He didn't mention the YARD vs GARDEN distinction. A garden in Britain is a yard in North America. A garden in North Amreica is a sectioned off portion of your yard where you grow vegetables.
@@sc1338 exactly. I have a vegetable garden behind my garage, and a flower garden in my front yard. Some people have elaborate gardens full of exotic plants in there yard.
Omg, I always thought brits were talking about an actual garden! I also watch this vid of a brit fam who raises huskies and they were looking for a bigger house. They kept talking about the size of the gardens in each house and I was thinking the mom really seems like she’s in to gardening. Lol!
Yesss, in America growing up, we had a flower garden in the front yard and a vegetable garden in the backyard. And the LAWN is just the grass that your dad mows.
@@sc1338 The word "garden" by itself, unqualified, generally means a vegetable garden, at least in the Midwest. Other types of gardens normally come with an adjective attached: botanical garden, flower garden, herb garden, rock garden, zen garden, kindergarten, etc.
Electric Kettles aren't hard to find. Walmart sells different brands of electronic kettles. The reason it isn't more readily available is because we love coffee more in America. So coffee makers sell better.
I’m so glad you said this. Back in the 90’s there were coworkers of mine that had plug in pots that made water hot. I get so annoyed when it’s said that we don’t have them here. Lol
You probably have wolf spiders and not the recluse. Recluse are called that because they do not appear much and usually reside in woodpiles etc. Wolf spiders can get pretty big.
I was bitten by a brown recluse spider in the early nineties in Big Sur, California. I put on a pair of jeans without checking and he bit me on my upper thigh. I slapped my thigh so hard it killed him. I put him in a jar and went to the emergency room to get treatment. I was told brown recluses did not exist in California. I gave the med tech the jar. He had never seen one. They had to call a local natural museum to figure out that it was a brown recluse. We figured it had travelled across the country with us as we had travelled across Europe and then drove across the entire breadth of America on the lower half from North Carolina to Georgia and then across through most of the southern parts ending up in Big Sur. BTW, it is one of the most beautiful ways to see incredible scenery up close. We spent almost a month driving across the country. It was just gorgeous most of the way.
@@amberfuchscia709 The brown recluse is blamed for a lot of cases of necrosis, when in fact, the cause is something other than a recluse spider. It is true that the brown recluse can hitch rides around the US and sometimes the world, but they have never been established outside of their natural range, which is the mid-west and southern USA. This makes a bite from one, outside of their natural range, extremely, extremely rare.
The best way to tell if a spider is a brown recluse, is to look at its back. Recluses have a violin shaped mark on there back. If you don't see the violin, it's probably a wolf spider, and they are beneficial. They hunt other insects that can be bad for your health, and they can indicate weather or not you have bug problems. They are the spider version of a house cat. Just don't pick them up, because like a house cat, they will bite, although you don't have to worry about there venom.
Since 2019 a series of bites from brown recluse spiders have been recorded in the UK. They are not sure how the spiders got there, but one teen actually needed to have their arm amputated because of the bite. However, due to the suggested size of the spider in question I doubt what he saw was a brown recluse. They are usually the size of an American quarter.
@@04m6gto You are right, it is normally the hobo spider that is responsible for the bites that are mistaken as a brown recluse. The hobo spider is a funnel web spider that look similar to the giant house spider and domestic house spider except for the design on their back but are usually mistaken for them. But unlike the other two which are pretty harmless, the hobo spider has a venom very similar to the brown recluse.
If it was the size of a whiskey glass it wasn’t a Brown Recluse, they’re tiny. Also google says they aren’t present outside of their native range in the American Southwest. Also I own an electric kettle, which I use to make coffee in my French press, cuz I’m a fancy boy
I live in NE Indiana, and I can confirm that Brown Recluse live up here. I have known at least two people who've been bitten by them. It's beyond a nasty bite. Google doesn't know everything.
There's a youtuber called Evin Edinger. He's basically the opposite of Lawrence. He's an American who moved to Britain and now has citizenship over there. He's pretty cool and does british vs american series, vlogs and more recently current events and reddit reactions.
Even within U.S. there are differences. In dry desert states like NV,NM and AZ many cool their homes and businesses with evaporative coolers (swamp coolers) instead of AC. Swamp coolers used forced air and evaporated water to cool at a fraction of the cost. The Home Depots here have dozens of massive swamp coolers that cool their stores with forced fresh cool air.
@@jckdnls9292 Not ours. But I also live in a raised ranch so no basement and the attic isnt usable other than maybe storage but the entrance is just a hatch in the master closet.
It blows me away every time i hear about how you guys dont have air conditioning as just the default thing. I could simply not survive without air conditioning... of course i live in Memphis, TN and it gets hot and humid AF around here for almost half the year - so maybe that makes sense, but even if it was a pleasant temp most days i would still need it ...especially at night, i cannot sleep if i's much more than 70F or muggy in the house at night. Do they even sell them in stores there? I'd hate to have to have one shipped over, but if i ever moved there it would have to be done, lol.
So mainly new build apartments have A/C by default, when I say new build I literally mean within the last 10-15 years max. But majority of houses in the UK are waaaay older then that. Also UK weather is very mild, its about 75 F in summer and drops to 35 F in winter. A/C isn’t a necessity for that sort of climate. Memphis on the other hand is extremely humid, similar to Florida and other southern states.
Well A/C is still quite a newer thing in the US, many homes did not start to get it until the 90s, there is a reason why so many homes have window A/C units and a fan in every room
No air conditioning is unacceptable for me. I lived in Asia for a while, and just like Europe, houses were made of bricks, which meant no central air system. I had to install a wall-mounted air conditioner in every room of my house to make it livable in that tropical environment.
Tin houses in the US are becoming quite popular, but they are called barndominiums. You see tons of them in Texas, and Oklahoma (not certain where else) You basically have a metal shell and roof, then the interior is framed with wood. Also, metal roofs are becoming quite popular here. There are a few TH-cam channels dedicated solely to this type of construction.
Electric kettles are becoming more popular in America recently. Many homes still have electric (drip) coffee pots and stovetop kettles though (we like the whistling too- it's oddly satisfying).
Many new houses have air exchangers because the houses are too air tight. It became quite a problem in Minnesota and North Dakota(where I ran Home Improvement stores) where 2 "x 6" construction has become very popular. Once in a while 2" x 8" construction is used for a very warm house.
I use an electric kettle all the time. You can get them lots of places. I got mine at Target, but I do think most Americans use the stovetop kettles. I love all the unique house styles in the United Kingdom! There’s just so much history and character in the different architecture.
