Some of the Typical uses of wooden bearing walls include residential housing, small commercial buildings, and industrial support. Many residential buildings and homes are not great in height, which is the perfect situation for wood bearing walls. Wooden bearing walls are also ideal for the exterior walls since the load of a roof truss will channel forces to the side. Wood bearing walls is also great for small structural support for industrial construciton and design. Wooden bearing walls can sustain a great amount of weight, and since wood bearing walls are cheap and easy to construct, they can be used as temporary support for almost any small scaled project such as roads, bridges and interior buildings.  Wood is also very light and the dead load of the bearing wall will adapt to a smaller and weaker foundation. Materials such as concrete and structural steel would need a stronger foundation to sustain the weight of the building itself as well as the live load inteded for the structure to sustain. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Dry, wood is has very low conductivity and can prevent shocks and short curcuiting of electrical wiring within buildings. Every home and building requires electrical power and wood is perfect for handling electrical equipment. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPICAL SITUATIONS NOT TO USE WOOD BEARING WALLS:

 

Building loads that exceed more than five stories could be too much for a wooden load bearing wall. Wood would not be ideal for infrastructures such as skyscrapers, Large corporate buildings, or anything incredibly large. Five stories is a typical height for a building using wood bearing walls, anything higher would require a material that has a much greater strength capacity such as concrete and steel.