Technology of a wood frame house

WOOD FRAME TECHNOLOGY

The structure of the house is very similar in the idea to the car body.

In the car on the primary frame specially profiled steel sheets provide strength to the body. The wood frame structure of the house is in the similar manner strengthened by sheating boards. All surfaces with OSB sheeting (floors, walls, roof, etc) tied together create a rigid space structure of the house that provides marvelous structural properties.

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It results in many architectural advantages like unlimited interior modeling and possibility of easy incorporation of changes and modifications.

Elasticity of the system allows for adapting many architectural ideas. It provides the possibility of incorporating any thickness and kind of acoustic, thermal and moisture insulations.

Various systems can be combined together. Very light structure is an advantage that makes woodframe system the best solution for difficult investments in seismic areas, flooded areas, on weak grounds, old foundations and as extensions of old buildings, where construction in the traditional, heavy technology is impossible. It is an ideal solution for adapting attics and building penthouses on existing buildings.

The structural properties of the rigid body allow for installation of any kind of external facade, internal finishes and roof finish. Installation and modification of all services is easier and more clean than in a masonry house.