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Re: Hola mi amig@s

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2020-10-09 20:58

seabreeze wrote:

> Architects say that wooden houses built mortise and tenon style
> with thick timber hold up better than most structures against
> hurricanes. Some in Galveston, TX. built that way have been
> standing for over 140 years of hurricane wind battering. The
> wood has a resilience and spring to it that's lacking in harder
> materials like cinder block.

In Japan the mortise & tenon & timber (and double framed and a few other styles) have held up well over the ages to both hurricane and earthquake.

But incredibly expensive nowadays. Ever price out just a 6x6x12 small beam? And those old ones were built out of 12x12x12s. 4x the wood of a 6x6

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