10-02-2016, 03:57 AM
Somebody who was installing catchment tanks down in Southpoint did substandard work and many of them failed. One of them burst and the rush of water knocked the house off it's posts.
For me, living on the flanks of an erupting volcano, which construction is more seismically stable? I'm not an engineer so I don't have the answer. But it seems to me that catchment tanks are more likely to fail during an earthquake. I can imagine a steel tank holding back 80,000 pounds of water and then imagine all that water sloshing around during a big earthquake. And then imagine a house swaying back and forth on it's posts.
We are on slab, we wanted something without stairs or steps for when we get older. Was grateful for decision after wife had a surgery.
True about more bugs with slab. The LFA probably live under our slab. On the other hand termites don't eat concrete.
All our pipes are in the walls and attic, except for the drains of course. I have more days behind me than I have ahead of me, and I've never lived in a house that needed work on the drains beyond a snaking. The way our house was built, all the drains are on the side of the house with the cesspool and they are all near the exterior of the house. If the slab had to be busted up, it would only be a few feet.
They say post and pier houses are cooler because the wind can circulate on all sides.
For me, living on the flanks of an erupting volcano, which construction is more seismically stable? I'm not an engineer so I don't have the answer. But it seems to me that catchment tanks are more likely to fail during an earthquake. I can imagine a steel tank holding back 80,000 pounds of water and then imagine all that water sloshing around during a big earthquake. And then imagine a house swaying back and forth on it's posts.
We are on slab, we wanted something without stairs or steps for when we get older. Was grateful for decision after wife had a surgery.
True about more bugs with slab. The LFA probably live under our slab. On the other hand termites don't eat concrete.
All our pipes are in the walls and attic, except for the drains of course. I have more days behind me than I have ahead of me, and I've never lived in a house that needed work on the drains beyond a snaking. The way our house was built, all the drains are on the side of the house with the cesspool and they are all near the exterior of the house. If the slab had to be busted up, it would only be a few feet.
They say post and pier houses are cooler because the wind can circulate on all sides.