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I work at a large mining complex in Canada's far north. We have a mix of all types of door handles and mechanisms in outside-facing doors, like McMurdo, it woul
by loufe 4y ago
I work at a large mining complex in Canada's far north. We have a mix of all types of door handles and mechanisms in outside-facing doors, like McMurdo, it would seem. Even the best of them fails to keep snow out and heat in when you get snow and ice caught in the door creases. Salt, sand, and shovel and pick are the motto.
Thankfully, more doors are further off the ground because of permafrost. Having stability and door-jam-avoiding benefits simultaneously.
- loufe 4y agoPermafrost stilts, for reference: https://s3.amazonaws.com/greenbuildingadvisor.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/07/24194545/Exterior%20copy-700x373.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/greenbuildingadvisor.s3.tauntonclou...
- dendrite9 4y agoAre the stilts connected to thermosiphons? That is a cool technology and application I learned about when reading about building larger structures in the far north. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072021/thawing-permafrost-trans-alaska-pipeline/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072021/thawing-permafro... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosiphon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosiphon https://dot.alaska.gov/stwddes/research/assets/pdf/erdc-crrel-tr-14-1.pdf https://dot.alaska.gov/stwddes/research/assets/pdf/erdc-crre...
- loufe 4y agoGood question, honestly I'm not sure. I will try to remember to ask next time I fly up.