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Sorry, but you can't compare a multistory building where people live with an old church.
by JackPoach 8y ago
Sorry, but you can't compare a multistory building where people live with an old church.
- vidarh 8y agoYou can to an extent, because the point is that the wood retains a sufficient carrying capacity for centuries to not fall down. I'm not saying a multistory building will survive for 800 years without maintenance, but that the carrying internal structure of a church like that can survive for 800 years is a pretty good indicator that it can survive for a long time.
- crote 8y agoHow about a 500-year old multistory building still used as a house? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begijnhof,_Amsterdam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begijnhof,_Amsterdam . Granted, it's only 6 stories, but I think we can forgive that, given that it's 500 years old.
- JackPoach 8y agoThat is really impressive. However, this is an exception, not the rule and I've seen a number of old wooden houses in really, really bad shape when I lived in Sacramento. Even after 50 or so years. Of course, they have termite problem in California, that doesn't happen in other parts of the world as much.