21st February 2006, 11:17 AM
I don't know what "plenty of builders" you know but you are better off talking to design professionals than your local builder. I can also assure you that glass floors are very expensive. Of course they have to be (more than) toughened but glass does not span very far when it has to allow for full floor loadings. You therefore have to have a lot of supporting structure. As I said before, in this country we have floor insulation to include and there are things like services all over the place which the layman probably won't know are there. Glass floors are also likely to be counter to the DDA in this country being hazardous to the visually imnpaired, as well as slippery. Of course it CAN be done in an appropriate and limited situation, which I would opine isvery rare.
The public will no doubt assume that "archaeology on display" means Eddie Izzard's little walls, something to look at. AS I said before, but 1man put far better, that in itself is partially destrutive and selective - and ignores any remains below the pretty bit. Unless you want to restore some as a replica of course.
However, all this glass floor nonsense is an aside. The real issues are summed up by 1man IMHO.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
The public will no doubt assume that "archaeology on display" means Eddie Izzard's little walls, something to look at. AS I said before, but 1man put far better, that in itself is partially destrutive and selective - and ignores any remains below the pretty bit. Unless you want to restore some as a replica of course.
However, all this glass floor nonsense is an aside. The real issues are summed up by 1man IMHO.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.