Earth matters

[Speaker to Animals]

If we just implemented a simple rule, whereby contractors are executed every time their structure fails and takes a life or disables somebody, then I think we can clear this problem up.

Pretty sure nobody is going to build fuck all with plaster if that rule was in force.

[Montegriffo]

If we just implemented a simple rule, whereby contractors are executed every time their structure fails and takes a life or disables somebody, then I think we can clear this problem up.

Pretty sure nobody is going to build fuck all with plaster if that rule was in force.

WTF?
Plastered walls are not load-bearing. It's a wall covering.

[TheReal_ND]

Daub and wattle is a really old practice for insulation. It is not load bearing at all. You could probably break through it with an implement and dedication.

[Montegriffo]

Daub and wattle is a really old practice for insulation. It is not load bearing at all. You could probably break through it with an implement and dedication.

I don't think it's for insulation. It's for dividing walls. The timber frame bears the loads.
An old medieval house is pretty environmentally sound. Materials such as wood, stone, clay, straw. All locally sourced and very few energy-intensive materials like metal or glass. Even nails were used sparingly, most carpentry joints were mortise and tenon. A thatched roof has high insulation properties and is a by-product of farming.
Shame we can't all go back to living in houses like that.

[PartyOf5]

If we just implemented a simple rule, whereby contractors are executed every time their structure fails and takes a life or disables somebody, then I think we can clear this problem up.

Pretty sure nobody is going to build fuck all with plaster if that rule was in force.

WTF?
Plastered walls are not load-bearing. It's a wall covering.

You were the one that said there are better alternatives to concrete and quoted an article that talked about plaster.

How many times are you going to pull this shit?

[Montegriffo]

Look, you know you're on the naughty step. Why are you still trying to talk to me? I can't even see your posts.
Go bite someone else's ankle. Or better still, come up with some original content of your own rather than just knocking other people's.

[Speaker to Animals]

Plaster structures are just piled rocks with mortar to keep them in place and then covered with a plaster exterior.

If you want to die like a proper Roman in 4.0 earthquake, then go for it.

[Montegriffo]

Plaster structures are just piled rocks with mortar to keep them in place and then covered with a plaster exterior.

If you want to die like a proper Roman in 4.0 earthquake, then go for it.

OK. So you don't know what lime mortar is.
Why didn't you just say that rather than blather on about plaster?

[Speaker to Animals]

Plaster structures are just piled rocks with mortar to keep them in place and then covered with a plaster exterior.

If you want to die like a proper Roman in 4.0 earthquake, then go for it.

OK. So you don't know what lime mortar is.
Why didn't you just say that rather than blather on about plaster?

If a contractor's life depended on the structure's safety, would he build a "lime mortar" building or something safe?

It's easy to talk shit when you won't realistically end up buried in rubble because your idea is fucking stupid.

[Montegriffo]

Plaster structures are just piled rocks with mortar to keep them in place and then covered with a plaster exterior.

If you want to die like a proper Roman in 4.0 earthquake, then go for it.

OK. So you don't know what lime mortar is.
Why didn't you just say that rather than blather on about plaster?

If a contractor's life depended on the structure's safety, would he build a "lime mortar" building or something safe?

It's easy to talk shit when you won't realistically end up buried in rubble because your idea is fucking stupid.

What sort of mortar do you think has held together the walls on the cathedrals and castles that have been standing around for nearly a thousand years all over Europe?