Building with Whole Trees Posted: 3 weeks ago by cecilberman
According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams.
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Posted: 3 weeks ago by meggysue:
That's so cool. I'd love to live in a house like that.
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