wood construction
Wood Construction This Chapter is all about wood Construction. Wood is combustible and as it burns it looses its structural strength. ... Wood is used structurally to carry the buildings loads. Non-load bearing uses of wood include wood-lath carrying plaster, and wood wainscoting, thin grooved boards used for ceilings and wall panels. Wood is most commonly used for roofs and for interior trims. There are various types of wood building constructions. ... Balloon frame construction was then formed. ... This made it possible to throw up the entire wall at once without the skilled labor necessary to do the cutting and framing required for post and frame construction. The United states Forest Products Laboratory has developed a method called truss-framed construction. This is different from conventional construction in which truss roofs, and perhaps truss floors, are substituted for swan beams.