Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Dec 28, 2015 10:24 am My wife and I are in the early stages of planning a owner- build of a two story metal-framed, timber/ripple iron-clad contemporary Queenslander home in the (very) wet tropics in FNQ. We have extensive renovation of Qlder experience but are not tradies - rather pretty good amateurs especially in hardwood. We were going to use traditional hard wood weather boards with some ripple iron inserts for the exterior cladding, but a designer suggested we should explore some of the higher end ply cladding systems now available. The home will be in a 1000 square metre clearing in 50 year old rainforest regrowth with annual rainfall of more than 2.5 metres. All walls will be covered by either 2.4m verandah roof or 1.2 metre eaves overhang. Would love anyone with external ply experience to educate us on the material. Thanks for reading. Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15909 Standard uninsulated double brick has an R value of around 0.7. An insulated standard 90mm stud timber frame can have an R value of around 2.7. Even if you insulate a… 17 12047 The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11117 |