[Zei Kohaku]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gallagher Very nice Zei! How often do you expect to have to rebuild those towers? I like the wood concept your thinking outside the box. Jim

I “real hope” never.

I understand the doubts, in relation to wood. First, it is cheap and easy to work and if the wood is green pine and is kept always wet is practically indestructible. I explain. The idea comes from the City where I live. The down town of Lisbon Portugal is seat in wooden bars always wet or flooded and the building are still here, after more than 200 years. So, why not trying! O tried first on my temporary pond one year ago and the results where very good, and the wood is still hard and strong. So I hope that will take a long time till this wood get rotten.

Translation of a part of an article http://jornalpraceta.no.sapo.pt/Esquem.htm “the construction of digs in some zones of the Lisbon subsoil already had dried some of the bars in wood where seats the down town area. Specialists as engineer Maria de Lurdes Alvarez defend that these bars in green pine have to be dived in water or wet all the time. When the wood dry, get rotten, putting at risk the security of the buildings. Opinion shared by Ribeiro Telles. (One of our Masters architects) ”. So when we build our wood trickle tower we have to pay attention that the water must always be in contact with the wood.

If I have any problems I promise I will alert you.

Best regards
Zei Kohaku