01-28-2009, 08:27 PM
In my dreams, I am picturing some type of masonry structure for the walls of the house with wood roof framing and steel roof decking. That would minimize the wood and put it up high away from the ground. If I had enough trees of large enough size I would consider trying to mill all the lumber from the trees. I assume that Ohia would not need to be larger than Douglas Fir since it is stronger, although it is also heavier. I am therefor talking about replacing fir 2x4s, 2x6s, 4x8s, etc, with Ohia of the same sizes. Probably totally unrealistic, like so many of my other rather hair-brained ideas, but at least I am looking ahead to what the problems would be. So that is my real question. Without regard for whether I could really come up with all this wood, is it legal to use Ohia as you would DF?