Holiday cottages
Stiffening of the sleeper with log struts.
Strengthening the sleepers joists
The purpose of the reinforcement is to stiffen the sleeper and to distribute the weight more evenly over all the joists. There are three main types of buff:
– reinforcement with struts;
– continuous reinforcement with a cross-section board 25 x …
Attaching the crate to the foundation.
The construction of the floor underlay.
In this type of structure, each wall is built separately. It is the easiest and safest type of construction. After the foundation is laid, a wooden foundation can be placed, which will be the substrate, on which we will do the rest of the construction work. …
GEORGE WASHINGTON SNOW (1797-1870)
The inventor of the balloon frame was George W.. Snow. He was born in Keene, New Hampshire, 16 September 1797 year, in an old American family from the Mayflower settlers. He must have been rather restless in spirit, because he left the family seat first …
"Balloon frame" expansion of the West (“Western balloon frame”)
The "Balloon Frame" is closely related to the conquest of the West, from Chicago to the Pacific coast. Contemporaries knew well, that if it wasn't for this construction, houses or on prairies, nor in the big cities would they come up with …
