You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Renegade's Home Build vlog #7 - More Rain and Roof Underlayment
it is interesting to watch @canadianrenegade, is that more expensive if you build your house from concrete cement?, or that will be difficult to get the material in your area?
We actually have a concrete basement also but I have only shown it in one video I think. Here in Canada concrete is more expensive to build with than the cost of wood and the labor to assemble it.
Here in my country side, it is more expensive to contract house from the wood, and the labor cost also higher for assemble the wooden house. since it is getting rare to get expert labor to do it.
It is interesting the differences from country to country. We have a lot of forests here and also we have to use very strong concrete because of the freezing and thawing. Our houses also have to be insulated well from the cold which is more expensive to do with concrete.
The reason why the price for wood is more expensive is because there is no cultivated forest in Aceh, the wood is from Illegal logging. the price is to do some "black" deal. For the concrete one, we have cement factory in Aceh and easy to find the material, and no need to insulate from cold. I think that makes many different in the prices.