Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fascinating, never see that here in Ireland, we're still in the stone age - the place is covered in it. I thought that moving houses from one location to another was a US thing, until I read Peter D's post, and now I see it happens in France too. How old were those buildings, Philippe? Douglas On 14/01/2021 12:14, Philippe via LUG wrote: > A vinery owned by a friend looks like this > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Domaine+Bechtold-1236.jpg.html > > The four buildings, which in my view form a harmonious whole, were in fact > taken down from four different villages, transported and reconstructed to > modern standards by my friend, over the last ten years. > > The house in which they live qualifies as ? passive ? and offers all > elements of modern comfort. Only the ceilings were raised a little to > match current sizes above 6ft :-) > > The vinery itself and the cellars are up to the most recent winemaking > standards, and one of his main clients is a US importer from NYC. > > The estate now looks like the oldest complex in the village,when it was > the last one to be (re)built and Jean-Marie started it from scratch. > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 14 janv. 2021 ? 12:35, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> a >> ?crit : >> >> About 150 years ago my great-grandparents lived in a house in North-East >> Essex, much of which is essentially alluvium from the Thames and the sea >> with little stone available. It was quite common for people to build >> houses with clapperboard, or variations on a theme thereof, including >> timber and brick. As a result houses were fairly easily and often moved. >> Indeed as a kid, I remember that we went past the house one day (the >> family having sold it many years before) and my mother commenting that >> it had been moved from where it was in some very old photos that we had. >> >> One of the ways that people kept rats out was to perch grain stores on >> what are variously called "staddle" or "steddle" stones which look like >> giant mushrooms or tapered stones with a flat top. The fact that thety >> are raised not only defeats rodents but also allows for air circulation, >> particularly useful in the case of granaries. I know of few if any >> houses that are built on staddle stones here. I guess that they must >> have been though, >> >> Peter >> >> On 14/01/2021 04:20, Don Dory via LUG wrote: >>> The are several other reasons for pier and beam construction. The first >>> is cost, aside from a dirt floor using bricks or stumps lets you level >>> the >>> floor easily. In the south it also keeps the moisture from the soil away >>> from your floor so the wood lists much longer. To Sonny's point, with >>> a >>> ledge on top of your piers you can keep most rodents out of your house. >>> You see this especially in Switzerland. >>> >>> Last, if your soil conditions are expansive clays you absolutely need to >>> allow for movement. You can place footings several feet below grade to >>> where the soil moisture remains constant even in drought. You can give >>> yourself enough room underneath with piers to periodically level your >>> house >>> with jacks and shims. >>> >>> If you look at older homes in the Mississippi delta you will see >>> pyramidal >>> concrete piers under most homes: the better homes will have a skirt to >>> hide >>> the piers. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 9:47 PM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at >>> leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> One of the reasons for raised houses is to rise above the dust and heat >>>> of >>>> Southern Summers as well as keeping the varmints from walking or >>>> slithering >>>> through the door. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Sonny >>>> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> >>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>> 1714 >>>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>>> >>>> USA >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 4:29 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Cool Ric, but I see it isn't listed here >>>>> >>>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_buildings_in_North_Carolina >>>>> so there's another job for you to do during lockdown :-) >>>>> >>>>> I was wondering about the blocks underneath too and whether it was >>>>> built >>>>> on a flood plain. Couldn't find Garret Island on Google Maps though. >>>>> >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> On 13/01/2021 01:57, CartersXRd via LUG wrote: >>>>>> Oldest house in Washington County, near Plymouth NC. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://2021.cartersxrd.net/2021.01.12x.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Ric Carter >>>>>> www.home.CartersXRd.net >>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter >>>>>> >>>>>> -the world?s mosst careless typist- >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> -- >> >> Dr. Peter Dzwig >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information