[Greenbuilding] sustainable post and beam

Clarke Olsen colsen at fairpoint.net
Wed Nov 6 15:59:40 CST 2013


True, true; but what I was considering is the extra 8" a tenon adds to a post, and the ease of later moving
it without lifting a beam, much less the roof.
Clarke Olsen
clarkeolsendesign.com
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165 
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at taconic.net




On Nov 6, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Chris Koehn <chris at koehn.com> wrote:

> It would be interesting to get a sense of the embodied energy in steel connectors vs. traditional joinery:
> 
> Steel: (including bolts): lots of shipping, melting, smelting, drilling, painting, galvanizing. 
> Timber: variable shipping, running power tools to execute, a squillion Emails trying to convince the average engineer of the strength of traditional joinery..
> 
> <grin>
> 
> Chris Koehn
> TimberGuides
> Van Isle
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