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Construction Methods
Here we will enlighten you with the different housing construction ideas that would surely satisfy that itching
idealistic side of yours.
Traditional Masonry Construction
Timber framing construction
The building structure are bound together by
mortar from the individual units laid in.
The common materials used were:
• brick
• stone (marble, granite, travertine, limestone, cast
stone, concrete block, glass block, and cob)
Ideal to avoid fire accidents due to the use of bricks
and stones.
Most types of masonry does not require painting.
Uses non-combustible products
Could withstand projectiles such as debris from
hurricanes or tornadoes.
Masonry structure could last up to 500 years.
Not reliable on freeze-thaw cycle weather.
Requires reinforced concrete, to avoid settling and
crackling.
Requires more skilled labor.
Has low tolerance to oscillation.
Uses heavy timbers such as 2x4s.
Method of creating structures using heavy squared-
off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints
secured by large wooden pegs.
Offers various aesthetics.
Ideal to suit customer tastes and creativity.
Timber-frame could be construction within 2 to 3
days.
Ideal on seismic survivability.
Construction could reuse recycled or discarded
timbers.
Poor prevention of capillary movement of water
which will lead to rot.
Too narrow or non-existent
Too much exterior detailing causing inadequate
rainwater run-off.
Prone to noises from footsteps in adjacent rooms.
Exposed to fungi though not destructive to the wood
but harmful to humans such as black mold.
Steel Frame Straw-bale Construction
Facit Homes Kit houses
A building technique which uses “skeleton frame”.
The “skeleton frame” consists of: vertical steel
columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a
rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls
of a building which are all attached to the frame.
From this technique, gave birth to the construction
of skyscraper.
Building method which uses bales of straw
(commonly wheat, rice, rye, and oats straw).
Mostly used in natural building or “brown
construction”
Renewable nature of
straw.
Affordability
Availability
Naturally fire-retardant
High insulation value
Susceptible to rotting
Difficulty in obtaining insurance coverage
High space requirements for straw
Responsible for ‘3D printing’ homes in London.
Also known as ‘housing puzzle’
Everything is computer and machine-manipulated
in the fabrication with an automated blade slicing
wood and other materials.
Assembly was done by humans.
Also known as mill-cut houses, pre-cut house,
ready-cut houses, mail order homes, or catalog
homes.
Widely popular in United States and Canada
Manufacturers sold houses in many different plans
and styles such as from bungalows to imposing
colonials.
Supplied in a fixed price but excludes the needed
laying foundation.
