out the water, stop any leaks and change the wallpaper. |
So you're saying people in Florida should build houses solely out of concrete? 
It actually might make more sense there...as for a country proud of the fact that it has 4 seasons....winters are AWFULLY cold here.  |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| shostahoosier wrote: |
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| atwood wrote: |
Considering how much mold and mildew I've seen in Korean apartments, I don't think their construction metods are a standard to hold others by. |
I didn't mean that Korean buildings are any more resistant to getting mould, but the potential damage is a lot less in a pure concrete building than it is in a house built with wood and insulation. One advantage of sleeping on the floor and have little furniture is that you will spot and kill a cockroach as soon as it enters your house. An advantage of having a pure concrete house is that when your house is flooded by a typhoon you can just clean out the water, stop any leaks and change the wallpaper. |
So you're saying people in Florida should build houses solely out of concrete?
It actually might make more sense there...as for a country proud of the fact that it has 4 seasons....winters are AWFULLY cold here. |
There are houses in Florida that were built from concrete block. Hot in the summer and cold in the winter--they don't, for good reason, build 'em like that anymore. |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| shostahoosier wrote: |
| UknowsI wrote: |
I didn't mean that Korean buildings are any more resistant to getting mould, but the potential damage is a lot less in a pure concrete building than it is in a house built with wood and insulation. One advantage of sleeping on the floor and have little furniture is that you will spot and kill a cockroach as soon as it enters your house. An advantage of having a pure concrete house is that when your house is flooded by a typhoon you can just clean out the water, stop any leaks and change the wallpaper. |
So you're saying people in Florida should build houses solely out of concrete?
It actually might make more sense there...as for a country proud of the fact that it has 4 seasons....winters are AWFULLY cold here. |
In my previous post I mentioned that I have no idea how they do it in humid places in the west, since my home town is cold. I don't think anyone would disagree that it is an advantage that it is so easy to repair/clean simple houses/tents. On the other hand, I never said it is enough to make up for the lack of comfort, aesthetics and heating/cooling economics. In fact I know few who has been complaining more about the lack of insulation than myself. |
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