The architect Regine Hartkopf is master cathedral master in Merseburg and Naumburg as well as secretary of the European Union of master builders, master builder and master carpenter. "Everyone in our club is suffering," she tells t-online.de.In an interview she talks about fire safety, the consequences of the Fire of Notre Dame and about reconstruction.
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Can that happen at every church? Cologne Cathedral, for example, has an iron roof * from the 19th century?
If it burns properly, then an iron roof chair deforms and can collapse, but of course it burns heavier there. However, an old roof truss in a church with centuries-old wood does not burn so quickly. The wood is naturally very dry, but over time it also develops protection. Wood is not flammable, it takes some time. Many insulation materials burn much faster. But when wood is burning, there is hardly anything to do.
What do you mean?
I do not mean that it could have been arson. But you have to assume that there was another source of ignition. This is not how a fire arises in a wooden roof truss. But I can hardly understand it because I think about what this building has survived.
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten...ombaumeisterin-kann-feuer-kaum-begreifen.html
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Can that happen at every church? Cologne Cathedral, for example, has an iron roof * from the 19th century?
If it burns properly, then an iron roof chair deforms and can collapse, but of course it burns heavier there. However, an old roof truss in a church with centuries-old wood does not burn so quickly. The wood is naturally very dry, but over time it also develops protection. Wood is not flammable, it takes some time. Many insulation materials burn much faster. But when wood is burning, there is hardly anything to do.
What do you mean?
I do not mean that it could have been arson. But you have to assume that there was another source of ignition. This is not how a fire arises in a wooden roof truss. But I can hardly understand it because I think about what this building has survived.
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten...ombaumeisterin-kann-feuer-kaum-begreifen.html