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[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2012-02-28 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
As much as I find the hobbit house lovely, and I love the idea of building something in that way (but without the fandom element), I'm rather concerned about it springing a variety of leaks / suffering from landslip / etc in the next few months or years.

[identity profile] danieldwilliam.livejournal.com 2012-02-28 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah – I feel awfully snobby and I’m not suggesting that I could do better or even have a go but I did look at the Hobbit House and think I’d not like to be in that during a storm, sitting under a leak, waiting for the roof to fall in.

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2012-02-28 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm most worried about the weight of the earth that's being kept up by the back wall, and what happens when that becomes water-logged or when nearby trees start to get nearer.

If I were doing something like that -- and I do really like the idea -- I'd want to spend a fair bit of money on an architect or engineer to tell me how to make sure it's all going to stay put.

[identity profile] danieldwilliam.livejournal.com 2012-02-28 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah - the back wall, ten years old, full of water, with a couple of tree roots grown into it.

I wonder how thermally insulated it is. IIRC damp soil is not a great thermal insulator.

I think it's lovely and even if it doing it so it doesn't fall down or leak heat like a sieve costs £8k that's still cheap - if you can get access to the land.
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