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That's a long way to say construction is already optimized for our current level of technology.
by Grakel 5y ago
That's a long way to say construction is already optimized for our current level of technology.
- f38zf5vdt 5y agoA somewhat less meandering explanation for the modern dominance of balloon framing, which also draws parallels to software development: https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/balloon-framing-is-worse-is-better https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/balloon-framing-i...
- redtexture 5y agoBalloon framing has been gone for nearly a century, which implies no firestops between floors. Stick built framing is the follow on, also called plate building, the plates constituting inter-floor fire stops.
- nickelpro 5y agoThat link describes platform framing as a variant of balloon framing: "The balloon frame addressed this by way of a variant known as 'western style' or 'platform framing'" The piece uses the term "balloon framing" to encompass all light-frame construction as opposed to heavy-frame construction like post-and-beam. It think that's fine, I've certainly heard the term used that way before.