House framing materials / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...materials. Now that you know how to choose between OSB and plywood sheathing, learn more about sustainable building materials in the Ecohome Building Guide and these pages below :  How to create an air barrier by taping sheathing  Which lumber and materials are best for framing homes? Compare the carbon footp...

...house framing, renovations and certain commercial applications as well. The truth about fire resistance and wood structures: The combustibility of a building's framing material has little to do with fire safety. Statistics show that the risk of fire is no greater for wood-frame homes than for those built with other str...