[Ravensfort] showers / Re: [rfofficers] Gundy's Find

[byzytym]

Six grown men could not budge the old showers before knocking off the wood. 
I can't guess at the weight.

V NV


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catie Clark" <cat at rocks4brains.com>
To: "Ravens Fort" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] showers / Re: [rfofficers] Gundy's Find


>I present the following for your perusal:
>
> http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/nrrec-04.pdf
>
> be aware that in the document, when they say you can't use plastic 
> building materials for building construction purposes, remember that this 
> is a Corps document and the writer is a civil engineer where "building 
> construction" refers specifically to structural load-bearing big-building 
> applications...
>
> There are two very pertinent points that the report brings up: first is 
> weight and second is cost for the good structural plastics. If weight 
> really is the concern here, then the structural plastics that are 
> practically indestructable at Yellowstone will be too heavy.  They are 
> also apparently more expensive than I thought they were, but if you 
> consider it a capital outlay (due to longevity) instead of a supply 
> expenses, it's cheaper in the long term.
> But if weight is the problem, then weather-worthy structural plastic is 
> likely as bad as metal sheeting...
>
> What did the old panels that we are replacing weigh?
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