We do have tin roof places here, mainly in the South. There are very small and cheap, usually described as shacks. A famous mention of them is the American play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
There are also copper roofs which are very expensive. Both of them are very good roofs and last a long time, I think about 100 years if you take care of them.
I visited England and I quickly ran out of coffee in my hotel room, so I tried some tea. It's actually really good. I bought an electric kettle when I got back home to the States. Not quite the kick that coffee has but it's much better to drink all throughout the day. People think I'm weird for putting milk and sugar in my tea now.
In the North Eastern part of the country, a duplex is an apartment with 2 floors (and an apartment with 3 floors is a triplex). 2 houses that share a single wall is a semi-detached until you go to the south where they are referred to as duplexes there. Row houses are only found in cities. If they are located in the suburbs they are called townhouses for some strange reason. Rowhouses are typically made from brick while townhouses are wood framed. Speaking of materials if the rowhouse is in NYC and the façade is made of sandstone and in the right area they are called "brownstones"
i lived in a house in the US with no AC and no ceiling fans, and the windows were stuck shut over the years. During one hot summer i noticed a broken chunk of the glass in the window pane where i set our only box fan. After hours of agony with doors wide open, my wife discovered me and our two cats collapsed in the living room from heat exhaustion. (the basement was flooded with a recent pipe break). she had to help me to the car and wrap our cats in wet blankets to a take a drive in AC to a llake a few miles away to cool down to avoid seizing up. It was nearly 120 F of humid punishing heat. Anyway... we all got ice cream out of the deal and we're all doing great in a new much better house now.
I live in Westchester Illinois, right outside Chicago, the neighborhood was built in the 1950s and was modeled off British towns(sort of), all houses are brick and our street names are Manchester, Norfolk, Kent, Bristol, Portsmouth, Newcastle, Oxford, Balmoral, etc..
We have a bunch of mines here in Pennsylvania. But we almost all have basements. Our home is a ranch and our basement is finished. So our basement has drop ceilings, ceiling fans, carpet, a complete bedroom, a theater room, a game room and a laundry room. So in other words our basement is like most people's main floor.
I suspect the typical house that baby boomers grew up in is the ranch house. Either that or a 2-story house that has the wide side facing the street just like a ranch house. And with MUCH bigger yards/gardens than in the UK.
Growing up in the US with an English Mum and Irish Dad we only had tea. I still only use a stove top whistling kettle because I don’t like a lot of things taking up room in my kitchen countertop. They’re not as common here as in the UK.
We have electric kettles here. You typically have to get them from amazon, target(sometimes) or a home goods store. Coffee pots are more popular though. With a 12cup Mr. Coffee machine, just take out the coffee filter holder, add water, and boom. You now have hot water for tea, hot cocoa, cup ramen. Add the coffee filter holder and paper filter, some ground coffee, water and boom! Coffee! Instant coffee is terrible to drink but decent if adding to chocolate cake mix.
"Fisting Disposals" might be the BEST THING i've read in a long time. Cannot thank you enough for that snot bubble laugh. ... and maybe a good band name to boot. 🤣😂😆
We also have Sears homes and Log Cabin Kit Homes, Modular Homes, Mobile Homes, etc. And if the spider you caught was as big as a whiskey glass it wasn’t a brown recluse. They are very small and rarely seen. Wolf Spiders get very big though, maybe you guys have those over there.
I make my tea in our coffee maker, but not the tea you guys drink. Two pots strong black tea brewed, pour into a jug, mix in a bit of sugar, and refrigerate until cold. Drink with ice. That’s how you do it in the US south, though I prefer lightly sweetened to the traditional super sugary sweet tea.
I've used the drip style coffee makers where cold water drips over the grounds into a pot which is heated from beneath. You get better coffee with an electric kettle and a french press though. Also use the electric kettle to make tea and heat water for ramen noodles and things like that.
Of course we have electric kettles in the States, they're just not as ubiquitous as in other countries. Boils down to (p.i.) coffee vs. tea. I'm guessing the ratio of coffee drinkers to hot tea here is 100:1. Most coffee makers in the U.S. are self contained, i.e. drip, K-cups, etc., obviating the need for a separate water boiler. I'm old enough to remember percolated coffee which, thanks to Joe DiMaggio aka Mr. Coffee, fell out of favor in the sixties. It was absolutely the worst way to brew a cuppa joe.
In my experience I'd put that ratio closer to 20:1. I know a lot of people who drink tea daily and a lot of people with electric kettles. And it doesn't have to be one or the other. I drink coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon.
The electric kettle is most popular with college students in the us. It's a fast, and easy way to cook Ramen in your dorm room., when you don't want to use the common room appliances.
A common misperception with garbage disposals are that you can put large chunks of food in them. They're only supposed to take small bits of food that happen when you do the washing up. You're still supposed to put bigger bits in the bin.
So many houses in England seem to be of the "attached" variety...sharing walls with neighbors. I always wondered how things like roof repair and replacement were dealt with as multiple owners would be forced to cooperate on the repair contracting and expense.
.35 ACH “air changes per hr” is the ideal amount of air leakage a house should have to both breathe properly and to retain heat and energy to avoid the black mold
1) My 1950s ranch house in the U.S. was originally about 1000 square feet, slightly larger than the UK average of 900. After an addition, it is now slightly larger than the American average of 1600. There is also a basement for just the original portion of the house, which one day will require a dumpster to empty. 2) Air conditioning was originally a luxury, one that my house was retrofitted with 20 years after it was built. But I cannot imagine not having window screens. They're inexpensive and keep out insects. 3) Most houses I've visited have kitchen faucets with one control for hot and cold water, and bathroom faucets with separate controls but only the one spigot. 4) I've always had a garbage disposal, thanks to a sewer connection. They're great, as long as you don't put anything fibrous down them, like banana peels or celery. I have an unusually good sense of smell, and I can't stand trash that smells strongly of anything. 5) I will never understand desiring a large yard. To me, it's like being an unpaid farmer who meticulously tends his fields all summer, and then in the autumn plows under his crops rather than harvesting them and being reimbursed for his labors. People tell me they are reimbursed by enjoying how good their yard looks. Now that I'm over 50 and can afford it, I have a landscaper take care of my yard well enough so that it looks average for my neighborhood. If I could afford a large house which is accompanied by a large yard, I would rather buy a large condominium and pay the outrageous condo fee (as high as $500-600 per month) which pays for the landscaping. 6) I had never even heard of an electric kettle. Most coffee drinkers I know use a Keurig machine with "K-cups" or some other new device, rather than an old-fashioned coffee percolator that requires filters. Some probably use a "Mr. Coffee"-type drip coffee make that you see in cafes. Instant coffee was more common here in the '70s and '80s, before these new devices for making just one cup.
