Textured ceilings probably help hide things, but why the lines?

  • @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    With all the horror stories I heard about issues with leaking pipes or faulty electrical circuits requiring ceilings and walls to be torn down, the real question is why we don’t do all the ceilings and walls like that.

    • @count_dongulus@lemmy.world
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      92 months ago

      This is rhe same reason I will never buy a house on slab: gotta hammer up the floor, fix, repour and refloor if you ever need those pipes down below.

        • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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          112 months ago

          A lot of contemporary homes are built on hollow foundations with an accessible crawlspace for utilities.

          • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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            22 months ago

            Oh, crawl spaces are pretty rare further north because you need to be under the freezing level of the ground anyway so people have basements.

    • @Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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      22 months ago

      Drywall is so cheap and easy, and leaks and failures so infrequent it doesn’t make sense to have “easy access” to the interior of walls. Drywall is the easy access.