I have been learning about the different ways water is managed residentially. I see that run off is a big question, upon reading various articles I came across the idea of permeable jointing that allows water to enter the ground as opposed to adding to the millions of gallons our stormwater system take on.
Just wanted to talk about this!
I'm looking to build a patio area with a fireplace off my back yard deck. I'm thinking this system might be cheaper than using pavers and look just as good. I've just never done a project like this before and there are several companies selling these similar locking grids. Anyone else have experience with a similar project? Thanks.
I don't have as much experience in Kentucky landscaping as I wish I did. Would semi-permeable paving stay firm in the ground and useful for a decent amount of time?
I know those brick sidewalks stay around forever but they don't have cars parking on them.
I didn't know this was a thing until I came upon it. At a minimum, shouldn't this be done at the locations that form the rivers?
Video of demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-5S9LIyYvQ [0:39]
Hi, my houses sits on a hill so my garden started out as an 11m (30 feet) slope away from my house downhill. The end of garden is approx 2.5m (8 feet) above my neighbors. The wall between me and my neighbor below sits on large concrete retaining blocks.
I split the garden in two levels using a sleeper wall with steps and and put a shed on a concrete based in bottom portion. My plan is to pave the remainder of bottom half with paving slabs. The bottom level is down to hard core back fill.
I'm a little bit worried about the lack of drainage options. I was thinking of putting some channel guttering into catch the water but I'm not sure if it's enough on its own or do I need to add some sort of perforated pipe going down vertically to catch the water and let it soak back into the ground beneath the paving slab. It would be pretty hard dig vertically down through the hard core.
See photo of garden below.
Any advice on what the right thing to do here for drainage is really appreciated.
Hello! I would really appreciate any guidance or feedback from someone who works in this or a related field, or even just knows the name of what I may be looking for
Currently I have a BArch and have been working at an architecture firm for the last 5 years, but have been feeling that I'm in the wrong place and even the wrong field.
I want to be a part of creating things that benefit the natural world too, not just people. I'm sick to death of laying fields of concrete for the next empty retail center. One of my senior courses was a landscape course studying the TN river and its watershed and I adored it. I never knew there were terms for what I'd been seeing, like urban stream syndrome, and that there were careers dedicated to conservation and improvement. I've tried to push relatively simple things like permeable paving systems and bioswales, but my current firm is uninterested. From what I can tell from the outside, even the architecture firms that are interested in these areas hire other firms - civil and landscape - to handle the design. I like the idea of ecological design, but am at a loss for how to practically pursue it. Is this something LAs do? Or civil? Or something else?
I enjoy trail running, backpacking, and just being out in nature. Being part of something that, in my view, actively hurts the larger systems these take place in weighs on my conscience.
(One big caveat: science was always my weakest area, particularly biology, particularly at the cellular level. Something about it just doesn't click, no matter how much I studied. )
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
- Planting of Greenery
One of the west trends nowadays is the landscaping of facades. Back in 2019, the Vienna City Hall offered local residents to plant greenery on the facades of their houses for free.
Austrian Facade ( Photo: GRUENSTATTGRAU )
The authors of the 50 Green Homes project developed the Vienna Green Facade Module, which consists of outdoor pots, soil, climbing plants, and their frames. The city government planned to plant 50 facades in one area to improve its microclimate and air quality. And this is despite the fact that by 2019 it was easy to find steep green facades in the city.
Austrian Residental Apartments
Studies show that if the total area of tree crowns increases by 10%, the average daytime temperature in the city will drop by 1-1.5 degrees, so many cities are working on landscaping and include this point in their development strategies. These greenhouses can be found in London:
Australia's Melbourne has adopted a plan that includes the creation of green roofs, private gardens, and the involvement of local residents in landscaping various spaces. By 2040, urban vegetation cover should double! The administration of Milan is going to plant three million trees in the city by 2030.
In addition to green facades, do not forget about the wonderful green roofs. San Francisco's mayor's office, for example, passed a law in 2016 requiring that in most new buildings, 15 to 30% of the roof must be covered with plants or solar panels. In the same year, the French authorities ordered all developers to at least partially make their roofs green or sunny. Toronto passed a similar law back in 2009, and the German government has been monitoring roof greening since the 1970s. Sometimes you can come across such green roofs that it is hard to believe that you are not in an ordinary city park.
One of the best green roofs you will find in Singapore. Singapore's skyscrapers are home to 100 hectares of flowers and shrubs. By 2030, there should be 200 hectares. That is how Singapore's roofs look like.
- Use of cooling materials
Lightweight binders in the asphalt, permeable aerated concrete paving, and rubber concrete also help cool the city. In addition, to m
... keep reading on reddit ➡Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
