Re: Tie points - "a hollow in the rock"


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Posted by Dave Thewlis on November 14, 2008 at 02:09:19 user dthewlis.

In Reply to: Re: Tie points - posted by Peter Ceresole on November 13, 2008 at 14:16:10:

To protect interiors from plumbing problems (I'm pretty sure that had to be the reason) a great deal of the pipework was placed outside, especially the outflow from sinks and baths.

My impression is that a lot of the plumbing added to existing buildings in Britain was put on the outside because it wasn't practical to do it all inside - simply pierce the walls where you needed to run a pipe inside to a fixture. A solution to existing buildings, and for some time was simply copied even with new construction. Also, I know the Victorians felt that things like plumbing should be exposed so it could be "kept clean" - but I'm not sure that would explain putting the pipes on the outside.

This isn't unique to plumbing in Britain. Only in the last few decades in the U.S. have houses been supplied with external wiring for telephone, cable, etc. all of which were brought in from the outside and frequently stapled along the eves etc. Even long after new construction could have provided for internal construction. And in Beijing in 1997 I saw apartment buildings which looked as though they were held down by gigantic spiderwebs -- because every apartment had a telephone line running to it from the outside. (Of course mobiles have eliminated that -- but today we have internet etc.)


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