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"Xenon"

26/02/2009 3:17 AM

How can i build a wooden house?

x-no-archive: yes

How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?



This topic has 21 replies

BB

Bored Borg

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 9:49 AM

watch the pig who is building his from straw and improve on it a bit.

When the big bad wo.. er, critter, comes along and huffs and puffs and blows
his house down you may want to consider lining your wooden house with a
fireproof/wolf-snot proof skin.


A couple of layers of bricks, separated by an air cavity would make a decent
fire/critter-proof lining

LM

"Lee Michaels"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 11:59 PM


"Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>
>
Like everything, you should start small.

When I was kid, we built lots of things out of popsicle sticks.

That may be a good place to start. Be sure to spray with fire retardent
when finished.


Dd

"DGDevin"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 10:51 PM

Xenon wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?

Well first you're going to have to plant some trees, 'cause you're going to
need some wood....

DB

Dave Balderstone

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 9:14 PM

In article <[email protected]>, Xenon <[email protected]> wrote:

> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?

Find a REALLY big log, bigger than the house you want. Cut away
everything that doesn't look like a house. Go inside. Cover it in
concrete.

nn

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 6:38 PM

On Feb 25, 8:17=A0pm, "Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?

Uhhhh..... yeah.

Uh huh.

Right.

You aren't sincere enough to keep your own post from self destruction,
and I can't imagine how anyone could even respond to this.

If you are serious, you could build a house by hiring a builder.

Or work for a builder for a few years and learn the interaction
between the trades, all the procedures, building codes, and safety
concerns.

Or build your own train wreck from library books.

Robert

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 10:52 AM

Xenon wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?

A wooden house is not a suitable container for Xenon because it boils at
165.03K (-108.12C or -162.62F) and has a Van der Waals radius of only
216 pm.

I have read that Xenon should be stored in sealed glass or metal
containers and that Xenon dissolves in most plastics and rubber, and
that normal weather stripping and vapor barriers will not be sufficient
to prevent leakage - and as you grow older, you will discover that
leakage is increasingly a concern.

I suggest you clean up your act and live in a glass house.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

RC

Robatoy

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 11:06 AM

On Feb 26, 11:52=A0am, Morris Dovey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Xenon wrote:
> > x-no-archive: yes
>
> > How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> > how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>
> A wooden house is not a suitable container for Xenon because it boils at
> 165.03K (-108.12C or -162.62F) and has a Van der Waals radius of only
> 216 pm.
>
> I have read that Xenon should be stored in sealed glass or metal
> containers and that Xenon dissolves in most plastics and rubber, and
> that normal weather stripping and vapor barriers will not be sufficient
> to prevent leakage - and as you grow older, you will discover that
> leakage is increasingly a concern.
>
> I suggest you clean up your act and live in a glass house.
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USAhttp://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

Then take away his stones.

Ll

"LD"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 3:54 AM

"PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...


In news:2b0b91f9-7bef-42b2-9a47-87dbb589a585@r36g2000vbp.googlegroups.com,
[email protected] <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
> On Feb 25, 8:17 pm, "Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> x-no-archive: yes
>>
>> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
>> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>
> Uhhhh..... yeah.
>
> Uh huh.
>
> Right.
>
> You aren't sincere enough to keep your own post from self destruction,
> and I can't imagine how anyone could even respond to this.
>
> If you are serious, you could build a house by hiring a builder.
>
> Or work for a builder for a few years and learn the interaction
> between the trades, all the procedures, building codes, and safety
> concerns.
>
> Or build your own train wreck from library books.
>
> Robert

I couldn't imagine anyone responding to this till you did.

Might have just suggested that the OP strart by using wood LOL

P D Q

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Peace of Mind. One must always start with Peace of Mind.

And I'm only half joking. Instructions for my son's tricycle 30 some years
ago started with the admonition that I must have Peace of Mind before
beginning assembly. In that case I did Not have PoM by the time I completed
the assembly, but the more I thought about it the more sense it made. Almost
everything I've ever done in haste and sans PoM has led to various levels of
disaster.

Nn

Nova

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

27/02/2009 12:01 AM

Xenon wrote:

> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?


See:

http://www.nahb.org/

http://nfca-online.org/

and

http://www.npmapestworld.org/

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]

Mb

"MikeWhy"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 12:26 PM

"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:21:00 +0000, Joe wrote:
>
>> "Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> x-no-archive: yes
>>>
>>> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and how can I
>>> make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>>>
>
> Didn't anyone look at the header? He's posting to:
>
> de.alt.augenoptik,rec.woodworking
>
> Looks like another troll contest to count replies pulled. I looked at
> the odd newsgroup and it contains only trolling messages.
>
> If you want to continue making jokes, at least remove the extra newsgroup
> (as I did). That way your response won't count for his little contest.

I see <nyuk nyuk>... that explains the popsicle sticks reply. Toothpicks,
too, I imagine.

