Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wooden houses are common in NZ, they cope with earthquakes better than brick.... John -----Original Message----- Sonny, Tina Thanks. Price and flexibility are two good reasons. What about safety? Isn't it more susceptible to hazards like fire? I see wooden houses are quite numerous even in places where you expect natural fires to happen with some regularity Does it also have better insulating properties than concrete? The reason I ask is that except for tribal huts, nobody uses wood for building here, not even in the colder parts of the country, and I was wondering why. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Jay, In the U-S South, it is more plentiful for one thing. We often > build with wooden framing, and then do a veneer of brick or other > material. It is less expensive, and has a life in the range of a half > century or so, though many buildings could and do last much longer. > > Another advantage to wood is the floorplan is much more flexible if > you want to make use changes later in the life of the building. > > > On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj > <jayanand at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > What advantage does wooden construction give over brick and mortar? > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > > > > PESO: > > > > > > For Christmas this year, Tom and I gave each other a barn. He > > > gets a workshop and a place to put all of his toys. I get all of > > > his tools > and > > > sawdust out of the house! Today they are putting up the trusses: > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154413611 > > > > > > I took lots of photos, some with the R lenses. Downloading now. > > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > --