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One method is engineered frame wood construction and the other method is concrete block construction or CMU construction (short for concrete masonry unit). Most of Florida’s residential exteriors are built using one of two structural methods. (A roof does not attach, nor does it “bear” or weigh on brick) Brick is non structural and simply a face on the exterior that supports no weight other than its own. The brick home that was spared was just a brick home. While the wolf was able to blow down the house made from sticks (wood) this was in the good ol’ days before building science and engineered wood framing techniques.
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We would all agree that a straw home would not be a good choice in Florida. The pigs in the brick home lived happily ever after. When the wolf attempted to destroy the house made from bricks, he was unsuccessful and could not blow it down even with all of his huffing and puffing. The wolf easily blew down the house made of straw and had no problems mowing over the home made from sticks. When I was a young boy, one of my favorite stories was the one about the big bad wolf and the three little pigs in which “Big Bad Wolf” tries to destroy the pigs’ homes so he could have a nice meal.