When Mike and Dave asked Daz if he lived in any of those style American houses and Daz replied "colonial" and both Mike and Dave chuckled.... I didn't get it probably cause I'm American. I was like 2 or 3 seconds behind the joke. Then when I got how funny the thought of a British guy moving to the U.S. and residing in a "Colonial" house is. I had to pause the video I was laughing so hard. LOL Keep up the good work blokes!
18:50 instant coffee is pretty common in the US. But generally we just fill a mug with water and put it in the microwave for like a minute or so(depending on the microwaves' strength and preferred temperature for drinking). And then we add it in.
Not a big fan of instant coffee, I think it's gross especially Folgers. I have had Asian made instant coffee which I found is very good. It was surprising to me when they said Nescafe is bad because I have loved it whenever I buy it from Asian markets. As do the people who I give packets of the stuff to.
i def roll a pot of coffee in my house with or without guest. no kettle tho just comes from a coffee pot. if i do tea just boil it stove top. The keurigs are HUGE in america and most people see those and help themselves to whatever they want as well.
We still have tin roofs in usa. Mostly in some older homes..I have a metal roof called a roof over.. so it goes over the existing roof . These last forever pretty much.
I live in Florida and My Hurricane Proof House are made of Cinder or Concrete Block, so it can go through a Category 5 Hurricane(these arent Direct Hits, but were Very Close), Roof is Cabled Down too the Foundation, Very Sturdy. In the Last 6 Years had several Hurricanes in the Tampa Bay Area, didnt Even lose a Shingle!!!
A washer and dryer in one unit... I can see how it could be convenient, but if you have more than one load to do, then your laundry takes twice as long. But when you're doing laundry in the kitchen (weird) , I guess it's better to save space lol
There are plenty of electric kettles in America. Well, not a great variety but every store sells at least one type. My parents love tea so I bought them a new electronic kettle and some tea for Christmas. They loved it. Say they think of me every time they put the kettle on lol.
We have electric kettles in the States. We just don’t buy them very often. I grew up heating water for tea in the microwave or on the stovetop. Most people have a coffee maker with a pot or a keurig that makes one cup at a time (if they’re bougie). As for the question of where disposal waste from the sink goes, it just runs down to the sewer or septic tank. Our disposals make mince of it first, which is why safety is a big deal. You do not want your hand near that thing when it’s running.
There’s a big insurance savings in places prone to hail storms with metal roofs over comp roofs. They’re getting fairly common and come in many colors.
I live in the boonies in the Blue Ridge Mtns and though I could mention a dozen things that are different, I'll focus on one. porches & decks. Y'all may have a patio in the garden, but do you have a porch? Up north [I lived in Ct for a while] we had front porch as a covered entry to the front door, and had a deck out back; my house now [very old for the locale, began as a log cabin which has been added on to, but a key to a country house is a real front porch, with a swinging seat as well as rocking chairs for folks to sit in and visit for a spell. So Daz, what's the difference between a porch and a deck? Country house vs ranch style? And don't get me started on the McMansion phase of the late '90s, no way I'd live in one of those monstrosities.
Basements are common in some parts of the US, but not others. In the Northeast, they're very common, but not in Florida, where houses are mostly built on slabs. And funnily enough, they're also less common in Tornado Alley, where you really need one! Many houses in tornado-prone areas have armored closets, which are highly reinforced closets that are anchored to the slab. When a tornado is coming you can run in there, bolt the door and survive a direct hit, even though the rest of the house may be swept away completely.
In 1973, the earliest year for which U.S. Census data is currently available, the average square footage of a house in the U.S. was 1,660 square feet. By 2015, the average square footage of a home increased to a whopping 2,687 square feet, although since then, it's begun to drop.
When I'm reading comments, etc. it is sometimes difficult to determine where the author is from, our use of the english language and how we refer to things isn't terribly different. Sometimes spelling gives it away but some people in the US will also use the less common spelling that is common in the UK and elsewhere ... for example, theatre vs theater or colour vs color. Some words it is pretty safe to assume they are not from the US. As mentioned in this video, referring to a flat instead of an apartment is one of them. Another one is referring to 'going to university' instead of 'going to college'.
An average store will have about 15 different coffee makers and 1 or 2 electric kettles. Most people don't drink tea here or only drink it occasionally so they will just heat the water in the microwave.
I grew up with a tea kettle. I've never used an electric kettle... ever. I've seen coffee makers but never for tea. Now that I think about it it's very archaic, isn't it?
I have low standards, so I make my tea in a coffee Kuerig (one-cup coffee-pod thingy). I just put my tea bag in a small filter, let the hot water filter through, and then dump the tea bag in the bottom of my thermos. No doubt destroys the subtlety. Can't count the number of times I've made a coffee and then, hours later, figured out there's a days-old tea bag laying in the bottom of my coffee 🥴
I’ve had an electric kettle for about 16 years and love it. I like tea and it heats the water so much faster than a stove top kettle or the microwave. Now, is it worth the counter real estate if you’re not an avid tea drinker or use boiled water for pour-over or French press coffee, maybe not. But if you have a counter space and/or make tea or use one of those methods for making coffee on a regular basis you might want to consider it. (They are easy to find on Amazon)
@@pjschmid2251 i mean, my stove top can heat a cup of water in like 30 seconds..maybe a half gallon would take longer but wouldnt that be the same for the electric doodad
I've never really seen an electric kettle in any homes here in the states, but damn near everyone has a Keurig now, which seems close enough to me. Fast hot water, fast tea or coffee.
AC is uncommon in the UK? People already say Europeans stink, and that probably isn't helping lol. But then again it doesn't get as hot there as it does in the US. Even in the "cold" parts of the country like I'm from Minnesota, yeah it's cold in the winter but every summer there are days over 100°F (~38°C)
The brown recluse is actually really small. Much smaller than a whiskey glass. I’ve never actually seen any where I live, but it’s pretty cold where I live so that might be the reason.
I like the English phrase "Bob's your uncle." My dad's younger brother's name is Robert: Bob And my dad's younger sister married a guy also named Robert. So yes, Bob is my uncle. 😉😁 But we do use move house 🏠 it where we put the whole house on a truck and move it somewhere else. 😉🙃
Not a lot of basements in some sections of the country, and anyplace with mobile homes, obviously... I live in New England so yeah, I can't think of a single place I've lived where there wasn't a basement. In fact, up here, we only ask if a basement is finished or not - meaning framed out and built up like a proper room, which usually become recreational bars (as my parents had), or game room for the kids, or man-cave, etc...
@KT Broadcasting all 6 of the houses I've lived in have not had basements. In fact two places I've lived is it legal to build a basement because the water table was too high and you'd end up with an indoor swimming pool instead of a basement.
From America but having lived in NZ, Australia and Europe, electric kettles are awesome. There are very rare in America. Not in hotels. I had to search for one when I moved back. Hard to find.
Guys I gotta tell ya, in America, most of us use stove top kettles not electric ones. I don't know anyone who uses an electric kettle. We don't drink tea that often -- or as often as you do in the UK. So we don't mind waiting for water to boil on a stove.
Tin roof houses are not uncommon at all in rural areas of the US. My mom specifically requested a tin roof when dad reroofed because she loves the sound of rain on it.
My ex-husband was from Canada. Being a tea drinker from the states and not a coffee drinker, which is what most Americans are (Probably due to the Boston Tea Party!). I discovered the electric kettle! I was 21 at the time and thought it was the neatest thing I had ever discovered. So, i bought one. I was ecstatic when I got it home and started using it. The next thing I knew smoke was coming out of the outlet, and the cord was getting hot! No one told me that the wattage and amperage was not the same in Canada as in the U.S.! Not even my husband, who only laughed when I told him. Maybe that should have been a warning to me that we weren’t meant for each other! So a warning to people from the U.S.A., don’t bother taking you hair dryer, electric razors, etc. to Europe Or Canada, they won’t work!!!
You can certainly buy electric kettles online but we don't drink nearly as much tea and coffee pots have built in water heaters. If I need hot or boiled water I just put a big mug in the microwave for 45 seconds.
Lol, watching three British men try and figure out how a coffee maker works. American homes do not typically have electric kettles tea is not as popular here. But most American homes will have a coffee maker most likely a drip coffee maker. The coffee maker requires no external device to boil the water it does that itself. Filter basket put water in the back if heats the water sends it through the drip basket into the pot simple as can be. Oh and instant coffee is the devils work. That being said I do have an electric kettle and I’ve had one for the last 15 or more years. It’s just not as ubiquitous in the US to have an electric kettle as it is in the US.
Yeah Americans don't use electric kettles lol we still use stove-top kettles and even those are kinda rare. Not everyone has one, but everyone does usually have a coffee maker which is the machine you pour water in the back and it drips through the filter and into the pot
The one thing I really prefer is the British version of the power receptacle. It's going to cost much more than what we have here, but there are so many safety values we simply don't have. I was around 7 or 8 years old and I wanted my electric train set up to go a bit faster. I made some makeshift system where I needed to insert scissors into the receptacle to get the proper "charge". I remember seeing a massive spark pop out of the box - and that's about it. The receptacle had a black hole burn thru it right in the center. I was pretty lucky (and stupid), but I felt enough to know not to ever do it again. Sort of like the time I just had to tough the hotplate on the iron while my mom's back was turned. I think I lost some skin from my forefinger on that one. The fun things we do when we're 7.
You can find tin-roofed houses in the US. Most of them were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I'm guessing most of those roofs have been replaced, but some have been preserved. You can still get a metal roof put on your house today, but I'm not sure what the advantage is.
There are electric kettles in the U.S. (most people just don't have one because they microwave to make tea). I've only seen instant coffee once in my life. Tasted vile lol Almost everyone will have a coffee pot (or a Keurig type thing) though
Sorry guys, UK does not have brown recluse spiders. It's far too cold & wet from them to survive. These spiders live in dry & hot weather. States with desert type weather & the Southern areas. I live in Nashville & we have plenty of them along with rattlesnakes. Hate them both. Brown Recluse are very small spiders. If you think you caught one in a glass, please catch it again & take it to a University for study. I would be quiet concerned if it turned out to be. That would mean this spider has adapted to a colder weather & doubled in size. These spiders rot your skin to the bone. Always enjoy your channel...
Sometimes when I’m trying to make something on the stove like vegetables I heat the water up in the electric kettle Then poured in the pot because it’s faster.
He didn't mention the YARD vs GARDEN distinction. A garden in Britain is a yard in North America. A garden in North Amreica is a sectioned off portion of your yard where you grow vegetables.
Or ornamental plants
@@sc1338 exactly. I have a vegetable garden behind my garage, and a flower garden in my front yard. Some people have elaborate gardens full of exotic plants in there yard.
Omg, I always thought brits were talking about an actual garden! I also watch this vid of a brit fam who raises huskies and they were looking for a bigger house. They kept talking about the size of the gardens in each house and I was thinking the mom really seems like she’s in to gardening. Lol!
Yesss, in America growing up, we had a flower garden in the front yard and a vegetable garden in the backyard. And the LAWN is just the grass that your dad mows.
@@sc1338 The word "garden" by itself, unqualified, generally means a vegetable garden, at least in the Midwest. Other types of gardens normally come with an adjective attached: botanical garden, flower garden, herb garden, rock garden, zen garden, kindergarten, etc.
Electric Kettles aren't hard to find. Walmart sells different brands of electronic kettles. The reason it isn't more readily available is because we love coffee more in America. So coffee makers sell better.
I feel a little more British since we got one...Coffee is definitely King here.
I’m so glad you said this. Back in the 90’s there were coworkers of mine that had plug in pots that made water hot. I get so annoyed when it’s said that we don’t have them here. Lol
When we need hot water I use the coffee machine with out coffee grounds, viola hot water for hot cocoa or tea I guess.
Or use the microwave. I have an electric kettle and for 3 cups of water or less the microwave is faster.
You can make instant coffee or tea with an electric kettle. Not sure why more people don’t have them.
People like a downstairs master bedroom so that when the homeowners are older, they don't risk falling down the stairs and breaking a hip.
Agreed, recently had a master bedroom built for my parents on their main level of their home to avoid going up and down the stairs
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You probably have wolf spiders and not the recluse. Recluse are called that because they do not appear much and usually reside in woodpiles etc. Wolf spiders can get pretty big.
I was bitten by a brown recluse spider in the early nineties in Big Sur, California. I put on a pair of jeans without checking and he bit me on my upper thigh. I slapped my thigh so hard it killed him. I put him in a jar and went to the emergency room to get treatment. I was told brown recluses did not exist in California. I gave the med tech the jar. He had never seen one. They had to call a local natural museum to figure out that it was a brown recluse. We figured it had travelled across the country with us as we had travelled across Europe and then drove across the entire breadth of America on the lower half from North Carolina to Georgia and then across through most of the southern parts ending up in Big Sur. BTW, it is one of the most beautiful ways to see incredible scenery up close. We spent almost a month driving across the country. It was just gorgeous most of the way.
@@amberfuchscia709 The brown recluse is blamed for a lot of cases of necrosis, when in fact, the cause is something other than a recluse spider. It is true that the brown recluse can hitch rides around the US and sometimes the world, but they have never been established outside of their natural range, which is the mid-west and southern USA. This makes a bite from one, outside of their natural range, extremely, extremely rare.
The best way to tell if a spider is a brown recluse, is to look at its back. Recluses have a violin shaped mark on there back. If you don't see the violin, it's probably a wolf spider, and they are beneficial. They hunt other insects that can be bad for your health, and they can indicate weather or not you have bug problems. They are the spider version of a house cat. Just don't pick them up, because like a house cat, they will bite, although you don't have to worry about there venom.
Since 2019 a series of bites from brown recluse spiders have been recorded in the UK. They are not sure how the spiders got there, but one teen actually needed to have their arm amputated because of the bite.
However, due to the suggested size of the spider in question I doubt what he saw was a brown recluse. They are usually the size of an American quarter.
@@04m6gto You are right, it is normally the hobo spider that is responsible for the bites that are mistaken as a brown recluse. The hobo spider is a funnel web spider that look similar to the giant house spider and domestic house spider except for the design on their back but are usually mistaken for them. But unlike the other two which are pretty harmless, the hobo spider has a venom very similar to the brown recluse.
If it was the size of a whiskey glass it wasn’t a Brown Recluse, they’re tiny. Also google says they aren’t present outside of their native range in the American Southwest.
Also I own an electric kettle, which I use to make coffee in my French press, cuz I’m a fancy boy
The Brown Recluse is in Missouri.
@@pmbbmp Brown recluse is in California. The mountain areas and the arid parts of the main valley (San Joaquin).
The brown recluse is in Alabama. I have been bitten buy one...in Alabama 💯
@@robertlyons3318 And nebraska
I live in NE Indiana, and I can confirm that Brown Recluse live up here. I have known at least two people who've been bitten by them. It's beyond a nasty bite. Google doesn't know everything.
There's a youtuber called Evin Edinger. He's basically the opposite of Lawrence. He's an American who moved to Britain and now has citizenship over there. He's pretty cool and does british vs american series, vlogs and more recently current events and reddit reactions.
Even within U.S. there are differences. In dry desert states like NV,NM and AZ many cool their homes and businesses with evaporative coolers (swamp coolers) instead of AC. Swamp coolers used forced air and evaporated water to cool at a fraction of the cost. The Home Depots here have dozens of massive swamp coolers that cool their stores with forced fresh cool air.
Many ranches also have a full basement so its like 2 levels.
And full attics so it's like 3 levels
@@jckdnls9292 Not ours. But I also live in a raised ranch so no basement and the attic isnt usable other than maybe storage but the entrance is just a hatch in the master closet.
Not on the west coast ground is hard.
@@bakes82 plus a bomb shelter.. that's 4 levels
My favorite is a ranch home with a sunken in living room. Feels so vast.
We heat water in the Microwave 🇺🇸 Electric kettles are in a few stores and online. We are mostly coffee drinkers.
It blows me away every time i hear about how you guys dont have air conditioning as just the default thing. I could simply not survive without air conditioning... of course i live in Memphis, TN and it gets hot and humid AF around here for almost half the year - so maybe that makes sense, but even if it was a pleasant temp most days i would still need it ...especially at night, i cannot sleep if i's much more than 70F or muggy in the house at night. Do they even sell them in stores there? I'd hate to have to have one shipped over, but if i ever moved there it would have to be done, lol.
im in SF and most apartments/homes dont have it either. Only the builds in the last decade maybe
So mainly new build apartments have A/C by default, when I say new build I literally mean within the last 10-15 years max.
But majority of houses in the UK are waaaay older then that.
Also UK weather is very mild, its about 75 F in summer and drops to 35 F in winter. A/C isn’t a necessity for that sort of climate.
Memphis on the other hand is extremely humid, similar to Florida and other southern states.
@@xxjabarri2xx well sf is a naturally air conditioned place..literally one of the last places you would NEED it
Im cringing
Well A/C is still quite a newer thing in the US, many homes did not start to get it until the 90s, there is a reason why so many homes have window A/C units and a fan in every room
Tin houses were a thing, well, the roof anyway:
Tennessee Williams -- "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in the American South
I’ve seen these mainly in parts of the rural Midwest. And in all honesty, where I’ve seen them, they may have been 3-season cabins, not winter-ized.
Tin houses are still around they are mostly seen in southern states in more rural areas I see them every day here in Alabama
Electric kettles are not that common in the US. Yes, we have them but a lot of people just use the ones that you heat on the stove.
Bungalow houses in the US are completely different from ranch houses.
No air conditioning is unacceptable for me. I lived in Asia for a while, and just like Europe, houses were made of bricks, which meant no central air system. I had to install a wall-mounted air conditioner in every room of my house to make it livable in that tropical environment.
Tin houses in the US are becoming quite popular, but they are called barndominiums. You see tons of them in Texas, and Oklahoma (not certain where else) You basically have a metal shell and roof, then the interior is framed with wood. Also, metal roofs are becoming quite popular here. There are a few TH-cam channels dedicated solely to this type of construction.
Electric kettles are becoming more popular in America recently. Many homes still have electric (drip) coffee pots and stovetop kettles though (we like the whistling too- it's oddly satisfying).
Many new houses have air exchangers because the houses are too air tight. It became quite a problem in Minnesota and North Dakota(where I ran Home Improvement stores) where 2 "x 6" construction has become very popular. Once in a while 2" x 8" construction is used for a very warm house.
I use an electric kettle all the time. You can get them lots of places. I got mine at Target, but I do think most Americans use the stovetop kettles. I love all the unique house styles in the United Kingdom! There’s just so much history and character in the different architecture.
We do have tin roof places here, mainly in the South. There are very small and cheap, usually described as shacks. A famous mention of them is the American play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
There are also copper roofs which are very expensive. Both of them are very good roofs and last a long time, I think about 100 years if you take care of them.
