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-# Round wood timber framing+This topic is part of [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]]. 
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-## What is round wood timber framing?+===== What is round wood timber framing? =====
  
 First the round wood part – round wood is straight from the tree (with or without bark), without any processing, squaring or planking. Timber framing is creating the structural framework for a building from wood. The frame bears the load, then the walls are filled in with something else, which could be timber cladding, [straw bales](/buil/building), [wattle & daub](/watd/wattle_and_daub), or bricks and mortar. First the round wood part – round wood is straight from the tree (with or without bark), without any processing, squaring or planking. Timber framing is creating the structural framework for a building from wood. The frame bears the load, then the walls are filled in with something else, which could be timber cladding, [straw bales](/buil/building), [wattle & daub](/watd/wattle_and_daub), or bricks and mortar.
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-## What are the benefits of round wood timber framing?+===== What are the benefits of round wood timber framing? =====
  
 So round wood could be considered old-fashioned, but the reasons for resurrecting it are aesthetic and ecological. It looks pretty; it's a natural antidote to the square, flat, generic world that we build; it reconnects people with the forms of the natural world that are more relaxing to the eye; and it reminds us that wood comes from trees. So round wood could be considered old-fashioned, but the reasons for resurrecting it are aesthetic and ecological. It looks pretty; it's a natural antidote to the square, flat, generic world that we build; it reconnects people with the forms of the natural world that are more relaxing to the eye; and it reminds us that wood comes from trees.
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-## What can I do?+===== What can I do? =====
  
 Start small – round wood is suited to a project in your garden / smallholding, and lends itself to DIY. Planners won't know what you're talking about, but it doesn't matter – it's building regulations that are important. If an architect specifies it properly, it will be OK. In Ben Law's book, [_The Woodland House_](/rwtf/round_wood_timber_framing) there are figures for loadings / size of timbers, and as regards building regs. Start small – round wood is suited to a project in your garden / smallholding, and lends itself to DIY. Planners won't know what you're talking about, but it doesn't matter – it's building regulations that are important. If an architect specifies it properly, it will be OK. In Ben Law's book, [_The Woodland House_](/rwtf/round_wood_timber_framing) there are figures for loadings / size of timbers, and as regards building regs.
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-## Further resources+===== Forum ===== 
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 +This topic belongs to the section [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/buildings). 
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 +===== Further resources =====
  
 - [the Ecologist](https://theecologist.org/2010/oct/19/roundwood-timber-framing-greener-way-build) - roundwood timber framing: the greener way to build - [the Ecologist](https://theecologist.org/2010/oct/19/roundwood-timber-framing-greener-way-build) - roundwood timber framing: the greener way to build
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-## Related topics+===== Related topics =====
  
 - [[roun:Roundhouses]] - [[roun:Roundhouses]]
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-## Specialist curators of this topic+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
  
  
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