Thank you very much Rudy!  This really does help.  It consolidates and
confirms scattered bits and pieces into a comprehendible chunk.

-jc

On Apr 12, 2004, at 9:31 AM, Rudy Christian wrote:

>> Okay, new odd question.  Are Half-Timber, Frachwerk and Braced Frame
> construction the same thing with variations in the infill materials
> between the studs?  Do they all rely on mortice and tenons?
>
> -jc<
>
> Probably the best glossary of terms for heavy timber construction
> around
> today is in R. W. Brunskill's "Timber Building in Britain" (ISBN
> 0-575-03379-7). In it you find:
>
> Half-Timber: various meanings have been attached to this term.
> 1. A timber frame in which the framing members and panels are exposed.
> 2. A timber frame based on halved timbers.
> 3. The use of a timber frame in the upper half of a building with a
> solid wall in the lower half.
> 4. Timber framing making use of closely-spaced studs in which
> approximately equal portions of timber and plaster are exposed.
>
> Fachwerk is the German term for exposed timber walls with plaster
> infill. (See four above)
>
> Braced Frame is a term loosely differentiating a building from a stick
> framed or balloon framed building, and would appear to have come into
> use when these "lower quality" systems began to appear.
>
> The last term on the list (I'm adding one) would be post and beam and
> is
> a term commonly used to describe any building build with large timbers.
>
> Personally I use post and beam to describe buildings using heavy
> timbers
> that are connected with metal fasteners such as bolts, steel plates or
> nails. The Edison Laboratory was a post and beam/balloon frame hybrid.
> It did have 4x4 braces, but they were nailed in place. Timber framing
> is
> more often the term used to describe buildings built with heavy timbers
> connected with mortice and tenon joinery. These types of structures
> always have braces if they are Western European or American, and
> compression beams if they are Eastern. In Fachwerken the braces are
> often integrated into the medieval patterns in the walls.
>
> Clear as rad and dab?
>
> Rudy
>
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