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Indeed, that seems absolutely insane. Like a castle that would need to survive some sort of siege. Land is expensive where I am and I cannot imagine wasting tha
by phinnaeus 4y ago
Indeed, that seems absolutely insane. Like a castle that would need to survive some sort of siege. Land is expensive where I am and I cannot imagine wasting that much on such insanely thick walls.
I want a picture. Walking through the front door must feel like going through a tunnel.
- bombcar 4y agoI’ve seen some that are basically build as two concrete block or brick walls, and the center are was filled with rubble stone and dirt. This is similar to an “earth house” and is very comfortable where the average (or basement) temperature is comfortable. The walls make an insane amount of thermal mass and the temperature inside changes very slowly.
- ComodoHacker 4y agoIt's not insane. I currently live in a house where some older rooms have 0.9 meter adobe brick walls. These were built in mid-XX century, when this was normal. Now we have better materials and don't need that much width.
- xani_ 4y agoMy family house was expanded so it had a thick wall like that between kitchen and the new part of the house. It was so thick it barely got wifi thru