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I wonder if it'll be increasingly common to see houses on stilts or of flood-resistant design. Anything from a rudimentary elevated home to a fully adjustable N

by keehun 9y ago

I wonder if it'll be increasingly common to see houses on stilts or of flood-resistant design. Anything from a rudimentary elevated home to a fully adjustable Narita-style hydraulic lift system...

RandomInteger4 9y ago
Sadly not likely considering Trump just recently (2 weeks ago?) rolled back flood standards regulations to spite Obama.
hkmurakami 9y ago
I think you're thinking of KIX's hydraulic system?
- flukus 9y ago
  Probably more like a Queenslander (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture) ) house on stilts or something similar. It also helps with cooling which I imagine would be beneficial on the Texas coast. It's remarkably low tech and effective, you can often find 100 year old ones only a meter or two above rivers that regularly flood.
  - rtx 9y ago
    Those are some ugly houses.
    - flukus 9y ago
      I disagree. I'd prefer an ugly house over a destroyed house any day though. There's also nothing stopping you from applying the principal in whatever style you prefer.
mannykannot 9y ago
> I wonder if it'll be increasingly common to see houses on stilts... It is happening in areas hit by Sandy. Other flood-resistant features include raising utility equipment (HVAC, water heaters...) off the ground.
- bane 9y ago
  It's very common in parts of coastal Florida. The homes are designed not to look like it, but the first floor is just storage and the actual living areas are on the second floor (on up). In reality the homes are on stilts, and people just use the underside like a basement or garage. https://www.google.com/maps/@28.232837,-82.7539839,3a,75y,273.36h,86.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF5OJnoyCNXwVJC0mUCNyWA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@28.232837,-82.7539839,3a,75y,27...
BurningFrog 9y ago
Bomb safe bunkers are common since at least WW2. Why not flood safe high altitude structures? They could be used for other things in normal conditions, much like how subway stations are used as bomb shelters.
- jen729w 9y ago
  Ref. the 'Queenslander', built on stilts to - among other things - protect against tropical storm flooding. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture)
stevenwoo 9y ago
Maybe Houston will look like Venice except with more mosquitos and cockroaches. https://www.click2houston.com/news/meyerland-home-raised-ahead-of-hurricane-harvey https://www.click2houston.com/news/meyerland-home-raised-ahe... The National Flood Insurance program is paying the same people 30% of the time to repeatedly rebuild their homes in flood prone areas. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/congress-flood-insurance/535731/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/congres... But since it's being paid for by insurance, we are going to get houses on raised platforms.

by keehun 9y ago

I wonder if it'll be increasingly common to see houses on stilts or of flood-resistant design. Anything from a rudimentary elevated home to a fully adjustable Narita-style hydraulic lift system...

RandomInteger4 9y ago

Sadly not likely considering Trump just recently (2 weeks ago?) rolled back flood standards regulations to spite Obama.

hkmurakami 9y ago

I think you're thinking of KIX's hydraulic system?

flukus 9y ago
Probably more like a Queenslander (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture) ) house on stilts or something similar. It also helps with cooling which I imagine would be beneficial on the Texas coast. It's remarkably low tech and effective, you can often find 100 year old ones only a meter or two above rivers that regularly flood.
- rtx 9y ago
  Those are some ugly houses.
  - flukus 9y ago
    I disagree. I'd prefer an ugly house over a destroyed house any day though. There's also nothing stopping you from applying the principal in whatever style you prefer.

mannykannot 9y ago

> I wonder if it'll be increasingly common to see houses on stilts... It is happening in areas hit by Sandy. Other flood-resistant features include raising utility equipment (HVAC, water heaters...) off the ground.

bane 9y ago
It's very common in parts of coastal Florida. The homes are designed not to look like it, but the first floor is just storage and the actual living areas are on the second floor (on up). In reality the homes are on stilts, and people just use the underside like a basement or garage. https://www.google.com/maps/@28.232837,-82.7539839,3a,75y,273.36h,86.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF5OJnoyCNXwVJC0mUCNyWA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@28.232837,-82.7539839,3a,75y,27...

BurningFrog 9y ago

Bomb safe bunkers are common since at least WW2. Why not flood safe high altitude structures? They could be used for other things in normal conditions, much like how subway stations are used as bomb shelters.

jen729w 9y ago
Ref. the 'Queenslander', built on stilts to - among other things - protect against tropical storm flooding. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture)

stevenwoo 9y ago

Maybe Houston will look like Venice except with more mosquitos and cockroaches. https://www.click2houston.com/news/meyerland-home-raised-ahead-of-hurricane-harvey https://www.click2houston.com/news/meyerland-home-raised-ahe... The National Flood Insurance program is paying the same people 30% of the time to repeatedly rebuild their homes in flood prone areas. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/congress-flood-insurance/535731/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/congres... But since it's being paid for by insurance, we are going to get houses on raised platforms.