9.0 Construction Process

9.0 Construction Process

Using renewable natural materials such as wood and bamboo, the dwellings are often constructed without using metals such as nails. Instead of pre-cut holes and grooves are used to meet the elements of wood into one another, effectively making prefabricated houses.

Although the nail has been created and the houses are then used minimally to non-structural elements (eg, windows or panels), flexibility is a benefit structure that prevents tacking. Without nails, a wooden house can be demolished and rebuilt in a new location. Most of the ancient Malay Southeast Asia maintain a culture of environmental self-regeneration.

Roof like an inverted V shape is introduced. At a meeting on the roof top of the lid separated by buttresses called tulang perabung (bone ridge). Roof form is known also with the roof folding roof awnings and long roof. After the arrival of the Dutch and English, home designs started to deform to the shape of the limas style and Dutch style.

Inverted ‘V’ shape roof or lipat kajang roof.

In line with the changes and developments in technology, methods of building houses also changed. In the initial stage, the only way to build the house is to tied up the leveling joinery. Puncture system was introduced. Similarly, the use of wood nails, known also by pemeting to strengthen supply to the house. Round pillars and rattan or root is used to strengthen the joints. Dovetail joints made to blink so on angular columns and wooden beams pierced for the passage and insertion.

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Use of tools such as planers, saws and drill punch tool enables the floor and walls of the house is to be better in order to replace sawn timber wood. Use of boards to make walls and floors were introduced to strengthen and trim of the house. The arrangement continued to connect to the wall, known as the lap joint and connect tongued which have shown the arrangement of the wall horizontally, vertically and diagonally.