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Yes, a Great Failure (Patreon)

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2024-05-05 21:06:10
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Entropy at work, parts of the homestead fall apart.

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A Great Failure

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Comments

BvD

Failure is a better teacher than success ever is.

Linda Anne Harwood

That is really amazing, Jon. Thank you to all of you for your work.

Melinda Cunningham ...aka MacaroniGluer

No failure at all! Probably exactly what happened in the 1830s. Structures like that likely had to be remade every few years. Congrats on a successful experiment. I am sure much was learned.

Brigit Zent

I'd say four years is a success! It would have been a temporary structure even for the frontier folks! They would probably have just found a new pole in and put on a fresh layer of thatch. Don't ya love experimenting with things that our ancestors did to see how they worked? Yay!

Kaydar

Doesn't look like a failure to me, looks like an important learning lesson. It didn't collapse, it became more compact. And, as others and yourself have said, this is quite normal for natural, untreated materials - they decompose. So, a success all round, methinks!

Kevin Fowler

This is one of the coolest things about living history. Building, maintaining, learning - just like they did.

Tom Usher

This reminds me of all the duck blinds we built over the years. They failed; we learned. I always figured that's pretty much how we went from caves to rockets. Keep on failing and succeeding. We're with you every step of the way.

Julian Corbett

Not really a "Great Failure", because it remained intact for 4 years, rather than 4 days or 4 weeks and there is no way of telling that one pole was slightly weaker than the others and failed under the added weight of snow. Hopefully there was no damage to anything underneath, that the thatch was covering and really it only looks like you need a new pole and some extra thatch to reinstate it. As for the deteriation of the thatch, even modern thatch needs the top layers replacing every 20 or so years, due to the decay of the reeds. One of the disadvantages of using natural materials, they need constant maintenance.

hydr1555
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Was thinking similarly - in a "true" frontier situation where structures were at a premium, they'd likely replace the pole that broke after raising the roof again in place, replenish the top layer of thatch, and would be back in business. In actual necessity, it'd just be an interruption in the structure's lifespan and usefulness, which speaks to how well-made Jon and his crew did their work.

Josua Ohlig

Thank you, I love the little updates and background info. And also behind the scene thanks for doing something more again.

Steven Quick

John, get a couple helpers and a decent shade tree mechanic out there. That building can be up and running again for a few more years in a day or two. You have a great fixer upper opportunity. Even an upgrade possibility! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Vivian Historic Park

The November Witch is no joke, they're lucky they only lost a thatched roof and not a modern building. that happens from time to time.

Tony Millionaire

I hope the roof didn’t fall on the cows wait, no cows! What was the thatched roof for?