As a builder, don't attack us for building your home and fixing them. If you and many others kept up on them they would last longer thus saving treas.
There has been a huge decline in tradesmen as people have turned to less strenuous work. As a builder, I break my back and risk injury and death on a regular basis.
As a builder I constantly learn new forms of new ways of construction, my schooling never ends. My degree is higher than any attorney, doctor or salesman.
Building with wood is good for the environment as it is biodegradable, helps thin forests to prevent major wildfires. After trees are cut they are replanted. Tree's used by lumber companies are harvested like a crop, not destroyed by neglect and wildfires.
Please learn more about the construction industry before giving us a bad name. I strive to build beautiful homes for people to live in. I don't control the cost of the land, materials, fees, permits, taxes, utilities and so on that make them so expensive.

Goo

Geeze, don't be so defensive. Are YOU knocking down all the trees? I am not knocking tradesmen. I was married to a carpenter/builder and a mason, but they didn't knock down all of the trees. You can build homes without doing that.