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Timber frame would tend to refer to something a bit exotic, I think you mean stick framing.
by peteradio 4y ago
Timber frame would tend to refer to something a bit exotic, I think you mean stick framing.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoTimber frame is the common term in the UK for a house where the frame is made of wood. Nothing exotic about it.
- peteradio 4y agoOP pretty clearly referred to USA, however.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoTimber framing is a totally different animal than stick framing, in the US, which the comment was explicitly about. Stick framed buildings use 2x lumber joined together with nails, while timber framed buildings use heavy timbers joined together with bolts and other complex joinery. Japanese house construction (at least what I've seen on YouTube) can accurately be described as timber framing, because it uses timbers set in place by crane and connected with bolts and a lot of mortise-and-tenon joints.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoThe user I was replying to is located in Europe. I used the terminology I thought they would be familiar with.
- peteradio 4y agoNot to be a dick, bu that's just confusing, like referring to an American city's soccer match as a football game when there was an actual football game going on too. Of course you are correct though.