Re: SB: Temporary Supporting Walls

[Speireag Alden <Joshua.M.Alden.91@alum.dartmouth.org>]

Sgrìobh Marcus Hardwick:

>I think about this occasionally. One imaginary scenario I visit 
>sometimes includes building the roof at floor level where it's 
>easier. Then jack it up to a foot or so taller than it will 
>eventually be. Build the walls and lower the roof onto 'em. Might 
>even work for a small simple house. Wind uplift is a major concern. 
>Gut feel is that it'd be more trouble that it's worth to do safely. 
>OTOH, most of us got here by thinking out of the box a bit.

     I don't know how they accomplish it, but I have heard that this 
is the standard method in traditional Japanese house-building.  You 
might investigate in that direction.

-Speireag.

-- 
Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that 
one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above 
him. -Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (1900-1980)

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