>>I can't emphasize this too much for everyone living in a rural >>area---FIREPROOF YOUR NEW HOUSE.. Never, ever use cedar or asphalt >>shingles---a standing-seam metal roof outlasts anything else and >>will survive a shower of unwanted sparks from a blazing National >>Forest or unused hayfield. Corrugated sheet metal works as well for >>roof and exterior walls, is much cheaper and doesn't look quite so >>nice. Well, maybe not, I've seen some very nice looking housed in >>East Texas using corrugated enameled steel roofs and wall siding. >>If you are really in a high risk area for forest fire, a roof and >>wall sprinkler system is the best fire insurance you can buy---it >>will get a twenty percent or more premium reduction from your >>swindling insurance company---always better to avoid fire than fight >>the inevitable fight with the insurance company if your house burns >>down. They won't be happy, and you won't be happy unless you have a >>wide fire-break between your house and a potential forest fire. >> >>Rock is fireproof, but very time consuming to lay up properly. Dirt >>won't burn either. In any but the most benign climates, if you lay >>up rock, adobe or CEB--make it in cavity-wall format. to minimize >>loss of heat or coolth. In earthquake country reinforce walls >>adequately too.
I wonder why the poster left out concrete or steel framing? Too much interaction with modern civilization necessary for these more-industrialized materials to be used? Anyway, thx for the excellent post. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
