My wife has been telling me that the fire/smoke alarms have been going off in our new house that we had built. It is stick framed. While at work, I started day dreaming/ thinking that if the house were to burn down, I'd like to rebuild it timberframed. I'm pretty sure it would save a lot of money, since we have a timber on our land. My question is, would we have to have a new foundation poured since the timber would be heavier that the stick?
I don't know the dimensions of the footing for the current foundation, so this might be a pretty general question...
Thanks for any responses, answers, and information that anyone can provide.

Nate