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Timber framing

Timber framing (German: Fachwerkbauweise) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs. If the structural frame of load-bearing timber is left exposed on the exterior of the building it may be…

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History and traditions

NeolithicGermanyRoman EmpireHardwoodOak
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Half-timbering

InfillOwl holesOpus craticumHerculaneumWattle and daub
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Structure

Lap jointingMortise and tenonDiagonal bracingCarpentersPeg
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Disadvantages

CompressionTensionRotDry rotXylophagous
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Types of timber frames

Half-timbering

Structure

History and traditions

Advantages

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Timber framing

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Timber framing

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related to Belgium · 24
Timber framing → Also, André Grétry, Belgian, Bokrijk, Bokrijk Open Air MuseumUnskilled, Bruges, Fourneau Saint-Michel, Fourneau Saint-Michel MuseumA House, Fourneau Saint-MichelTimber-frame, France, Germany, Hingeon, In, LierneuxSmall, Limburg, Liège, LiègeThe Sugny House, Luxembourg, Many, Nowadays
related to history · 23
Timber framing → Baltic, Denmark, England, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Half-timbered, In, Its, Japan, Neolithic, Neolithic Denmark, Northern European, Norway, Roman Empire, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden
related to French tradition · 16
Timber framing → Alsace, Bourges, Corsica, Dinan, Elaborately, France, French, Provence, Rennes, Rouen, The, The Normandy, Thiers, Timber, Tours, Troyes
related to Spain · 15
Timber framing → Although, Basque, Basque Country, Big, Castile, Iberian Peninsula, In, La Alberca, León, Mediterranean, Most, The, The Spanish, Their, Timber
related to Sweden · 15
Timber framing → Blekinge, Danish, Halland, In Swedish, Most, Palisade, Scandinavia, Similar, Skåne, Some, Stave, Sweden, Swedish, The Swedish, This
related to German tradition (Fachwerkhäuser) · 13
Timber framing → Alsace, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Deutsche Fachwerkstraße, France, Germany, Hesse, It, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, The German Timber-Frame Road, There, Thuringia
related to Modern timber connector method (1930s–1950s) · 13
Timber framing → Canadian Military Engineers, During World War II, Engineers, In, It, North America, Pratt, The, This, Unique, United States Army Corps, Warren, Wood
related to Norway · 13
Timber framing → All, Archaeological, Europe, Grindverk, North Dakota, Norway, Norwegian, Replicas, Scandinavian Heritage Park, Sweden, The, United States, Unlike
related to Advantages · 9
Timber framing → As, Consequently, In, It, SIPs, The, This, Timbers, Valley
related to Modern features · 9
Timber framing → Although, In, Modern, Recently, SIPs, Structural Insulated Panel Association, The, Timber, Timber-framed

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timber framing construction houses building timbers half-timbered frame buildings used called many germany infill posts house german also known found

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Timber framingis amethod of creating framed structures of heavy timber jointed together with various joints0.90text
by a tie beam.Raised cruckinstance oftops of the blades are truncated by the first transverse member0.80text
grass or strawinstance ofbut generally was a mixture of clay and chalk with a binder0.80text
water or urineinstance ofbut generally was a mixture of clay and chalk with a binder0.80text
adobe or mudbrickinstance ofunfired brick0.80text
stones sometimes called pierrotageinstance ofunfired brick0.80text
planks as in the German ständerbohlenbauinstance ofunfired brick0.80text
timbers as in ständerblockbauinstance ofunfired brick0.80text
or rarely cob without any wooden supportinstance ofunfired brick0.80text
the Kluge House which was a log cabin with a timber-framed second floorinstance ofwith half-timber houses having a ground floor in stone or logs0.80text
gusset platesinstance ofModern complex structures and timber trusses often incorporate steel joinery0.80text
for both structuralinstance ofModern complex structures and timber trusses often incorporate steel joinery0.80text

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