Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, everyone, for the clarifications! Cheers jayanand On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: > In most of N.America, wood is much cheaper, certainly faster to build and > more flexible. If you need insulation, it's easy to add very inexpensively. > > People in places where wood isn't used much are generally concerned with > the fire hazard. The best way to deal with a fire hazard is with a > sprinkler system as you want to wet down the contents, which is what > actually burns and will save lives. Brick or other masonry buildings don't > help with that. > > The practical lifespan of small buildings is now generally less than 50 > years, which wood can easily exceed. Extensive renovations are then general > desired, which wood allows and brick/concrete not so well. > > In India, as in most other tropical countries wood does not do as well due > to the greater probability of rot, but more especially insects. Bricks are > never very tasty, but slightly rotten wood seems to be a delightful buffet > for many insects. Also, in tropical countries a more massive construction > helps with heat attenuation. Most of N.America needs a higher insulation > value more than heat attenuation. > > Henning > > > On 2014-02-07, at 8:52 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 > >> > >> -- > >> Tina Manley > >> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >