On 21/04/2019 12:05, mm0fmf wrote:
On 21/04/2019 10:40, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 09:33:24 +0100, mm0fmf wrote:

Of course a fire in the roof space would destroy their own spares too.

Thus cancelling out the foresight of acquiring them. It's a like having
your backups on site ....


I wonder if there's business potential in offering storage for
architectural material ?


The guide did say in a major fire all bets are off.

They stored them in the roof as they had the environment and space and
it didn't cost anything. That probably puts pay to that idea. They
didn't have enough for a full rebuild, just for planned repairs. I
think, but maybe wrong, that the guide said some beams had been waiting
there for 50+ years.




The great point of that idea is that they are then beautifully
conditioned and ready to use.