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
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.
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!