Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jan 27, 2013 4:58 pm I have my owner-built my house to lockup stage and the house is currently being water blasted by ex-cyclone Oswald in Brisbane. Although the house is withstanding the high winds well, at some places rain water has seeped past the FC cladding and water vapour sarking and wet the timber frame is some places and in one place, onto the floor. Given that no house is built water-tight, am I being overly concerned with the site of some frame wetness, given that it will dry out when fine weather returns? Is this drying a normal cycle to expect or should no water ever get onto the wood frame??? Re: Timber Framed House - How waterproof dose it have to be? 2Jan 28, 2013 7:20 am So the outside is finished? And you are still getting water on to the frame inside..which is not gybed ? Is that right. (No house is water tight....ummmm, yes they should be or you will get rotting timbers and the whole leaky home building debacle ) Re: Timber Framed House - How waterproof dose it have to be? 3Jan 28, 2013 7:28 am Assuming that your spouting & downpipes are incomplete, you may not have soffits installed yet, and that there are probably gaps around windows etc yet to be filled, I wouldn't expect the house to be water tight. Frames get wet during construction all the time, so that shouldn't be a problem, as long as the timber is allowed to dry properly before plaster goes on. Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15919 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39729 Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand… 8 23403 |