That 200 sqf. thing....

[dail(Guest)]

Ok guys, heres the authority on small cottage construction. Asthetics ain't bad either.
Take a look and see what you think.

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/information.htm

By the way, I'd still like to know if any major changes have occurred in the industry regarding all weather wood foundations. Thanks!....d

[water8]

Adorable.

[Billy Bob]

Dail, would that be similar to or the same as a permanent wood foundation?  By that I mean a more or less conventionally framed basement of pressure treated lumber:
http://www.southernpine.com/pwf.shtml

Looks pretty cool to me, and I read an article from the USDA forestry products division that hyped it a bit.  
Wish I could make up my mind which foundation system to use!   I like the idea of a basement, and the PWF looks very doable, not to mention a big savings in entrained energy.  But I also would like an insulated slab for passive solar thermal storage.
Probably be easier to decide once I get to see the lay of the land. [smiley=lipsrsealed.gif]

[dail(Guest)]

Yes. My terminology is probaly outdated, or "regional." I last worked with this subject about twenty years ago as a punch carpenter. I've been a graphics person since, doing carpentry only on a as requested basis. They recently changed the chemical used in treatment to get away from the arsnic based ones, and I haven't really heard any talk on them lately. An inspector told me here, he thought they had faded out of interest. kind of a fad thing.

They are easier to work with, but you do have to do a little more prep. The real bennefit is that a carpenter crew can do the general framing from the ground up, without a mason crew having to be gotten.

I'm thinking of using one for my next project, but was wondering if anything had changed in requirements for them about the country.

[Amanda_931]

Back in the 70's I only heard about them in the Nashville area as hype from the Forest Products people.

Traditional building didn't use that new-fangled stuff.  So the guys in the 70's didn't either, and besides the masons needed jobs too.  

(timbersil-treated round wood sounds like the future to me   )  Timbersil is non-poisonous, impervious to everything and not available yet.  "Round wood" is stronger than sawn wood by a sizeable factor.