"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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You have only seen pictures on the web from web site I gave. Don't make
things up.

Nope.

Sop making things up.

For a successful outcome, all elements
have to be in place and work correctly.

Same with any construction method.

Exactly. Nobody claims that for traditional masonry or timber
construction that unskilled labour can be used.

No one is claiming that with SIPs.

Look at US manufacturer web sites.

No one says unskilled unfamiliar labour is suitable.

Does pride mean some baked clay
(bricks), light blocks and the rest
Paramount boards? My oh my. The
end result of SIPs is a house more solid
and robust than bricks.

For how long?

For ever. The oldest wooden structure
in the UK is from the 11th century.

Yes, but it is not reasonable to
compare something constructed
properly from hardwoods

It is.

We have a good idea of how long houses made from
traditional materials and methods will last.

These will outlast them. Traditional materials? Blocks are pretty as are
paramount boards. they make up a large part of a "traditional" house.

How do you know? How does anybody know?

There are millions of SIP homes in north American in climates similar to
ours with vermin more prone to attack if, it attacks it at all. They are
all brilliant and have been there for decades.

This was said about the concrete tower blocks - a marvel of modern
technology. Now look at them.

All built with traditional masonry.

The SIP houses in Kobe all survived
the earthquakes with superficial damage
while those around all fell down.

We don't live in an earthquake zone.

Your focus is poor. You have said SIPs
are ticky tacky, when the opposite is
true. You have never been in a SIP house.

Actually I have, in the U.S.

Stop making things up.

Obviously one uses flexible
materials where there is a risk of earthquake.

Do you? Well SIP homes are taking off like wildfire in Japan.

Do they burn as well? :-)

That is another point. They resist fire too. Well spotted.