what are the tall walls....

for the little house that could!

Security walls are everywhere in Central America. Response time for the police can only be gaged with a day planner. Do not attempt to use a watch.

knowledge is power

http://www.nicaliving.com/node/8300

This is the last piece of tecnolgy in tsunami defence. Basically when there is a tsunami warning (hope never), you take the parked up elicopter from the patio, and pass a strong cable trough the 2 holes in the walls, and lift the house for the necessary time.

When the tsunami is gone put the house back in the original position, minding all the plants from the garden, park your chopper, go the fridge, dig uot your reserve of toña, and invite all your neighbours for a drink, they will need it.

NICALIBRE Jacko

Went house hunting with a friend, this was one of over dozen homes and projects my friend considered.

My first impression of the trust tie system, was it's nothing that a concrete saw couldn't aesthetically cure, but in looking how it's tied into the footer with Rebar and crisscrossed the back I assumed its tied the house together seismically.

At that time the house was on the market for $189,000.

The house is beautiful well constructed a lot of attention to detail, room for pool, good ocean view, only other problem besides not being able to walk to a clean beach, and the reason I believe that it hasn't sold, its level plot is cut into the side of a hill and when you look at the back window 10 feet out is a wall of mostly rock and some clay, that extends above the lower slope of the roof.

You may not sleep well in October.

RichMcClure

The frames are where the cables attach.

thank you for letting me get to the front page. i wondered if the odd shaped walls had something to do with wind, earth quake stabilizers, or modern art. any reasonable ideas?