Jn

"Joe"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 5:48 PM


"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:21:00 +0000, Joe wrote:
>
>> "Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> x-no-archive: yes
>>>
>>> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and how can I
>>> make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>>>
>
> Didn't anyone look at the header? He's posting to:
>
> de.alt.augenoptik,rec.woodworking
>
> Looks like another troll contest to count replies pulled. I looked at
> the odd newsgroup and it contains only trolling messages.
>
> If you want to continue making jokes, at least remove the extra newsgroup
> (as I did). That way your response won't count for his little contest.
>
> --
> Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw

yeah, I noticed that. Of course, *after* I posted. dang it.

jc

Jn

"Joe"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 4:21 PM


"Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>
>
>


damn, but this is an entertaining thread.

keep 'em coming, i put the coffee-proof screen over the monitor and
keyboard.


LL

LdB

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 9:42 PM

Xenon wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>
>
>
I built a really big wooden house. I used really big boards and really
big nails. The house never burnt down but it has big critters. The
critters are about 90 lbs apiece and eat everything. Here is a critter
picture when they are not eating.

http://tinyurl.com/agk8lh

Ll

"LD"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 3:55 AM

"LdB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Xenon wrote:
>> x-no-archive: yes
>>
>> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
>> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>>
>>
>>
> I built a really big wooden house. I used really big boards and really big
> nails. The house never burnt down but it has big critters. The critters
> are about 90 lbs apiece and eat everything. Here is a critter picture when
> they are not eating.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/agk8lh


Damn, you have really short legs!

Cc

Casper

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 12:12 PM

>"Xenon" <[email protected]> was heard to mutter:
>How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
>how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?

Inspiriation ...
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E1D91530F930A35754C0A961958260

`Casper
"Only two things are infinite... the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

nn

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 8:58 PM

On Feb 25, 9:14=A0pm, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

> Find a REALLY big log, bigger than the house you want. Cut away
> everything that doesn't look like a house. Go inside. Cover it in
> concrete.

Best advice yet.

Robert

RC

Robatoy

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 8:14 PM

On Feb 25, 10:42=A0pm, LdB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Xenon wrote:
> > x-no-archive: yes
>
> > How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> > how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>
> I built a really big wooden house. I used really big boards and really
> big nails. The house never burnt down but it has big critters. The
> critters are about 90 lbs apiece and eat everything. Here is a critter
> picture when they are not eating.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/agk8lh

Them's good looking critters.....

Pu

"PDQ"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

25/02/2009 10:07 PM



In =
news:2b0b91f9-7bef-42b2-9a47-87dbb589a585@r36g2000vbp.googlegroups.com,
[email protected] <[email protected]> dropped this bit of =
wisdom:
> On Feb 25, 8:17 pm, "Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> x-no-archive: yes
>>=20
>> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
>> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>=20
> Uhhhh..... yeah.
>=20
> Uh huh.
>=20
> Right.
>=20
> You aren't sincere enough to keep your own post from self destruction,
> and I can't imagine how anyone could even respond to this.
>=20
> If you are serious, you could build a house by hiring a builder.
>=20
> Or work for a builder for a few years and learn the interaction
> between the trades, all the procedures, building codes, and safety
> concerns.
>=20
> Or build your own train wreck from library books.
>=20
> Robert

I couldn't imagine anyone responding to this till you did.

Might have just suggested that the OP strart by using wood LOL

P D Q

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 8:24 AM


"Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
> how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?

First, steal a tree.

dD

[email protected] (Drew Lawson)

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 8:51 PM

In article <710f532b-ea21-422b-a7de-ccf3b23b696d@d19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>
Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
>On Feb 26, 11:52 am, Morris Dovey <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Xenon wrote:
>> > x-no-archive: yes
>>
>> > How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and
>> > how can I make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>>
>> A wooden house is not a suitable container for Xenon because it boils at
>> 165.03K (-108.12C or -162.62F) and has a Van der Waals radius of only
>> 216 pm.

[snip]
>>
>> I suggest you clean up your act and live in a glass house.
>
>Then take away his stones.

If he had any stones, he wouldn't need to spend his time trolling Usenet.

--
Drew Lawson Some men's dreams
for others turn to nightmares.
I never would have thought this
in my wildest dreams.

LB

Larry Blanchard

in reply to "Xenon" on 26/02/2009 3:17 AM

26/02/2009 10:53 AM

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:21:00 +0000, Joe wrote:

> "Xenon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> x-no-archive: yes
>>
>> How can I build a wooden house, I mean a really big house and how can I
>> make it fireproof and critter-proof?
>>

Didn't anyone look at the header? He's posting to:

de.alt.augenoptik,rec.woodworking

Looks like another troll contest to count replies pulled. I looked at
the odd newsgroup and it contains only trolling messages.

If you want to continue making jokes, at least remove the extra newsgroup
(as I did). That way your response won't count for his little contest.

--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw


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