Project Information
Company:
Earthwind Construction
Designer/Architect:
Leif Sayvetz Sketchup draughtsman
Timber Framer:
Chip Sills; with crew members Luke Bair, Evan Blumenstein, Clay Condon, and Leif Sayvetz
Project Location:
Pence Springs, West Virginia
Wood Species:
White Pine, White Oak and Douglas Fir
Photographer:
Chip Sills
Project Description:
3500 ft dream retirement home on difficult site. Three separate timber frames: a full basement with walkout on two sides courtesy of hill then two separate principal-purlin type frames above–bedroom wing and main hall featuring hammer beam trusses braced by laminated arches.
Project Images:
The primary crew member was my son Chris Sills, essential for all stages of the project: his name was left out most likely as an innocent error thinking it was a typo for me. Chris is his own man and deserves his own mention! Thanks, Chip Sills
Wow Chip what an abode! Btw I got a new birth with a horoscope that has Mars and Orcus in the first house, so that you can no longer taunt me about havin an empty first house.
Tru(man)
I’m looking for a Chip Sills who formerly talked philosophy and woodworking with midshipmen at the Naval Academy. Looking for a timber frame retirement home.
Hi Eric–sorry I have not looked at this site for a while. I am indeed the Naval Academy person you may have known in the ‘nineties.
You can reach me at cfsills@gmail.com
Please refresh my memory!