So you are saying that those thick irregular stones, as seen in Tina's
photo, are actually pegged to the roof, like one would with slates? And I
would like to see the vegetal rooves as well. My wife and I hope to be
building a new home sometime in the next few years (although in the desert
of Baja, not in a climate more suited for stone or slate such as these) and
I'm gathering ideas, generally.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Le 12 juin 2014 à 22:08, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> > The pictures help a bit Philippe, thank you. Now if only I could read or
> > speak French...
> >
> > What I don't get from Tina's photo or these pictures is what keeps the
> > stones from simply sliding off the bottom of the eaves at the slightest
> > provocation.
>
> Stone on wooden boards - they sometimes use chestnut tree pegs in lieu of
> nails - and the scales effect - gravity and weight other stones laid atop
> the first row, etc.
>
> the slope of the roof is not steep at all, which may help, 35% max
>
> When building steeper roofs they use slates, or wooden chips or nowadays
> zinc ;-)
>
> More drawings here : http://tcast.oec.fr/dades/1260279044.pdf
> mortier = concrete
>
> If you're interesting in roofs, I may have photos of vegetal roofs in
> Norway - sheep occasionally graze on them …
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
>
> > From Tin's photo, it appear there might be a board, or
> > something, acting as a bit of a retainer for the first course. But in the
> > article Philippe sent, I don't see even that.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Le 12 juin 2014 à 19:46, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >>
> >>> Yes, they are large flat stones. I have no idea how they stay up
> >>
> >> gravity ;-)
> >>
> >>
> >> with a little help from robust beams
> >> http://gabionorg.free.fr/PDF/cabaneOrres.pdf
> >>
> >> Nice place and photo in any case :-)
> >>
> >> Amities
> >> Philippe
> >>
> >>
> >>> there but
> >>> it looks like they've been there for a long time!
> >>>
> >>> Tina
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'm intrigued by the rooves on those buildings, Tina. Are they really
> >>>> composed of flattish rocks, as appears from the photo? What the heck
> >> keeps
> >>>> that construction from sliding off into an untidy heap of stones?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 9:52 AM, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Can the mountain chapel be located by reference to the prior and
> >>>>> succeeding slides in the same roll assuming that the slides are
> >> numberrf
> >>>>> and date stamped ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> jh
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 6/11/2014 12:38 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> PESO:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have no idea where these are. If anybody knows, I would love the
> >>>>>> information.
> >>>>>> From 1991
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/156064415
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/156064417
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Both Kodachromes.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> C&C greatly appreciated.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Tina
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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