Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT : MAY Have To Build New House - CBC On PIERS ??? Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:40:41 +0200 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <117u1q8$1srqg$8@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net mfz9ulweGU/1s1QPpmdlXQH+c7eIcIX1eqMoDFLaAW49C0lNom Cancel-Lock: sha1:b/zhPOq9UBbQ15yRBvpPltwTJtw= sha256:rKLyNcql2lGX+SYIUBU+p6G1+C41DHWTl5N2Oje0iRA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:91269 On 2026-09-11 07:43, c186282 wrote: > On 9/10/26 06:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 10/09/2026 06:22, c186282 wrote: >   Oh ... and WHY do people build strong stone structures >   and then put a SHITTY wooden roof on them ? The roofs >   are always the first thing to go, often quite early. You can see that even in ancient cathedrals. My home is built like that, too. Lighter than a stone roof with a stone vault. Like cathedrals. They put a wooden roof with tiles on top, waterproof. >   Yea, yea, "weight", but still. I've seen commercial >   buildings with FLAT concrete roofs, 2" concrete with >   'ribs' molded in. ARCHED roofs though, then you have >   to deal with the lateral loading more and maybe use >   steel tension bars at the base. > >   Oh, remember "Dome Homes" - a 60s/70s fad ? By all >   reports they ALWAYS leak like mad. You'd have to >   spray about a half inch of molten PVC over the >   whole thing at minimum  :-) > -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.