Skiftesverk

Svenska: Skiftesverk

English: bole house, corner post construction, post-and-plank, piece sur piece en coulisse, Hudson Bay corners, Red River framing, Manitoba framing, plank wall construction etc.

Deutsch: Bohlen-Ständerbau, Ständerbohlenbau, standerblockbau, blockstanderbau

Dansk: bulhusteknik

Norsk bokmål: sleppevegg; lavegg

Polski: Konstrukcja sumikowo-łątkowa

Čeština: Drážková konstrukce

This page lists examples of the traditional wood building technique with horizontal boards (often of hardwood like Oak, but later also by pine fixed between vertical posts in which a cut is done to keep the board aligned. In Swedish it is called "Skiftesverk". This traditional building method is very common in some parts of southern Sweden, for instance in the island of Öland but the images of Wikimedia Commons shows that it is spread also in other parts of Europe, like Germany, Spain and especially in Slovenia.

In North America the technique was introduced several times, which is seen in the use of a number of different terms. Bole house (possible a translation of Danish bulhus), corner post construction, post-and-plank, pice sur piece (French Canadian, sometimes piece sur piece en coulisse and many variations. The French term is used in the U.S. particularly by architectural historians), Hudson Bay corners (The Hudson Bay Company used this technique extensively, Red River framing, Manitoba framing (a relatively common type in parts of Canada), plank wall construction, and other names. Two types are found in North America, on with the planks or timbers sliding in grooved posts and one with each timber fitted into individual mortises with the gaps between the timbers chinked like other log buildings.

Note: This technique must not be confused with the more common cross-jointing timber building technique without vertical posts (no:Lafteverk sv:Timring). See: Timring.

Sweden (Sverige) edit

Bostadshus uppfört i skiftesverksteknik, Hagby, Gärdslösa socken, Öland
Detalj från skiftesverkshus i Visby
Strandbod i Kovik, Gotland byggd i Skiftesverksteknik (Gotländska: bulhus)
Skiftesverk i rekonstruktionen av den medeltida delen av Eketorps fornborg på Öland.
Skiftesverk vid Bunge museum på Gotland
Under början av 1900-talet fick den traditionella knuttimringen konkurrens av av ett slags skiftesverksteknik. Här ses ett exempel på det från Handbacken, Björbo, Dalarna.
en:Modern "skiftesverk" from 20'th cent. in an area traditionally strongly dominated by cross-joining (knuttimmring).