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Old 12-01-2011, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Alchemy View Post
Given these houses are built on frequently flooded land, whatever happened to he queenslander home built on stilts ?
With today's engineering you should be able to use steel poles for the supportnwhich will take a moderate "bash" and a bit of current.
Perhaps not if you are in the centre of an extreme hit but just flooding... One wonders.

Yes Clive I was thinking the same thing perhaps using piles driven well into the ground could help? I mean they manage to stabilise oil rigs in heavy seas a light wieght structure like a house shouldn't prove too much of a problem.

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