Framing/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...framingmaterials for the Demo House are FSC certified, and provided by our sponsor Kott Lumber . Kott engineered the plans for us , supplying detailedframingdocuments including a cut list for eachframingmember. We were also provided with a wood order to match, along with pre-cut lengths whenever possible. This g...

...framing, renovations and certain commercial applications as well. The truth about fire resistance and wood structures: The combustibility of a building'sframingmaterial has little to do with fire safety. Statistics show that the risk of fire is no greater for wood frame homes than for those built with other struc...

...Framinglumber choices for building homesFraminglumber, also known as structural wood, is the grade of wood used for houseframing(studs, Larsen Trusses for Double-Stud walls , headers, roof trusses and floor joists, etc. as well as in timber frame construction). Its technical characteristics make it perfectly sui...

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Material choices for window frames: Window frames can be made from a variety of materials offering different levels of performance and insulation values. Air in the cavities between panes expands as it heats up and contracts as it cools, which puts pressure on the seals and frames. When we speak of durable and stu...

...FramingChoices: Which Lumber & Materials to Choose forFramingOSB或胶合板是更好的屋顶，墙壁和地板?哪种建筑围护结构材料最好?木材，钢材，混凝土，稻草捆?来源:住宅结构的可持续性和生命周期分析木材vs混凝土和钢…

OSB v Plywood - Which is Best? Odds are, that if you pass a housing development of wood-framed houses, it will have OSB (oriented strand board) as exterior sheathing . When you count sub-floors, roofs and wall sheathing, OSB claims about 70% of the wood sheathing market in North America over plywood. Both products h...

...framing. Reduced waste: FabCab utilizes state of the art computerized cutting machines that minimize waste. This creates precise, high quality assemblies, and reduces delays. Energy efficiency: Plumbing lines can be roughed-in for optional solar water heater to be used with the radiant floor heating system. Healt...

The cost of lumber is at an all time high, and because of that fact, other wall assemblies are showing themselves to be more affordable in comparison. So it’s a great time to highlight a few alternatives. Standard residential home construction in most colder climates now involves 2x6s and fiberglass insulation batts...

Finding sustainable wood: We live in a country with over 400 million hectares of forest, so the supply is there; it's simply a case of properly managing it. That also means that when we cut one down, we should plant another. Wood is a renewable material, requires little processing and can almost always be purchase...

...framingor insulation and causing problems later. Moisture & more specifically humidity is the number one cause of degredation in North American homes , because as timber is a hygroscopic material, once the lumber in a typical house wall reaches a humidity level greater than 15% the chances of insect or mold attack i...