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   On 2025-07-27 17:28, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:22:11 +0200, "Carlos E.R."   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> All my walls are brick and mortar, they same in almost every house or   
   >> flat in this country. Ok, some have stone and mortar. And then, the   
   >> showers have ceramic tiles attached strongly to the wall.   
   >>   
   >> The concept of "studs" is foreign to us. I have been over the pond, so I   
   >> happen to know about them :-)   
   >   
   > There was an hour long program on Story TV about a month ago which   
   > started with the start of "wood frame" houses in the USA, the ones that   
   > use studs, sometime in the 1800's I think.  Unfortunately i came in late   
   > and missed the beginning,   But it was an innovation and had some big   
   > advantage that I forget.  Maybe it was cheaper.   
      
   Yes, there is abundance of wood, and building with studs is cheaper and   
   faster than with logs, or whatever they used before over there. I assume   
   planks.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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