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2. Longhouses of the Indigenous peoples of North America

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   These were sometimes more than 75 m (246 ft) in length but generally around 5 to 7 m (16 to 23 ft) wide. Scholars believe walls were made of sharpened and fire-hardened poles (up to 1,000 saplings for a 50 m (160 ft) house) driven close together into the ground. Strips of bark were woven horizontally through the lines of poles to form more or ...

3. Sod roof - Wikipedia

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   Trees will soon destroy a sod roof. Photo: Roede. A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century, it was the most common roof on rural log houses in Norway and large parts of the rest of Scandinavia.

4. Thatching - Wikipedia

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   In the UK, 50–80 thatched roofs are destroyed in house fires yearly. [21] Because thatching is labour-intensive, it is much more expensive to thatch a roof than to cover it with slate or tiles. Birds can damage a roof while they are foraging for grubs, and rodents are attracted by residual grain in straw. [citation needed]

5. How Much Does it Cost to Replace a Roof? - AOL

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   On average, replacing your roof costs around $9,257 in 2024. However, the wider range is between $5,848 and $12,915 depending on where you live, size of your home, roofing material and many other ...

6. North Carolina picking up the pieces after staggering Helene ...

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   Over 2 feet of rain had fallen across North Carolina's mountainous region in recent days because of a rare confluence of weather patterns over the eastern U.S. before Helene arrived in Florida on ...

7. Over 50 dead as Helene unleashes life-threatening flooding - AOL

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   More than 2 feet of rain fell in the state’s mountainous region from Wednesday morning to Friday morning, with Busick recording a total of 29.58 inches in just 48 hours.