How to design a house to last 1000 years

Re:How to design a house to last 1000 years by wing-_-nuts on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @11:49AM (#29811365)

Why was that done traditionally? Because if you had a chimney fire, you could hook your mules to it, pull it down, and save the house.

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Re:How to design a house to last 1000 years by alasano on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:01PM (#29811559)

This seems right but I don't know enough about chimneys, mules or even houses to determine if it's true.

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Re:How to design a house to last 1000 years by PTOB on Thursday January 06, 2022 @03:40PM (#29829762)

c.f. "Little House on the Prairie". Chimney fire is for real.

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