Log Houses and Timber Frame Homes might have the lowest carbon emissions footprint of any other sort of construction. A carbon emissions footprint is the measurement of carbon-dioxide released because of employing a particular product or other human activity. CO2 is the key greenhouse gas is released into the atmosphere and major contributor to global temperature rises.

Pop was an excellent Builder of the Old school and renowned for his quality craftsmanship. When his groups constructed a house, it was solid, square and built to last. Before I could follow in his steps, the credit squeeze of the 1960's hit, he shut up shop and we went farming, but I've always had an interest in developments in the building industry.

A good deck is now lots of people's notion of a significant part of a garden, somewhere to sit with chums, and to enjoy the rewards of your labour. A good deck though is costly and it's quite reasonable for folk in these liquidity crunch days to go looking for money saving tips when building a deck.

A touch apron is a surface made around a building about 4 or even more feet wide. This is done about a foot or even more from the concrete ground floor level. It is done with concrete slabs, stone slates, foliage or timber decking. This is done to defend the exposed plinth courses below the ground floor. When it is raining, water has back splash that hits the plinth courses. This water splatters mud or soil on wall or penetrates the building fabric.