Escape from the desert

Chapter 202 Firewalls and Drainage Systems

With the heating system of the fire wall, you can spend this winter comfortably. Otherwise, in winter, just burning firewood for heating in a sealed house is not good for your health.

Now that a new house is going to be built, the drainage system and the heating system should all be improved, so that the whole family can live comfortably.

Old Fangtou and Old Chu praised repeatedly, and the more they listened, the more excited they became. They never thought of such a method. In this way, in winter, even if it is snowing heavily outside, the house will still be very warm.

"This idea is so ingenious and novel, it's the first time I've heard of it!"

"That's right, and the drawings are very detailed, so it's not difficult to make!"

"What are these gaps in between? What is this?"

Jiang Yan is not a professional designer, and the sketches are very sloppy, but fortunately, there are two master painters at home, especially Qiao Le, who is very skilled in drawing, and he can basically draw the ideas expressed by Jiang Yan come out.

The two pointed to places they didn't understand and asked for advice, and they were not ashamed to ask. They were full of curiosity about these unknown things, and eagerly hoped that Jiang Yan would explain them to them.

Jiang Yan also patiently explained: "This is the interval inside the fire wall, which can better keep the temperature longer. This is the drainage system of the entire square. Each bedroom needs to design an independent bathroom, which is designed separately here. A latrine and bathroom for the servants."

Each room is designed with a fire wall, and there are spaces in the wall, and the spaces are also regular, so that the hot smoke from the stove will flow along the route separated by the fire wall, and finally be placed out of the chimney at the end.

The process will be much slower, and the temperature will last longer to a greater extent, and the room will be warmer.

As for the drainage system, Jiang Yan plans to set up a simple dry and wet bathroom in each room, the rooms on the second floor will be equipped with toilets, and the rooms on the first floor will be squatting pits.

In this era, there is no such thing as a sewer, and the latrines built by wealthy families are all for the servants to use. They are all made of pails, and then they are taken out and disposed of by people who specialize in pouring night incense.

Jiang Yan didn't want to go to the toilet by herself, and she needed someone to do it for her. She was ashamed to bother others, and she didn't want to do it herself, so she simply designed a simple drainage system from the beginning.

Dig two large pools in the back mountain, one is used to house the common sewage at home, and the other is a cesspool. At this time, there are no such things as water pipes, and it is not easy for Jiang Yan to buy them directly from the mall.

So the plan she designed is very simple. All the toilets on the first floor have sewers dug underground, and the second and third floors can be directly connected by stone pipes, so that the water can flow directly to the cesspool behind the mountain. I am worried that the stone pipes will not be used or leak. Jiang Yan also planned to buy suitable pipes from the mall and secretly build them in.

Moreover, she also designed a water system. The toilets on the second and third floors have trouble with water, and they cannot be carried up and down manually every time, so a room is reserved at the end of each floor as a water room.

A simple human elevator is designed inside, and some lifting devices are used to greatly reduce the manpower in the yard, so that not only water can be transported, but also some heavy objects can be transported upstairs.

"On the top floor, simply separate two rooms, leave a large open-air balcony, and make it more spacious. I will communicate with you when the time comes."

The floors of houses built in this era will not be too high. Although the construction technology is higher than that of Jiang Yan's ancient times, the most common high-rise buildings are about five floors. After all, there is no reinforced concrete.

The house Jiang Yan wants to build has only three floors. She doesn't plan to keep balconies in the west wing and east wing, because she only plans to make the main building three floors, and the rest will be two floors as usual.

She plans to decorate the top floor as her own leisure place. At that time, the children will be divided into east and west rooms. On the big balcony on the top floor, she can grow her favorite flowers and plants.

"Aunt Jiang, your house is a relatively large project, and the design is very novel. We have never done many places, but after listening to your explanation, I feel very convenient. I dare you. If Aunt Jiang is at ease, I can arrange it for you. Let's do it."

Old Fangtou's eyes are shining brightly, listening to Jun's words is better than ten years of reading, after listening to Aunt Jiang's design today, he seems to have a sudden enlightenment for many years, and has new ideas for many previous constructions.

Old Chu also clasped his fists in a hurry, with the same excited expression on his face: "Me too, Aunt Jiang, this house is really great. Although it hasn't been built yet, I can already imagine what it will look like after it's built, even though I didn't build it. The most luxurious house, but definitely the most comfortable, convenient and new house I have ever built."

The two expressed their opinions one after another, and they both hoped to stop this big job. Judging from the drawings and what Jiang Yan said, both of them were sure that they could make it completely. They were very curious about what the house would look like after it was built.

"The construction of this house is not small. Since both of you can take it over, why don't you two take it over together? I believe in the vision of Lao Wu and Shopkeeper Fu, but I also have a request. Now in September, the days are getting colder. I think Dare to build the house before the cold winter, so the time is relatively urgent, I want you to speed up the time while maintaining the quality of the project."

"This..." The two looked at each other, and they both saw embarrassment in each other's eyes, "Aunt Jiang, the combined team of our two families is only 39 people, if we want to speed up the time, we will have to recruit more strong laborers .”

Generally, those who stay in the construction team are skilled workers, so there will not be too many people. If the project volume is too large and there are not enough people in their own team, they will recruit other strong laborers from nearby to work together. Jiang Yan naturally agrees with this Know.

"Now that the autumn harvest is over, there are strong laborers everywhere who are free from farming. Our village will also have some villagers working together. At that time, you can arrange it yourself. Things like building walls and digging ponds and cesspools are not technical jobs. You can do them." Give it to the villagers to do."

"The heating system and drainage system need to be arranged by you. Also, the fence needs to be covered with gravel tiles. I built the house on the back hill to prevent wild animals or thieves from climbing over the wall."

Jiang Yan said in detail that the area occupied by the deeds of the house is not large. The main reason is that the designated courtyard pond and the vegetable field in the backyard occupy most of the area, especially the back mountain, which is mostly vacant for planting fruit trees.

"This factory building has already built four rooms, and it will need to be added at that time. It is also the same type of room, but a room needs to be built in front of it."

There are too many factories and the business is big, so someone needs to guard where they are, so a two-bedroom one is built directly as a guard room.

(End of this chapter)