[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by Dallascaper

I don't know what you mean by that. Homes in Texas are built just like homes here; a wood frame providing structural support. The difference, instead of covering the house with wood, shingles, vinyl, crab shells or whatever crap they use around here, homes in Texas are covered with brick...real brick, fired brick, stuff of the Earth kind of brick. Brick doesn't need regular maintenance, it looks expensive, and it isn't flammable or popular with termites.

It also doesn't come off. You're stuck with it forever.

[Dallascaper]

Originally Posted by PhxSuns333

One thing I have to say is, why criticize the architecture here, when its New England's style of architecture (colonial/farmhouse style homes with wood, nice porches, shutters, picket fences, etc.).

I thought the over-the-top tone of my post was an indicator that I was joking. Colonial is OK, there's just so much of it, even with new construction.

Originally Posted by Stratford, Ct. Resident

It also doesn't come off. You're stuck with it forever.

I've seen people paint their brick, which at some point, I am confident they regretted. If one doesn't like their brick, they could hire the local corn-fed football team to come over and pull it down.

[Henry10]

Originally Posted by Dallascaper

I don't know what you mean by that. Homes in Texas are built just like homes here; a wood frame providing structural support. The difference, instead of covering the house with wood, shingles, vinyl, crab shells or whatever crap they use around here, homes in Texas are covered with brick...real brick, fired brick, stuff of the Earth kind of brick. Brick doesn't need regular maintenance, it looks expensive, and it isn't flammable or popular with termites.

It ain't real brick. It is called a brick-face siding. Basically these are pieces of 1/2" thick brick cut off, and glued to a backing board, panelized. Same as stone-looking Mc Mansions.

If you don't like NE style, which is authentic, no one will judge your taste.

[mlassoff]

Really there is no comparison between the overall quality of the housing stock in Connecticut and Texas. Much of Texas housing stocks is built by KB Homes or some other mass builder-- And they just can't build them cheap enough. I've seen particle board on the exterior of lower priced homes in Texas. KB Homes creak and crack when they're new and don't age gracefully.

Texas mass builders build crap-- even if it has a brick facade.

[Dallascaper]

Originally Posted by Henry10

It ain't real brick. It is called a brick-face siding. Basically these are pieces of 1/2" thick brick cut off, and glued to a backing board, panelized. Same as stone-looking Mc Mansions.

If you don't like NE style, which is authentic, no one will judge your taste.

I NEVER saw a house covered with 1/2" thick brick - sounds like something they'd do in New England!

[Dallascaper]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

Really there is no comparison between the overall quality of the housing stock in Connecticut and Texas. Much of Texas housing stocks is built by KB Homes or some other mass builder-- And they just can't build them cheap enough. .

KB Homes?!?! You got me there.

[mlassoff]

Originally Posted by Dallascaper

I NEVER saw a house covered with 1/2" thick brick - sounds like something they'd do in New England!

KB Homes
Centex Homes

Biggest Builders in texas. It's ALL facade.

[mlassoff]

Originally Posted by Dallascaper

KB Homes?!?! You got me there.

And built almost entirely with illegal alien labor. Sad but true.

[Henry10]

Originally Posted by Dallascaper

I NEVER saw a house covered with 1/2" thick brick - sounds like something they'd do in New England!

What, you thought that bricklayers laid all that brick by hand, next to chinese drywall? If they did, that wood framing wouldn't hold it. You know that, right?

They do do it by hand, but it's very expensive, and your Mc Mansions wouldn't be bought with $ 25k a year.

[Dallascaper]

Originally Posted by Henry10

What, you thought that bricklayers laid all that brick by hand, next to chinese drywall? If they did, that wood framing wouldn't hold it. You know that, right?

They do do it by hand, but it's very expensive, and your Mc Mansions wouldn't be bought with $ 25k a year.

Yes, masons - illegals or otherwise - lay the brick one by one. Even my $100K tract house had brick installed that way. If any builder uses 1/2" exterior veneer in Texas, it might be ornamental Austin stone, but rarely brick.

And don't take comments on this board so seriously, I was joking in the first place. You might give the OP the impression that people up north are thin-skinned, take themselves too seriously, and are lacking a sense of humor.