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A wooden house is a construction made entirely of wood or wood-derived materials. It thus meets the criteria of a dry construction, as opposed to more traditional constructions based on the use of concrete, poured cement or cinder blocks, which are classified as wet constructions.
In France today, more than one in ten single-family homes is built of wood, although this varies from region to region. It's a fact: wood construction is continuing the progress it began a few decades ago. Not only has it benefited from technical advances, but also from the ecological and environmental preoccupations of today's society. Wooden homes are becoming lighter and lighter, with increasingly high thermal performance, and some are even "passive".
Of these, timber-frame homes are the most widespread; made up of load-bearing elements prefabricated in the factory, thus reducing site hours, they offer design flexibility and modularity; the roof is supported by a framework of horizontal or vertical wooden elements.
This article deals with the timber frame in the timber-frame house, defining its different structures and designs, and is part of a series devoted to timber construction as a whole. The first article
At the end of the article, readers will find a glossary of important terms.
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Legislation
Decree of September 10, 1970, on fire protection.
Article R. 111-11 of the French Construction and Housing Code.
Regulations
DTU P 21-701 of June 1984 – Rules CB 71 – Calculation and design rules for timber structures.
DTU P 06-002 of April 2000 – Rules NV 65 – Rules defining the effects of snow and wind on buildings and annexes.
XP ENV 1995-1-1 of August 1995 – Eurocode 5: design of timber structures – Part 1-1: general rules and rules for buildings.
XP ENV 1995-1-1 of February...
Technical documents
NF DTU 24.1 de février 2006 – DTU 24.1 – Travaux de bâtiment – Travaux de fumisterie – Systèmes d'évacuation des produits de combustion desservant un ou des appareils – Partie 1 : cahier des clauses techniques – Règles générales – Partie 2 : cahier des clauses techniques – Règles spécifiques d'installation des systèmes d'évacuation des produits de combustion desservant un ou des appareils raccordés dits de type B utilisant...
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CNDB Comité national pour le développement du bois http://www.cndb.org
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