When I was a kid I had a ball. I had everything I needed, which in those days was a friends and a bike. A black one with a boys bar, as opposed to the girls style with no cross bar and a basket out front.. It originally had a long seat with the chrome bar up the back, but in line with what the other boys had, that simply had to go, and I got a smaller seat put on. I like to remember it looking somewhat like the Harley Sportster of bikes. Only it could corner, go over jumps the size of small schools, and be ridden down vertical creak beds which seemed like sheer cliffs at the time. Dad got me a motorcross style handle that fitted on one side that made a motorbike revving noise when you cranked it.
There was a great feeling of security and simplicity to country life at that time, and there were always people around for bbqs or to swim in the pool. Brilliant.
Our house was an old timber frame one with timber weatherboards, and it was built up on concrete stumps with the termite/ant caps on the tops. Mt Isa wasn't a cyclone prone area, although it could flood at times.
I was thinking about the framed homes we do now and how strong they are, and how much I'd love to help the folks in the USA who seem to get their homes blown away on a routine basis in Tornado Alley. I have no doubt that we could engineer steel framed homes to the right tolerances to assist these people. We supply homes to Exmouth and other Cyclone prone areas of Western Australia, and while I am sure the environments here and in the tornado belt of the USA are different in their own ways, I have no doubt we have a the technology.
Heavy duty fully welded frames, the right slab engineering, steel verandah systems, and our experience in dealing with all types of environments make steel framed homes a great option, and the DIY component has been well covered in other posts.
If anyone would like some advice or information on how to get a home cyclone rated please send me a message at the bottom of this post.
All the best.
There was a great feeling of security and simplicity to country life at that time, and there were always people around for bbqs or to swim in the pool. Brilliant.
Our house was an old timber frame one with timber weatherboards, and it was built up on concrete stumps with the termite/ant caps on the tops. Mt Isa wasn't a cyclone prone area, although it could flood at times.
I was thinking about the framed homes we do now and how strong they are, and how much I'd love to help the folks in the USA who seem to get their homes blown away on a routine basis in Tornado Alley. I have no doubt that we could engineer steel framed homes to the right tolerances to assist these people. We supply homes to Exmouth and other Cyclone prone areas of Western Australia, and while I am sure the environments here and in the tornado belt of the USA are different in their own ways, I have no doubt we have a the technology.
Heavy duty fully welded frames, the right slab engineering, steel verandah systems, and our experience in dealing with all types of environments make steel framed homes a great option, and the DIY component has been well covered in other posts.
If anyone would like some advice or information on how to get a home cyclone rated please send me a message at the bottom of this post.
All the best.
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