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Posted by Kris Krieger on July 11, 2008, 3:22 pm
ctbishop@earthlink.net (Charles Bishop) wrote in
net:
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>>> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>But, taking that example, is nailing the only, or even best, way to
>>>>attach things? Are there other or better ways? I don't know, which
>>>>is whwy I'm aksing - I simply have it in my nature to reject ideas
>>>>out-of- hand because they aren't based upon or equivalent to a given
>>>>method.
>>>>
>>>>I don't think it'd be a good idea to build houses in *all* areas
>>>>using bamboo in part or whole, but I think that, for areas where
>>>>it's difficult to grow suitable trees, it has potential.
>>>>
>>>>Plus, some of the designs in the links provided in the Troppo posts
>>>>looked kinda nifty to me ;)
>>>>
>>>>- K.
>>>>
>>> I keep thinking about the joinery used in wicker lawn furniture that
>>> frequently is built around a bamboo frame. Perhaps the same
>>> techniques, on a larger scale, would be viable for buildings.
>>
>>I don't know whetehr that'd be sttong enough - I have to look inot it
>>more and see how modern bamboo structures are done. I've no idea
>>whetehr one could, for example, use bamboo in conjunction with
>>traditional building techniques - for example, in cross-bracing. I'd
>>have to look into it.
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> When I was in Hong Kong several years ago, they used bamboo
> scaffolding to go up, ummm, 6 stories (maybe more, I've forgotten).
> Scaffolding certainly doesn't require the spans tht houses would,
> though. Also, if you enclosed the bamboo framing, you wouldn't be able
> to keep tabs on the method used to secure one to another.
>
Good point. Since houses in less temperate zones need to be able to
accomidate insulation, I guess that in and of itself might put the
proverbial Kabosh on the idea...
- K.
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