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Half-timbered house on the Loerbach
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Medieval craftsmen's houses were not built to the same quality as the houses of traders, merchants and patricians. For this reason, the houses of the local tanners had to be completely replaced in the 17th and 18th centuries by the half-timbered buildings that have survived to this day.
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Half-timbered house on the Loerbach
Am Loerbach
59494 Soest
Telephone: 02921-1036110
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The construction of half-timbered buildings had developed considerably since the Middle Ages. Much slimmer timbers were now used, decorative carvings were no longer used and the cantilevering of the individual storeys hardly ever occurred anymore. Many stories are told about the meaning and purpose of these overhangs. The only certainty is that there were probably several reasons for this design:
1. A cantilever of approx. 1.5 times the height of the ceiling beams relieves them statically.
2. A cantilever also means more space without taking up additional floor space.
3. The cantilevers, like the roof overhangs, provide weather protection for the floors below. Chemical wood protection did not yet exist, so people had to rely on so-called constructive wood protection.
4. Last but not least, the overhangs were also used for purely design reasons. The existing vertical timber frame structure was interrupted and the houses no longer appeared so exaggeratedly high.
The material for the infill was also changed. After earlier infill with interwoven timber and straw clay infill, clay bricks and masonry bricks were now increasingly used.
1. A cantilever of approx. 1.5 times the height of the ceiling beams relieves them statically.
2. A cantilever also means more space without taking up additional floor space.
3. The cantilevers, like the roof overhangs, provide weather protection for the floors below. Chemical wood protection did not yet exist, so people had to rely on so-called constructive wood protection.
4. Last but not least, the overhangs were also used for purely design reasons. The existing vertical timber frame structure was interrupted and the houses no longer appeared so exaggeratedly high.
The material for the infill was also changed. After earlier infill with interwoven timber and straw clay infill, clay bricks and masonry bricks were now increasingly used.
