From ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca Wed Apr 16 02:10:16 2014 From: ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca (Rob Tom) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:10:16 -0400 Subject: [Strawbale] CMHC's "Canadian Wood Frame House Construction" Message-ID: The recent CMHC newsletter included an announcement about the latest edition of the "Canadian Wood Frame House Construction" booklet. I seem to recall seeing a recommendation for an earlier version of the booklet in the first (and subsequent) version(s) of the Whole Earth Catalogue. I got my first copy at the Belleville Fair when I was probably about 10 years old and still have it. In its hard copy form back in the 60s & 70s, it was about the size of a Penguin "Classics" paperback but even in that compact size, it was chock full of useful information for both novice and experienced builders. I suppose that in 2014, all of the information is readily accessed on the WWWeb but having it all in one PDF document is probably a Good Thing too. It's a 10.0 MB download and I'm pretty sure it's free, even to Murricans. A brief description of it can be seen here: http://www.cmhc.ca/en/inpr/bude/bude_001.cfm and includes a link to the download (just in case the link below gets mangled by mail software: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/pdf/61010.pdf?fr=1389301531508 (There's probably a French version available as well) -- === * === Rob Tom . . . T60BU Kanata, Ontario, Canada < A r c h i L o g i c at Y a h o o dot C a > (manually winnow the chaff from the edress if you hit "reply")