No my wood house got snake sneaking through holes, you dont want that

Cengal woods are gooding yo.My mother in law house nearly 80 years old now still standing strong as ever but offcourse nowadays not cost effective la...Too expensive.

I believe it has to do with the gaps, on the other hand some of those stilted house with high ceiling appears to be quite cool and drafty instead, probably there are good traditional house and bad ones as well.

I really like traditional house in some way as well, but the handicraft is almost pupus and certainly more expensive to build.

I haven't seen it done in modern style in Malaysia before:

You piap piap your neighbour will heard the noise.

It can be build cheaper if some part of the house is replaced by steel or concrete such as steel frame. Worker with good workmanship for wood structure is harder to get nowadays compared to steel/concrete work.

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3364590

^ dat timber flooring, hnngggghhhhh

Ooooh that's the Cook With Shuk house? Always fully booked.

Nice house, but wood wasn't use significantly like on walls and major structure, not really a wooden house per se.

Can be booked for visit or stay?

Single layer design of course turn into a sauna box lah. Do double layer with insulation in between can mitigate the heat. Many house in USA/Canada also using this design. Outer layer can be any material including wood, zinc or those polymer plastics. Cottage country area hardly use brick/cement for houses.

This post has been edited by jerm57: Apr 4 2019, 10:12 AM

Since u have accessed to MTC.. u should pay them a visit as well to learn. More

Zincalume roof + rockwool layer + double sided alum layers

proven low heat system

Book for a session with the chef.

Eceli can. If use pure cengal or jati termites won't be an issue. If rumah flooded kena rendam air also kayu wont rosak.

Orang kata rumah papan panas. True. But its not becoz the papan wall. If we install proper insulation dekat roof no heat issue wan.

All of this can be done. But expensive lah. I pernah pergi homestay dekat n9, kawasan kebun dan dusun buah. Termites is everywhere can see on the trees and ground but the homestay still stand strong without having any problem wan and that homestay according to the landlord exist since 60's lagi.

This post has been edited by moodswingfella: Apr 4 2019, 10:19 AM

wiring would be an issue. it will look ugly for wooden house while concrete house u could embedded those wiring inside it. unless if u just want to add wooden layer outside. thats a different story