Man's Concrete Home Survives Raging Wildfire in Washington
Here is a smart guy, something to consider if we build a Gulch..
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- 2Posted by $ Susanne 8 years, 8 months agoHe was incredibly lucky - I've seen a couple concrete houses that were pretty much ruined during the '89 Oakland Hills firestorm. Some survived, but others did not.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 8 months agoI think the design itself helped a lot, it was raised up on a bluff like position and he had no flammable exterior I could see. But it is an example of how building against the threats can be useful and productive. There was a similar case in one of the midwest where a tornado destroyed one of the towns, and a guy had a concrete dome home standing in the midst of utter destruction. They can be made to be pretty attractive, and seem the right thing in either environment. I think it is all in the design.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by $ Susanne 8 years, 8 months agoAs long as the heat doesn't crack and/or spall the concrete (which is what happened to the broken homes in the Oakland hills) he's fine! And I can imagine how such a home could be made beautiful - I've lived in Geodesic Domes at Burning Man that were decorated, one as a Russian Officer's Club in Afghanastan (I've been told by Russian Afghanistan war vets it looked scarily accurate), another that looked like a Middle Eastern Sheik's tent... and there's a church I used to go to in Oakland - google Oakland & Ascension Cathedral - that is a concrete dome, and is, well... stunning in its beauty. It's one of those "see it to believe it" things - pictures don't honestly do it justice!| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 8 months agoThe concrete quality and mix must play a big part, maybe even the curing. There are additives that will make it stronger and bond better, which may be what he used. What you describe sounds like something was amiss in the mix or the curing process.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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