How are solid timber houses react to fire ?

in #fire7 years ago

People usually think that living in an solid timber house exposes them to higher fire risks.

As the following video shows, this is actually not the case. Due to the inherent insulation properties of wood, the fire on one side of a wall is not affecting the other side of the wall. Think of a brick wall and how the temperature on the non fire wall increases rapidly and ignites everything quickly. This then helps to spread the fire.

Living in an solid timber house is from a fire perspective safer than in an brick or concrete building.

Sort:  

Congratulations @brightforest! You received a personal award!

1 Year on Steemit

Click here to view your Board of Honor

Support SteemitBoard's project! Vote for its witness and get one more award!

Congratulations @brightforest! You received a personal award!

Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 2 years!

You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking

Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.19
TRX 0.18
JST 0.031
BTC 86390.02
ETH 3257.29
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.93