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Subject: [Leica] IMG: LET US GIVE YOU A LIFT
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 18:52:12 +0000
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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
> > >
> > > --


In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: LET US GIVE YOU A LIFT)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] IMG: LET US GIVE YOU A LIFT)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] IMG: LET US GIVE YOU A LIFT)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] IMG: LET US GIVE YOU A LIFT)