I visited England and I quickly ran out of coffee in my hotel room, so I tried some tea. It's actually really good. I bought an electric kettle when I got back home to the States. Not quite the kick that coffee has but it's much better to drink all throughout the day. People think I'm weird for putting milk and sugar in my tea now.
We have tin houses. They’re called sheds for our garden equipment
In the North Eastern part of the country, a duplex is an apartment with 2 floors (and an apartment with 3 floors is a triplex). 2 houses that share a single wall is a semi-detached until you go to the south where they are referred to as duplexes there.
Row houses are only found in cities. If they are located in the suburbs they are called townhouses for some strange reason. Rowhouses are typically made from brick while townhouses are wood framed. Speaking of materials if the rowhouse is in NYC and the façade is made of sandstone and in the right area they are called "brownstones"
i lived in a house in the US with no AC and no ceiling fans, and the windows were stuck shut over the years. During one hot summer i noticed a broken chunk of the glass in the window pane where i set our only box fan. After hours of agony with doors wide open, my wife discovered me and our two cats collapsed in the living room from heat exhaustion. (the basement was flooded with a recent pipe break). she had to help me to the car and wrap our cats in wet blankets to a take a drive in AC to a llake a few miles away to cool down to avoid seizing up. It was nearly 120 F of humid punishing heat. Anyway... we all got ice cream out of the deal and we're all doing great in a new much better house now.
I live in Westchester Illinois, right outside Chicago, the neighborhood was built in the 1950s and was modeled off British towns(sort of), all houses are brick and our street names are Manchester, Norfolk, Kent, Bristol, Portsmouth, Newcastle, Oxford, Balmoral, etc..
We have a bunch of mines here in Pennsylvania. But we almost all have basements. Our home is a ranch and our basement is finished. So our basement has drop ceilings, ceiling fans, carpet, a complete bedroom, a theater room, a game room and a laundry room. So in other words our basement is like most people's main floor.
Where I live our elevation is at sea level so there’s only a hand full of houses that have basements and old cisterns
So, insects are why Dave scratches below the desk so much. Riiiight. ;-)
I suspect the typical house that baby boomers grew up in is the ranch house. Either that or a 2-story house that has the wide side facing the street just like a ranch house. And with MUCH bigger yards/gardens than in the UK.
Growing up in the US with an English Mum and Irish Dad we only had tea. I still only use a stove top whistling kettle because I don’t like a lot of things taking up room in my kitchen countertop. They’re not as common here as in the UK.
We have electric kettles here. You typically have to get them from amazon, target(sometimes) or a home goods store. Coffee pots are more popular though. With a 12cup Mr. Coffee machine, just take out the coffee filter holder, add water, and boom. You now have hot water for tea, hot cocoa, cup ramen. Add the coffee filter holder and paper filter, some ground coffee, water and boom! Coffee! Instant coffee is terrible to drink but decent if adding to chocolate cake mix.
"Fisting Disposals" might be the BEST THING i've read in a long time. Cannot thank you enough for that snot bubble laugh. ... and maybe a good band name to boot. 🤣😂😆
We also have Sears homes and Log Cabin Kit Homes, Modular Homes, Mobile Homes, etc.
And if the spider you caught was as big as a whiskey glass it wasn’t a brown recluse. They are very small and rarely seen. Wolf Spiders get very big though, maybe you guys have those over there.
I make my tea in our coffee maker, but not the tea you guys drink. Two pots strong black tea brewed, pour into a jug, mix in a bit of sugar, and refrigerate until cold. Drink with ice. That’s how you do it in the US south, though I prefer lightly sweetened to the traditional super sugary sweet tea.
I've used the drip style coffee makers where cold water drips over the grounds into a pot which is heated from beneath. You get better coffee with an electric kettle and a french press though. Also use the electric kettle to make tea and heat water for ramen noodles and things like that.
Of course we have electric kettles in the States, they're just not as ubiquitous as in other countries. Boils down to (p.i.) coffee vs. tea. I'm guessing the ratio of coffee drinkers to hot tea here is 100:1. Most coffee makers in the U.S. are self contained, i.e. drip, K-cups, etc., obviating the need for a separate water boiler. I'm old enough to remember percolated coffee which, thanks to Joe DiMaggio aka Mr. Coffee, fell out of favor in the sixties. It was absolutely the worst way to brew a cuppa joe.
In my experience I'd put that ratio closer to 20:1. I know a lot of people who drink tea daily and a lot of people with electric kettles. And it doesn't have to be one or the other. I drink coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon.
The electric kettle is most popular with college students in the us. It's a fast, and easy way to cook Ramen in your dorm room., when you don't want to use the common room appliances.
I live in a cabin with a metal roof. Falling to sleep to the sound of rain is so very nice.
I want to see the bowl that Mike used for that haircut..............................
brown recluse(here in the states) have a design on their backs that resemble a violin...which makes them EASY to identify...
A common misperception with garbage disposals are that you can put large chunks of food in them. They're only supposed to take small bits of food that happen when you do the washing up. You're still supposed to put bigger bits in the bin.
So many houses in England seem to be of the "attached" variety...sharing walls with neighbors. I always wondered how things like roof repair and replacement were dealt with as multiple owners would be forced to cooperate on the repair contracting and expense.
.35 ACH “air changes per hr” is the ideal amount of air leakage a house should have to both breathe properly and to retain heat and energy to avoid the black mold
Thanks, as a new homeowner you just taught me something.
1) My 1950s ranch house in the U.S. was originally about 1000 square feet, slightly larger than the UK average of 900. After an addition, it is now slightly larger than the American average of 1600. There is also a basement for just the original portion of the house, which one day will require a dumpster to empty.
2) Air conditioning was originally a luxury, one that my house was retrofitted with 20 years after it was built. But I cannot imagine not having window screens. They're inexpensive and keep out insects.
3) Most houses I've visited have kitchen faucets with one control for hot and cold water, and bathroom faucets with separate controls but only the one spigot.
4) I've always had a garbage disposal, thanks to a sewer connection. They're great, as long as you don't put anything fibrous down them, like banana peels or celery. I have an unusually good sense of smell, and I can't stand trash that smells strongly of anything.
5) I will never understand desiring a large yard. To me, it's like being an unpaid farmer who meticulously tends his fields all summer, and then in the autumn plows under his crops rather than harvesting them and being reimbursed for his labors. People tell me they are reimbursed by enjoying how good their yard looks. Now that I'm over 50 and can afford it, I have a landscaper take care of my yard well enough so that it looks average for my neighborhood. If I could afford a large house which is accompanied by a large yard, I would rather buy a large condominium and pay the outrageous condo fee (as high as $500-600 per month) which pays for the landscaping.
