On Tuesday 07 March 2017 18:14:43 andy pugh wrote: > On 7 March 2017 at 22:31, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > >> When my dad and I re-roofed his house we decided to put back the > >> "shingles" that had already been there 500 years. > >> http://www.bodgesoc.org/Slaithwaite2/Front.JPG > > > > Slate? Good idea, but don't let your insurance or the fire Dept. > > know. > > Sandstone. About 50 tons of it,
OMG. OTOH, the exterior walls look like more of the same, stacked by a pretty good stacker. Was that your grandfather? If the arch can hold it up for another 200 years, neither of us will have to worry about it. Looks very nice inside too. > I reckon it would take a while to burn through this structure (all > oak) http://www.bodgesoc.org/Slaithwaite2/Hall3.JPG Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcing the Oxford Dictionaries API! The API offers world-renowned dictionary content that is easy and intuitive to access. Sign up for an account today to start using our lexical data to power your apps and projects. Get started today and enter our developer competition. http://sdm.link/oxford _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
