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Why not to build on a hill
I guess some people don't know how to engineer structures on a hill.
But an auto jack can help. Photos from an inspector. https://imgur.com/gallery/qGtysqo |
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Why not to build on a hill
On 10/7/20 6:55 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I guess some people don't know how to engineer structures on a hill. But an auto jack can help. Photos from an inspector. https://imgur.com/gallery/qGtysqo They need some Mayan engineers. https://www.touropia.com/ancient-mayan-temples/ And someone who cares about their work. |
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Why not to build on a hill
On 10/7/2020 8:33 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 10/7/20 6:55 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: I guess some people don't know how to engineer structures on a hill. But an auto jack can help. Photos from an inspector. https://imgur.com/gallery/qGtysqo Â*Â*Â* They need some Mayan engineers. https://www.touropia.com/ancient-mayan-temples/ Â* And someone who cares about their work. They may not have had fancy equipment but they sure were good engineers. |
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Why not to build on a hill
On 10/7/20 6:55 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I guess some people don't know how to engineer structures on a hill. But an auto jack can help. Photos from an inspector. https://imgur.com/gallery/qGtysqo The could've at least used a screw jack instead of the floor jack. And maybe thrown a couple shingles under the jack legs. |
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Why not to build on a hill
On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 19:55:27 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I guess some people don't know how to engineer structures on a hill. But an auto jack can help. Photos from an inspector. https://imgur.com/gallery/qGtysqo We rented this cabin in South Dakota http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Shaky%20cabin.JPG I was walking around looking and I saw the pilings were just sitting on rocks. One good kick would have brought the place down. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Shaky%20Cabin%20pilings.JPG When the bed collapsed in the middle of the night true I thought we were heading to the creek. |
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Why not to build on a hill
"Dean Hoffman" wrote in message ... On 10/7/20 6:55 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: I guess some people don't know how to engineer structures on a hill. But an auto jack can help. Photos from an inspector. https://imgur.com/gallery/qGtysqo They need some Mayan engineers. Nope just proper piles that go down to bedrock and steel instead of wood structure for the deck. https://www.touropia.com/ancient-mayan-temples/ And someone who cares about their work. |
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More Heavy Trolling by Senile Nym-Shifting Rodent Speed!
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 14:13:24 +1100, %%, better known as cantankerous trolling
senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote: They need some Mayan engineers. Nope In auto-contradicting mode again, you clinically insane, 86-year-old, auto-contradicting, senile troll? -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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