6) I had never even heard of an electric kettle. Most coffee drinkers I know use a Keurig machine with "K-cups" or some other new device, rather than an old-fashioned coffee percolator that requires filters. Some probably use a "Mr. Coffee"-type drip coffee make that you see in cafes. Instant coffee was more common here in the '70s and '80s, before these new devices for making just one cup.
My wife is a big tea drinker and finding electric kettle is a task. We bought it on line. We also have a stove top tea kettle.
When Mike and Dave asked Daz if he lived in any of those style American houses and Daz replied "colonial" and both Mike and Dave chuckled.... I didn't get it probably cause I'm American. I was like 2 or 3 seconds behind the joke. Then when I got how funny the thought of a British guy moving to the U.S. and residing in a "Colonial" house is. I had to pause the video I was laughing so hard. LOL Keep up the good work blokes!
18:50 instant coffee is pretty common in the US. But generally we just fill a mug with water and put it in the microwave for like a minute or so(depending on the microwaves' strength and preferred temperature for drinking). And then we add it in.
The water hot/cold dispenser is common where I live.
Not a big fan of instant coffee, I think it's gross especially Folgers.
I have had Asian made instant coffee which I found is very good.
It was surprising to me when they said Nescafe is bad because I have loved it whenever I buy it from Asian markets. As do the people who I give packets of the stuff to.
i def roll a pot of coffee in my house with or without guest. no kettle tho just comes from a coffee pot. if i do tea just boil it stove top. The keurigs are HUGE in america and most people see those and help themselves to whatever they want as well.
We still have tin roofs in usa. Mostly in some older homes..I have a metal roof called a roof over.. so it goes over the existing roof .
These last forever pretty much.
I live in Florida and My Hurricane Proof House are made of Cinder or Concrete Block, so it can go through a Category 5 Hurricane(these arent Direct Hits, but were Very Close), Roof is Cabled Down too the Foundation, Very Sturdy. In the Last 6 Years had several Hurricanes in the Tampa Bay Area, didnt Even lose a Shingle!!!
A washer and dryer in one unit... I can see how it could be convenient, but if you have more than one load to do, then your laundry takes twice as long. But when you're doing laundry in the kitchen (weird) , I guess it's better to save space lol
There are plenty of electric kettles in America. Well, not a great variety but every store sells at least one type. My parents love tea so I bought them a new electronic kettle and some tea for Christmas. They loved it. Say they think of me every time they put the kettle on lol.
We have electric kettles in the States. We just don’t buy them very often. I grew up heating water for tea in the microwave or on the stovetop. Most people have a coffee maker with a pot or a keurig that makes one cup at a time (if they’re bougie). As for the question of where disposal waste from the sink goes, it just runs down to the sewer or septic tank. Our disposals make mince of it first, which is why safety is a big deal. You do not want your hand near that thing when it’s running.
There’s a big insurance savings in places prone to hail storms with metal roofs over comp roofs. They’re getting fairly common and come in many colors.
I live in the boonies in the Blue Ridge Mtns and though I could mention a dozen things that are different, I'll focus on one. porches & decks. Y'all may have a patio in the garden, but do you have a porch? Up north [I lived in Ct for a while] we had front porch as a covered entry to the front door, and had a deck out back; my house now [very old for the locale, began as a log cabin which has been added on to, but a key to a country house is a real front porch, with a swinging seat as well as rocking chairs for folks to sit in and visit for a spell. So Daz, what's the difference between a porch and a deck? Country house vs ranch style? And don't get me started on the McMansion phase of the late '90s, no way I'd live in one of those monstrosities.
Basements are common in some parts of the US, but not others. In the Northeast, they're very common, but not in Florida, where houses are mostly built on slabs.
And funnily enough, they're also less common in Tornado Alley, where you really need one! Many houses in tornado-prone areas have armored closets, which are highly reinforced closets that are anchored to the slab. When a tornado is coming you can run in there, bolt the door and survive a direct hit, even though the rest of the house may be swept away completely.
We also have wood cabins in the mountains and woods.
The retirees here in Fl buy homes with 3 or 4 bedrooms that are rarely used.
Many will make one an office or den or library.
In 1973, the earliest year for which U.S. Census data is currently available, the average square footage of a house in the U.S. was 1,660 square feet. By 2015, the average square footage of a home increased to a whopping 2,687 square feet, although since then, it's begun to drop.
When I'm reading comments, etc. it is sometimes difficult to determine where the author is from, our use of the english language and how we refer to things isn't terribly different. Sometimes spelling gives it away but some people in the US will also use the less common spelling that is common in the UK and elsewhere ... for example, theatre vs theater or colour vs color. Some words it is pretty safe to assume they are not from the US. As mentioned in this video, referring to a flat instead of an apartment is one of them. Another one is referring to 'going to university' instead of 'going to college'.
An average store will have about 15 different coffee makers and 1 or 2 electric kettles. Most people don't drink tea here or only drink it occasionally so they will just heat the water in the microwave.
Basements are not ubiquitous in the US or even in in a single city. Many areas don't have them at all.
I have a tea kettle, electric kettle, and a coffee maker. Haven't used any of them...lol!!!
I grew up with a tea kettle. I've never used an electric kettle... ever. I've seen coffee makers but never for tea. Now that I think about it it's very archaic, isn't it?
Never seen an electric one either.
Haven't seen a regular one in about 15 years, now that I think of it.
I have low standards, so I make my tea in a coffee Kuerig (one-cup coffee-pod thingy). I just put my tea bag in a small filter, let the hot water filter through, and then dump the tea bag in the bottom of my thermos. No doubt destroys the subtlety.
Can't count the number of times I've made a coffee and then, hours later, figured out there's a days-old tea bag laying in the bottom of my coffee 🥴
I’ve had an electric kettle for about 16 years and love it. I like tea and it heats the water so much faster than a stove top kettle or the microwave. Now, is it worth the counter real estate if you’re not an avid tea drinker or use boiled water for pour-over or French press coffee, maybe not. But if you have a counter space and/or make tea or use one of those methods for making coffee on a regular basis you might want to consider it. (They are easy to find on Amazon)
@@pjschmid2251 i mean, my stove top can heat a cup of water in like 30 seconds..maybe a half gallon would take longer but wouldnt that be the same for the electric doodad
I never heard of a rowhouse until about 10 yrs. ago.
In the west (of US), we call them townhouses.
