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Dome houses made from expandable polystyrene
by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:58 pm
I absolutely want one!
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by Syl Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:42 pm
They remind me of....
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by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:13 pm
How is mashed potato in any way, like a cool dome house? 
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by Syl Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:14 pm
The shape Eddie...the shape.
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by Victorismyhero Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:26 pm
hobbit houses
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by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:27 pm
Never mind mashed bloody potato??! Isn't the house cool? I would love that as a little tarot house in the middle of The Fields Of Sanctuary...surrounded by trees and rivers... where I could do readings for people.
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by Syl Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:34 pm
It looks cold...I didn't watch it all though, OH brought me a glass then a refill of some Cava we brought home from Spain last year...it's gone right o my head.
I don't want to live in a cold igloo shaped house anyway.
I don't want to live in a cold igloo shaped house anyway.
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by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:37 pm
You bloody lush. Go and eat some mashed potatoes.
That'll warn you up.
That'll warn you up.
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by Syl Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:41 pm
Did you ever taste Smash?
It was like baby food.
It was like baby food.
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by Victorismyhero Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:51 pm
yeah , but its bloody great with a nice custy pie and lashings of onion gravy......
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by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:20 pm
Oh god no. Mash in a packet? That's just not good.
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by Tommy Monk Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:05 pm
eddie wrote:I absolutely want one!
How about this...?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35948481
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by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:08 pm
Yes Tommy I've seen that!! Absolutely amazing!
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by Tommy Monk Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:45 pm
Imagine trying to build something similar for yourself on a bit of water in/around the UK...!?
Although vast majority of small private boats on our waterways are themselves basically just floating plastic/fibre glass constructions...
Although vast majority of small private boats on our waterways are themselves basically just floating plastic/fibre glass constructions...
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by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:55 pm
Tommy Monk wrote:Imagine trying to build something similar for yourself on a bit of water in/around the UK...!?
Although vast majority of small private boats on our waterways are themselves basically just floating plastic/fibre glass constructions...
Jersey?
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by eddie Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:16 pm
Jersey. They should bulldoze it all and build a plastic bottle city right there!
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Re: Dome houses made from expandable polystyrene
by 'Wolfie Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:54 am
eddie wrote:
I absolutely want one!
Not cheap, though...
Need to be well ventilated and aired out -- to remove noxious fumes and gases from the plastics -- before being inhabited;
Need to be fire-proofed and vermin-proofed (e.g. against birds and rodents..) -- because of the nature of the construction (many of those built during the 1960s, '70s and '80s had a concrete layer sprayed over the poly' shell -- that advert' doesn't say what their "fire retardant" is..).
And -- domes and polyhedral structures are actually a very inefficient use of space, because of sloping and curved walls -->> meaning a bigger 'footprint' compared to more traditional structures.
Expensive to heat, cool and maintain..
There are good reasons why such construction methods aren't more common or popular; nor why they are seen in use as either "affordable" or "emergency" housing....
While that advertising shows plenty of flexibility and versatility in the different variations and expansion possibilities -- I suspect that some of the industrial, agricultural and retail spaces they highlighted, as well as a couple of the larger sized houses, won't be that cheap in reality ?
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by eddie Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:11 pm
Well talk about piss on my bonfire.
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by Guest Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:01 pm
not keen - remind me of half golf balls lol
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