Hola! Como esta usted? Today, I introduce you the structure of Japanese woodern houses.
The method of construction is called "frame construction" consisting of foundation, beam, pillar and diagonal grace, which are made of wood. These materials are already precut before construction. The structural part of normal house is built less than two days. Almost a half of the new houses uses this method here in Japan.
The above wooden materials has to be conected by the variety of hardwares to reinforce strength of houses under the Construction Standard Act.
Our houses have to resist hard Japanese climate, for instance, earthquake, tyhoon, heavy rain and flood. The woodern house absorbs and release the force from these natural disasters. On the other hand, there is a problem of typical Japanese high humidity. We have the problem of termite, fungi and mold. We always consider these matters when we design the houses.
I hope I can peep the structure of your houses. Adios.
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