News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building so many staircases?. Parent comment

Re:Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building s... by sofixa on Saturday December 25, 2021 @06:21AM (#29682330)
> 24 stories of Grenfell were engulfed in an hour - the fire bypassed the doors, walls and floors, by going up the outside

Because the exterior was flammable, which isn't the norm and is actually criminal.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building s... by pessimizer on Saturday December 25, 2021 @09:38AM (#29683658)
It's so not criminal that plenty of hi-rises in the UK still have flammable cladding. If it were criminal, the people who put it on there would be in prison.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building s... by chrisseaton on Saturday December 25, 2021 @06:41AM (#29682457)
> is actually criminal

So is arson. Newsflash: sometimes people do criminal things.

But we try to design to cope with it rather than just saying ‘but they aren’t allowed to start that fire so no need to guard against it.’

And it turned out it was the norm, hence the huge panic to fix it in so many buildings.

[ Parent | on HN ]