The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 50, December 12, 2004, Article 18

BOOKS: WEIGHING HEAVY ON HOMES?

  In response to our discussion on the effect of heavy 
  Numismatic libraries on homes, Howard A. Daniel III 
  writes:  "I designed my custom Bay House and it
  includes a library and an office for my numismatic 
  activities.  It is a one-story waterfront house with 
  a breezeway because no basement can be built next to 
  the Chesapeake Bay.  Instead of 12 piers under the 
  house, I had 24 to support the heavy furniture and 
  antiques in the house, but especially for my library 
  and office.  And under my two safes, I also have a 
  cement platform with special supports directly under 
  each safe.  After looking at the special supports, 
  my county building inspector said that if the house 
  ever burned down the two safes would still be in place
  like statues on pedestals.  But what about my library?"

  Steve D'Ippolito writes: "The ultimate solution to 
  library and safe induced structural woes is to build 
  a single-story home on a concrete slab.  I am doing 
  so with my new house.  I am on enough land that I can 
  spread out and build a larger garage to store "junk" 
  in, not to mention (eventually) a barn for more "junk",
  leaving my climate-controlled abode for books and 
  coins."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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