10-26-2006, 03:43 PM
The Bear and I once stayed in a pole house for a week in Cornwall, England. The thing seemed bizarre at first, but we soon realized it was a marvel of construction and efficiency. It was built on a small, irregularly shaped lot that was a great crag of rock on one side and a swamp on the other. This created no problem because the thing was suspended by cables from huge poles driven into the ground and only touched the surface on the rocky side. It was also oriented for passive solar heating, but being England that had to be supplemented, and this being Hawaii, you wouldn't care anyway. They also can design them for built-in solar electric systems and to take advantage of prevailing winds.
Cheers,
Jerry
Cheers,
Jerry