New Four Seasons Flea Market Building

[iwasthere]

it will be a sight to see better then those teabag protesters at these townhall meetings concerning the healthcare debate.

[Rick Rowlands]

Now that sounds like fun.  Looking forward to it!

[iwasthere]

rr that is correct about the hole in the bldg. a confused driver, a gas pedal that thought it was a brake, wham and you have a hole in the bldg. rr why loudly discuss on hifi when you can do it in person at the flea market. we the forum members can meet there under the steel porch roof and see what will send sparks first the lightening or the our discussions?

[Rick Rowlands]

Will the new building have WIFI so we can still argue and bicker on the Mahoning Valley Forum while there?

[AllanY2525]

I don't think the building will have a problem with lightning strikes - it is an
all-metal structure that (I am certain) is properly grounded already.  Code
would require it.

The problem I see is that the building itself IS a lightning rod.  If lightning
were to strike the building, anyone inside would be perfectly safe - it's
people in close proximity to the building on the OUTSIDE that would be
at risk.

Maybe the owner should install some elevated lighning rods on a couple
of poles - lightning seeks the shortest path to earth/electrical ground
and would be attracted to the lightning rods before it reached the
building below.

I'm no electrical expert but my grandma used lightning rods on her barn
because the roof and some of the sides were corrugated steel - problem
was that the walls from the ground up were made of clapboard wood siding
and the structure was not grounded because of this, hence the lightning
rods ON the building.

[Rick Rowlands]

Is that the cause of the small hole in the wall on the rt. 422 side of the building?

[iwasthere]

the new four seasons flea market bldg opening will be delayed due to an 80 year old campbell driver confused the gas pedal as the brake pedal. i guess if the owner of the flea market did not have bad luck he would have no luck at all.

[iwasthere]

Smokey do not blame the owners of the same junk at four seasons but the vendors, who rents the space and supply their own shelves with their own sought out items for sell to the public.

[Smokey362]

Having that fire was the best thing that happened to 4seasons.  they had the SAME junk in there for the past 10 years.  the new building?  they better install some lightning rods....an all metal building at the top of a hill, next to a lake?  Hmmmmm  makes you wonder.  in the winter, the ONLY good thing about that building was the bathrooms smelled better.  Good luck.

[irishbobcat]

Super! Renewable energy comes to the valley! May be the start of something big!

[Maggy]

The owner is looking into a wind turbine for the property and as I'm sure you know there are now rooftop models.

[jay]

You are correct.  The building's owner missed a golden opportunity to design for future solar applications.  Not only could he have produced all the electricity he needed, he could have sold the excess electricity back to the grid.

[irishbobcat]

Too bad roof is not facing south/north...think of all the solar panels you could put on that baby........

Dennis wouldn't be paying electricity for almost 9 mouths out of the year!

[jay]

In this photo, workers are installing thick insulation to the front wall and then covering it with sheet metal exterior panels.

[jay]

The new Four Seasons Flea Market building is taking shape.  The original building burned last year.   The new building is constructed with cement, steel, brick, fiberglass, and sheet metal.

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