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Pilgrim P
Pilgrim Dec 20, 2005 23:28:49
Replying to Littlestone

Hi, Littlestone,
Interesting stuff - although I'm not convinced about the roof idea, it would be interesting to hear from someone who is knowledgeable in the various methodologies discussed; I have a nice image in my raddled head of reeds being collected by banks of the Avon to be used in the thatching process. Of course, it is a fact that some of the trilithons are not sunk very deep in the chalk, and I wopuld have thought that any technology that was able to produce 40ft-plus beams for its roof, would have an inkling of the niceties of good footings..... :-)

Peace

Pilgrim

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N nigelswift
nigelswift Dec 21, 2005 09:00:21
Replying to Pilgrim

Never mind the covering, from a technical point of view the timber roof construction is bonkers, and looks like it's been designed to fit the stones and holes that are known to exist, not designed to do the job.
A stone ring beam linked by shallow stone joints that will allow the lintels to rotate alarmingly... upper trusses that join the middle of each lintel and lower ones that join the joints of the lintels AND the vertical supports... c'mon! Imagine the construction process. "So which set of trusses do you want us to put in place first guv?

(Depends whether you want the whole thing to collapse and kill you inwards or outwards I suppose.)