Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Why Do Architects Insist on Using Flat Roofs?" video.

  1. Our school smelled like Hell because they spent most of a year re-tarring the blasted thing.
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  2. I always want a gabled roof over all entrances to my home, so there's not a major snow hazard when you step outside. I've lived in places where the roof slopes towards the front door, and you get a huge mess, that freezes into a solid chunk if there's any freeze-thaw going on. Clean it up, and the next day or a few days later, you have a sheet of ice just outside your door. I also don't understand why all homes don't have even a storm door, let alone an "air lock" anteroom, where people can get out of the weather without letting all the cold/hot air in. Just stupid designs. We also don't build buildings/homes to take advantage of the temperature buffering you get from a full basement or other earth-sheltered ideas. With proper construction, you shouldn't have to heat or cool a home/building very much. And if you know about Russ Finch of "Oranges in the Snow" fame, you can heat/cool a big space by burying "air tubes" and using small fans to move the air from the tubes into the house. The buried (4-inch) pipe brings the air to ground temperature, which at 8 feet down is the average annual temperature. In temperate regions (North of the tropics and South of the permafrost), the ambient temp of the ground is in the 50-60-degree range (Fahrenheit). We should start using simple principles, so that almost ALL homes use very little Heat or AC.
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