Out of the Woods: Environmental Timber Frame Design for Self Build

by Borer, Pat; Harris, Cindy; Foo, Benedicte

• ISBN13: 9781898049128
• ISBN10: 1898049122
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

Building your own home is becoming increasingly popular. The Walter Segal timber frame method makes it so easy that anyone can do it.

Author Biography

Pat Borer, an architect specialising in low-impact constructions, designed many of the buildings at the Centre for Alternative Technology, on which Cindy Harris has worked as a builder. Cindy also teaches building and specialises in the environmental impact of building materials

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 2
Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
The nature of this book	p. 9
The housing crisis	p. 10
Ways of building	p. 11
Post and beam frames	p. 12
The legacy of Walter Segal	p. 13
Ecological timber frame building	p. 16
Will a timber frame building last?	p. 17
Minimising impact	p. 18
Energy in buildings	p. 18
The design process	p. 20
Designing for self build	p. 21
The essential Segal Method	p. 22
The choice of grid dimensions	p. 24
Will a timber frame building blow away?	p. 27
Construction: stages and choices	p. 33
Summary of the main construction stages	p. 34
How to use this chapter	p. 36
Foundations	p. 37
Square pads	p. 38
Round bored pads	p. 39
Piers	p. 40
Strips and plinth wall	p. 41
Structural frame	p. 42
Frame raising	p. 43
Flat roof frame	p. 46
Pitched roof - purlin frame	p. 47
Pitched roof - principal rafter frame	p. 48
Balloon frame	p. 49
Platform frame	p. 50
Frame timbers and structure	p. 51
Rectangular posts	p. 51
Square posts	p. 52
Simply supported beams	p. 53
Continuous beams	p. 54
Cantilever	p. 55
Knee-brace	p. 56
Composite beam	p. 57
Trusses	p. 58
Frame joints	p. 59
Bolted joint	p. 59
Housed joint	p. 60
Half-lap	p. 60
Pegged mortice and tenon	p. 61
Scarf joints	p. 62
Frame wind bracing	p. 63
Brace members	p. 63
Panel sheathing	p. 64
External skin: roof	p. 65
Ventilated 'cold' roof	p. 66
Unventilated 'warm' roof	p. 68
External skin: floors	p. 69
Suspended ground floor	p. 69
Solid ground floor	p. 70
External skin: Walls	p. 71
The 'breathing' wall	p. 71
Rigid panel	p. 72
Spaced panel	p. 72
Stud	p. 73
Spaced-stud	p. 74
Counter-stud	p. 75
External skin: windows and doors	p. 76
Manufactured units	p. 76
Built in-situ	p. 77
Bay windows	p. 78
Clerestory lights	p. 79
Conservatories and porches	p. 80
Verandahs	p. 81
Internal walls	p. 82
Internal rigid panel walls	p. 83
Stud walls	p. 84
Service voids	p. 84
Stairs and steps	p. 85
Services	p. 86
Space and water heating	p. 86
Electrics	p. 88
Electro-magnetic radiation	p. 88
Water	p. 88
Ventilation	p. 89
A Green Guide to Materials	p. 91
What are 'green' materials?	p. 91
Timber	p. 94
Metals	p. 97
Plastics	p. 99
Cement	p. 99
Roof finishes	p. 101
External wall finishes	p. 103
Internal wall finishes	p. 104
Floor finishes	p. 106
Thermal insulation	p. 106
Decorative finishes	p. 108
Tools	p. 110
Time and money	p. 111
How long will it take?
How much will it cost?
Glossary of terms	p. 112
Resource Guide	p. 113
Afterword	p. 118
Mail Order Form	p. 119
New Futures List	p. 120
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