10-26-2006, 01:06 PM
Lohaki, when we were thinking about building we looked into the Pole Houses at http://www.polehouses.com/, they are still a new style of construction. Though there seems to have been some built in Hawaii County, it also seems that each construction is unique in permitting.
We bought a prebuilt, so didn't follow through any further.
Based on what termites did to the very limited wood in the house we bought (and what I have seen in the Ohia posts throughout the UH-Hilo campus), I would be very informed on the termit control methods that are used on the poles, prior to going this way. (OK termites have completely amazed me with the damage they can do to wood, and so I am a little overcautious when it comes to wood here.)
Aloha, Carey
We bought a prebuilt, so didn't follow through any further.
Based on what termites did to the very limited wood in the house we bought (and what I have seen in the Ohia posts throughout the UH-Hilo campus), I would be very informed on the termit control methods that are used on the poles, prior to going this way. (OK termites have completely amazed me with the damage they can do to wood, and so I am a little overcautious when it comes to wood here.)
Aloha, Carey