Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France
by blattimwind on Thursday November 02, 2017 @05:27AM
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A piece of beech firewood lasts about 2-4 hours in a wood stove, which is pretty impressive methinks. (However, construction timber isn't hardwood and never beech).
Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France
by notl4wy3r on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @11:53PM
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Fortunately, my building still has the original brick cladding.
Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France
by wahern on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:37AM
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Does it have sprinklers? Lack of sprinklers is what doomed the Marco Polo condominium victims despite all the mitigations.
"We've got three commercial fire hoses on every floor," he
said. "We've got three CO2 bottles, big ones, on every
floor. When we did the building originally, we thought we
have enough equipment at the time, so the fire will never
transfer to another unit. We have 45-minute fire doors, so
if we have a fire, we can keep it to one unit."
...
"Solid, concrete and pre-stressed -- it’s the best.” said
Schmidt. It was designed to accommodate natural, tradewind
ventilation, but he thinks those winds also helped to feed
the fire.
-- http://www.kitv.com/story/35948583/long-time-marco-polo-resi...
supposedly the safest thing to do if there is a fire on another floor is to shelter in place
Of course, that's what they said about Grenfell.