22 Jan
2013
22 Jan
'13
6:10 a.m.
On 22/01/13 5:04 PM, Peter Ross wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Russell Coker wrote:
If you had a house made of solid relatively airtight concrete including a concrete roof with solid shutters then it doesn't seem that you would need any water protection system. Earth houses can be useful too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_house
Fire protection
Compared to other building materials, such as wood, earth houses feature efficient fire protection owing both to the use of concrete and the insulation provided by the roof. That looks like an interesting architectural style that has a lot of practical benefits. Wombats knew what they were doing all along. ;)
-- 73 de Tony VK3JED http://vkradio.com