,American Dream‘With clear wind, advanced opportunities and minimum houses, a target for so many Indians. There are many people who dream about living in a suburban house in the US, with green gardens around them, herbs grow excluded outside their doors, and re -recur in comfortable chairs while looking at the setting sun.
But this same dream is a bad dream for many others! How? An IITian has explained.
In a viral post on X, Amit ParanjpeAn IIT Bombay alumni who live and work in the US, shared how many houses are weak in the US and lack of structural design strength.
In his post, Amit wrote “After all these years … (including living in one for a few years), I still surprise about the structural design power (weakness) of a specific American house!
So much wood – so low steel, concrete … and remember – some of these houses are in serious weather areas (tornado, storms, hailstorms, heavy winds/rain, ice, etc.). ,
After all these years … (including staying in one for a few years), I still wonder about the structural design power (weakness) of a specific American house!
So much wood – very little steel, concrete … and remember – some of these houses are in serious weather areas … https://t.co/luok7vhkhk
– Amit Paranjap (@APARANJAPE) 7 April, 2025
And this statement was in response to another post on X, where someone shared a video of a house under construction due to heavy winds in Texas. The post read “Houston, a new house being built during a storm near Houston, Texas”.
The video showed how an all-wood structure of the house immediately collapsed, with an increase in wind speed, fell to the right to the ground.
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And the original post by Tara Bulls came into piles of both positive and negative ideas. While some people said, “Sadly, it is going to be the quality of homes in the near future .. Especially if the housing boom re -hit ..”, others commented on how the structure could be improved.
A person with a user name ‘SPOHRERA45780’ said, “They should be put on 4 x 8 sheets at the corners as they were building each floor. Also shet the first floor before going along.”, And then another said “It was” that you were stitched before splashing the walls. “
Problems with wood structures
The wooden houses, while aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly, come with a tonne drawbacks, especially when it comes to standing on the test of weather.
And one of the greatest concerns, as highlighted in the post by Amit and shared video of a collapsing house, is susceptible to damage, unlike wood, concrete or steel. In areas with high rainfall, humidity, or frequent storms, wood structures absorb water and swollen towards overtime, or as it was in the video, a complete collapse of the structure. Without a strong concrete or steel foundation, these houses are unstable, their foundations are correct, and not only can there be loss of money, but also in adverse conditions.
And as many people commented, building a wooden house with a weak foundation in a storm or tornado-prone area would be dangerous to human life.
The wooden house, when weaker than the base and joints, cannot effectively tolerate high winds as steel-frames or concrete buildings, and therefore when storms strike, flying debris can easily puncture wooden walls, and roofs.
