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Why do houses with thatched roofs keep cool in summers and warm in winters?
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Why do houses in the desert have light colored roofs?
They reflect the sun and help keep the house cool.
Why was asbestos used as roofs for houses?
Asbestos is a good insulator Asbestos-cement sheets 0.166 W/m.K and that of steel is 43 W/m.K Asbestos cement stands up well to weathering.
What kind of destruction can a tornado do from the strength and size?
The size of a tornado does not necessarily relate to the destruction it causes. While a large tornado can case damage over a larger area, the damage is not necessarily more severe. However, larger tornadoes do tend to be stronger and thus more destructive. The intensity of a tornado can be assessed based on the severity of the damage it causes. The most severe damage a tornado causes is used to assign a rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Below are the levels on the scale with damage typically associated with that rating. Note that a tornado only needs to cause a small amount of a given type of damage to qualify for a rating. e.g. one house with EF3 damage is enough to rate a tornado EF3. EF0: 65-85 mph. Shingles peeled from roofs, fences blown down, tree limbs broken, weak trees toppled. Very weak structures such as sheds may be destroyed. EF1: 86-110 mph. Roofs of frame houses badly damaged. Windows broken, Trailers overturned and/or badly damaged. Barns destroyed. Poorly secured roofs may be torn off. EF2: 111-135 mph. Roofs torn from well built houses, trailers completely destroyed. Large trees snapped. Cars lifted and tossed. Poorly anchor structures may be shifted. EF3: 136-165 mph. Exterior and possibly interior walls collapsed in well built houses. Large vehicles lifted. Weaker houses and businesses may be leveled. Trees lifted into the air. EF4: 166-200 mph. Well built houses completely leveled. Houses with structural deficiencies swept away. Trees debarked. Asphalt peeled from roads. EF5: over 200 mph. Well built, well anchored houses wiped clean from foundations. Debris broken into small fragments. High rise buildings significantly deformed. Significant ground scouring may occur.
What causes the roofs of houses to be lifted and blown away by storng winds?
It's the same force that lifts an airplane off the ground. When air has to take a longer route around an object to get to the other side it is kind of "stretched" or "thinned out" (Bernoulli effect) so its pressure is lowered which gives it a "suction" property.
Why do people paint their roofs silver than black?
Reflect heat (sunlight).
What kind of houses did Rhode Island have?
Wood houses with thatched roofs.
Pilgrim houses were different from Wamanoag houses because the were modeled after what?
They were styled after houses in England with thatched roofs.
What are houses roofs made out of in England?
Tiles, slates and some very old houses in rural areas have thatched roofs made from reeds.
What types of homes did the Natchez Indians have?
They live in adobe houses with thatched roofs.
What are cahuilla brush houses made of?
The Cahuilla brush houses were made of earthen walls and thatched roofs, some had roofs that came almost to the ground and gave the appearance of being a thatched house or a house made of "brush."
What did the houses in the Han dynasty look like?
the poor lived in mud houses with tiled or thatched roofs
Where did people stay in galilee at the time of Jesus?
People stayed in mud houses with thatched roofs.
What do colonist houses look like?
They have thatched roofs and the house is made of tree logs.You can thank me!
What did the earliest houses in Italy look like?
The earliest houses known in Italy were round, small, huts. They had thatched roofs, as well.
What was the Seminole shelters?
The shelter of the Seminoles were houses that were called chickees. The houses were like cabins and made of wood or logs and plaster with thatched roofs.
Were thatched roofs stopped because fires kept happening?
No. There are still many examples of thatched roofs
What kind of shelter do Choctaw have?
they lived in little villages with many houses. their houses were made of plaster, river cane and mud. with little thatched roofs
