What is a balloon?

The balloon frame is a frame that is used in the construction industry to build buildings. This frame is made of wooden studs, which are located at evenly distances to distribute the weight of the building. To add stiffness and strength, plywood and other plywood materials, they nailed to the frame and create walls. The roofs of these houses are composed of beams and rafters or pre -made trusses. The roofs are then covered with other materials to help keep the weather.

The term, "balloon frame" could come from the first days of the frame. It is said that when the buildings were first built using this method, its critics thought it looks like a fragile and unstable as a balloon. The story continues that critics believed that the first hard storm would throw the building away. However, these buildings were robust. In fact, framing the platform, a variant of balloons framing has evolved as a design method and was used in the construction of buildings throughout the Dobbr.

American history could have been a little jother if the balloon frame was not invented. This method of construction allowed the houses to be delivered by train across the country to the west, where the wood was not abundant. Balloon framed buildings cost less time, money and timber than other building methods. They also did not require any expertise. Thus they were able to quickly spread around the United States, allowing the west to grow.

Before building balloons, professional carpenters and carpenters had to be used to build houses. In England, houses were commonly built with masonry and stone. The wood had to be professionally connected to make the house robust. This was a problem for early Americans who were not qualified workers, but rather were "jack-of-all-trades". The building framed by the balloon did not have to be professionally connected and the nails, at that time a cheap commodity to join the wooden rays together.

Many credit George Snow with the creation of a balloon building in the 80s of the 20th century. SomeBut they say that the early versions of the method have been used for years before. One of the first buildings framed by balloon built by snow was the Church of the Virgin Mary. The beauty of the balloon frames was that the houses could be made in advance and then sent. Houses could therefore be ordered by a catalog and sent by train to the site.