Subj : Re: Inside out (Was: More on wifi range - Pi PICO W Oil level sensor)
To   : All
From : John R Walliker
Date : Thu Dec 11 2025 18:28:37

On 11/12/2025 18:16, Lars Poulsen wrote:
> On 2025-12-11, Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> wrote:
>> On 11/12/2025 04:12, c186282 wrote:
>>> ... they just run lots of pipes on the outsides of the thick stone
>>> walls. Works, but you'd never get away with that in modern
>>> commercial buildings. Things have to look all neat and tidy.
>>
>> Have you SEEN the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris?
>>
>> ... or the Lloyds Insurance building in London, for that matter.
> 
> I seem to remember hearing that there was an English building code that
> REQUIRED outside pipes for water (and sewage?) so that they could be
> easily thawed with a blowtorch when they froze in the winter?

No, it was only done to save money.

John


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