French Islamic Leader encourages Muslims to help rebuild Notre Dame

  • Thread starter Thread starter anna_marie
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
I’m quite certain 12x12 would be more than ampul to support the weight of a 55 degree roof. I doubt lead would be put on the roof top again. Lead is a dense metal. Steel is lighter than lead, but copper may be more attractive and even lighter.

The money that is being thrown at this indicates they would like gold. Hardly necessary.
 
Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem burned at the same time Notre Dame did. So I don’t think that’s hypothetical.

Although as I recall, the location of that one makes it a bit more of a touchy project…
 
Last edited:
Bon_Croix said:
The money that is being thrown at this indicates they would like gold
Click to expand...
I know there are architects and engineers that post here, and I am neither, so I will not try to do a full cost analysis. Suffice it to say that you can’t simply go down to the local Home Depot equivalent to get materials and hire random people off the street to do the work for this sort of project. I believe that the people who have given rough cost estimates publicly are either people who do know what it really costs or got their figures from such people. If anything, I would expect the final price tag to be higher than the numbers put out so far.
 
You could build that Cathedral for a hundred million from the ground up.

If it costs more than a hundred million, French carpenters are eating Prime Rib 7 nights a week.
 
You are correct. The kind of wood used to build the cathedral simply isn’t available in the supply needed.

Really that’s besides the point in that a renovation would have to meet our current building codes (or those of France).

I’m pretty sure the frame will be built in steel.
 
I suspect you are ignorant of the factors that would go in rebuilding the Cathedral.

I am ignorant of that as well but I will trust those whose expertise places them in a better place to make estimates of cost and resources.
 
Last edited:
Bon_Croix said:
You could build that Cathedral for a hundred million from the ground up.
Click to expand...
I believe that is highly unlikely. In any case, we are not talking about new construction but extensive repairs to an existing structure that have to fit in both mechanically and aesthetically.

Yes, it is a lot of money. But if it were your mom’s house, would you cheap out or would you do the job right even if it cost a bit more?
 
It can be done in Oak. Oaks back then weren’t taller than oaks today. 100 foot oak is a magnificent oak. Figure the hypotenuse of a right triangle on what a base of 75 feet and a height of what? Well we know it is a 90, 55, (180-55). c2 is a2 and b2. Wood can be spliced. Newer fasteners could be used to splice. It’s not a big deal.
 
Of course we would. Our parish would probably be loaning them a hall or a gym to use while the mosque was rebuilt. What is your problem?
 
You seemed to be suggesting that Catholics are unwilling to help Muslims in need. I have not seen that to be the case in any community I’ve lived in.
 
You read more into my message that I wrote. I salute the French Islamic Leader to come forward on this, I was simply asking “Would we have done the same ?” Not as a criticism, but more as a self introspection…
 
Bon_Croix said:
You could build that Cathedral for a hundred million from the ground up.
Click to expand...
You’re off by a lot. Sagrada Familia has cost the equivalent of 1.2 billion Euros calculated in present day currency so far, and it probably has at least another half a billion to go before it’s finished.

Also, you are discounting the fact that restoration work is a lot more expensive that new construction. The restoration project that was underway at Notre Dame when the fire started had a budget of 40 million Euros, and was quite limited in scope.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top