[HN Gopher] Kizhi Pogost
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       Kizhi Pogost
        
       Author : gnabgib
       Score  : 53 points
       Date   : 2024-06-12 18:56 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | nine_k wrote:
       | An interesting fact: the overwhelming majority, if not all, of
       | the construction is done without nails, only using wood-to-wood
       | connections like dovetails. The whole structure is impervious to
       | rusting of any load-bearing metal parts in the damp climate of a
       | lake coast.
        
         | throwaway290 wrote:
         | Not all...
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         | > According to the Russian carpentry traditions of that time,
         | the Transfiguration Church was built of wood only with no nails
         | apart from the domes and roof shingles. There are approximately
         | 180,000 nails securing the 60,000 roof shingles.
        
       | thriftwy wrote:
       | More interesting how they fix these things with a technique
       | borrowed from Norway: They hang up the whole structure from its
       | top so it becomes loosely coupled, then remove and replace any
       | bad wood then let it land on its own gravity again.
        
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