Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have not heard anything of its having been moved, so I suspect that the original brick foundation was replaced in place as it failed. Stone does not exist here, so brick would have been the foundation of choice of for a nice home. The poor would have used stump sized wood, often tree cross sections. Any stone here is imported. The town I live in has several walls/fences, but rarely buildings of stone. These were cast off ballast from visiting merchant ships. ric > On Jan 13, 2021, at 10:42 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > I notice that concrete building blocks serve as pillars, and I wouldn?t > think their ? invention ? is as old as the house itself. The bricks > though, attest of much older established.