In the Northeast (I'm in Philadelphia) there are both, with townhouses being much larger than rowhouses.
Charleston has some beautiful ones as well
I've never really seen an electric kettle in any homes here in the states, but damn near everyone has a Keurig now, which seems close enough to me. Fast hot water, fast tea or coffee.
Strange, I never had a stove top kettle in the USA. We always had an electric one. They sell them everywhere.
AC is uncommon in the UK? People already say Europeans stink, and that probably isn't helping lol. But then again it doesn't get as hot there as it does in the US. Even in the "cold" parts of the country like I'm from Minnesota, yeah it's cold in the winter but every summer there are days over 100°F (~38°C)
The brown recluse is actually really small. Much smaller than a whiskey glass. I’ve never actually seen any where I live, but it’s pretty cold where I live so that might be the reason.
I like the English phrase "Bob's your uncle."
My dad's younger brother's name is Robert: Bob
And my dad's younger sister married a guy also named Robert.
So yes, Bob is my uncle. 😉😁
But we do use move house 🏠 it where we put the whole house on a truck and move it somewhere else. 😉🙃
Not a lot of basements in some sections of the country, and anyplace with mobile homes, obviously... I live in New England so yeah, I can't think of a single place I've lived where there wasn't a basement. In fact, up here, we only ask if a basement is finished or not - meaning framed out and built up like a proper room, which usually become recreational bars (as my parents had), or game room for the kids, or man-cave, etc...
@KT Broadcasting all 6 of the houses I've lived in have not had basements. In fact two places I've lived is it legal to build a basement because the water table was too high and you'd end up with an indoor swimming pool instead of a basement.
From America but having lived in NZ, Australia and Europe, electric kettles are awesome. There are very rare in America. Not in hotels. I had to search for one when I moved back. Hard to find.
I know a number of people with electric kettles. And they're super convenient for more than just tea.
Most people I know have a stove top kettle. I do have an electric kettle but I drink a lot of tea.
Guys I gotta tell ya, in America, most of us use stove top kettles not electric ones. I don't know anyone who uses an electric kettle. We don't drink tea that often -- or as often as you do in the UK. So we don't mind waiting for water to boil on a stove.
Tin roof houses are not uncommon at all in rural areas of the US. My mom specifically requested a tin roof when dad reroofed because she loves the sound of rain on it.
My ex-husband was from Canada. Being a tea drinker from the states and not a coffee drinker, which is what most Americans are (Probably due to the Boston Tea Party!). I discovered the electric kettle! I was 21 at the time and thought it was the neatest thing I had ever discovered. So, i bought one. I was ecstatic when I got it home and started using it. The next thing I knew smoke was coming out of the outlet, and the cord was getting hot! No one told me that the wattage and amperage was not the same in Canada as in the U.S.! Not even my husband, who only laughed when I told him. Maybe that should have been a warning to me that we weren’t meant for each other! So a warning to people from the U.S.A., don’t bother taking you hair dryer, electric razors, etc. to Europe Or Canada, they won’t work!!!
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You can certainly buy electric kettles online but we don't drink nearly as much tea and coffee pots have built in water heaters. If I need hot or boiled water I just put a big mug in the microwave for 45 seconds.
Probably 90% of 'coffee makers' in the US are a drip brew style with a built in heating element for the water temp.
Lol, watching three British men try and figure out how a coffee maker works. American homes do not typically have electric kettles tea is not as popular here. But most American homes will have a coffee maker most likely a drip coffee maker. The coffee maker requires no external device to boil the water it does that itself. Filter basket put water in the back if heats the water sends it through the drip basket into the pot simple as can be. Oh and instant coffee is the devils work.
That being said I do have an electric kettle and I’ve had one for the last 15 or more years. It’s just not as ubiquitous in the US to have an electric kettle as it is in the US.
Plug-in for drip coffee makers -- sure.
Plug-in for a kettle just to boil water for tea -- rare.
Yeah Americans don't use electric kettles lol we still use stove-top kettles and even those are kinda rare. Not everyone has one, but everyone does usually have a coffee maker which is the machine you pour water in the back and it drips through the filter and into the pot
There are a few houses here in the states with tin roofs
I would go nuts with insects flying or crawling into the house at will.
The master on the first is forward thinking. When you grow old, you do not have to worryabout steps.
The one thing I really prefer is the British version of the power receptacle. It's going to cost much more than what we have here, but there are so many safety values we simply don't have. I was around 7 or 8 years old and I wanted my electric train set up to go a bit faster. I made some makeshift system where I needed to insert scissors into the receptacle to get the proper "charge". I remember seeing a massive spark pop out of the box - and that's about it. The receptacle had a black hole burn thru it right in the center. I was pretty lucky (and stupid), but I felt enough to know not to ever do it again. Sort of like the time I just had to tough the hotplate on the iron while my mom's back was turned. I think I lost some skin from my forefinger on that one. The fun things we do when we're 7.
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I've never known, or met, anyone who owns an electric kettle. Then again, I've never known anyone who drinks hot tea
You can find tin-roofed houses in the US. Most of them were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I'm guessing most of those roofs have been replaced, but some have been preserved. You can still get a metal roof put on your house today, but I'm not sure what the advantage is.
This was a pretty interesting video. More of these for sure
If you say "move house" in the US I would picture an oversize load on the freeway.
Kettles are still pretty new in the U.S. If you google, you can find one, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in a store.
Garbage disposals are in almost every home. Grinds down with water...to sewage pipes.
There are electric kettles in the U.S. (most people just don't have one because they microwave to make tea). I've only seen instant coffee once in my life. Tasted vile lol Almost everyone will have a coffee pot (or a Keurig type thing) though
Sorry guys, UK does not have brown recluse spiders. It's far too cold & wet from them to survive. These spiders live in dry & hot weather. States with desert type weather & the Southern areas. I live in Nashville & we have plenty of them along with rattlesnakes. Hate them both. Brown Recluse are very small spiders. If you think you caught one in a glass, please catch it again & take it to a University for study. I would be quiet concerned if it turned out to be. That would mean this spider has adapted to a colder weather & doubled in size. These spiders rot your skin to the bone. Always enjoy your channel...
My brother in law gave me a Ridge wallet for Christmas.... it rocks.
You have tin roofs everywhere here in Appalachia
Get a dehumidifier, that should help with the mold.
Sometimes when I’m trying to make something on the stove like vegetables I heat the water up in the electric kettle Then poured in the pot because it’s faster.
6:45, American translation English to American English definition, "Thatched Roof."