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Exterior Lighting on a Timber Frame Home

5 Exterior Lighting Tips For Your Timber Frame Home

When you’re planning the electrical schematic for your new timber frame home, don’t forget about your home’s exterior and property. It’s important to consider where you need power and lighting, both now and in the future. It’s a lot easier to pre-plan for future electrical needs before your home is completed, rather than redoing and [...]

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Structural Insulated Panels

What’s a SIP?

Structural Insulated Panels, known as SIPs, is not a new idea. The whole concept actually began in 1937 when the United State Forestry Service began a quest to conserve our forests. The building industry started looking at foam core paneling in the 1970s with renewed interest, and it has since developed into an energy and [...]

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How Do I Incorporate Passive Solar Into My Timber Frame House

Timber frame homes have a long history that can be seen in medieval and Tudor buildings throughout Europe. Timber framing eliminates the need for the typical studs in house framing and allows builders to fill in the gaps with a variety of materials. Today this same timeless design can be as energy efficient as it [...]

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Timber Frame DIY Buying Your Materials

Purchasing Your Materials for Your Timber Frame House – Timber Frame DIY

If you choose to be an owner/builder for your timber frame house, you will likely get to know your local hardware stores well. You may even get on a first name basis with the employees of the big box stores. It can be both fun and terrifying at the same time figuring out not only [...]

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Green Building and Timber Frames

Timber Frames and Green Building

When you build a timber frame, chances are you’ll be building a green home without even knowing it. However, if sustainability is a priority for your building project, then you’ll be glad you chose a timber frame home. Beyond incorporating green measures like high-efficiency appliances and regulated lighting systems, timber frame buildings, by its nature, [...]

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