• @[email protected]
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    20 hours ago

    Next year they become legal In Belgium too, for approved brands. They currently are banned due to electrical/fire safety code.

    • @[email protected]
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      1020 hours ago

      Wasn’t there a stereotype about Belgium having lax building codes? Was that ever true or did that change, Belgium?

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        1320 hours ago

        I haven’t numbers or data, so just from personal point of view: Lax building code as in you can build the weirdest looking building in the middle of a forest, yes. The 60s to 90s were like that.

        But the building always had to be up to code: if you wanted electricity, it had to be up to code. If you wanted water, you also needed correct sewage. Transactional, in a way.

        The first, buildings whereever, has also changed, gradually, since the 00s. “Betonstop” is the name used, translates to “concrete stop”.

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      114 hours ago

      They are still illegal in Sweden, unfortunately. Hopefully we get some movement on the subject soon.

    • @Valmond
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      520 hours ago

      Anyone knows about France? I got a balcony south south…