Hammer Beam Truss Detail
This joint has become one of my favorite ways to join a principal rafter to a post. It offers a clean look and allows a plate to join to the post with a spline and a tie beam that can …
Timber Frame Joinery
Square to Round Timber Joinery
During one of my first Timber Framers Guild Conferences, I heard a talk by Vico Von Voss about his various projects. He referred to square timbers as the male form and round timbers as the female form, and that you …
Sill Plate to Post Joinery
Using a traditional timber framed floor system which includes a sill plate and joists is becoming rare. However, it is still a great way to create the floor system, depending on your project needs. In this detail a stub tenon is used …
Collar Tie to Rafter Connection
More likely than not, the joinery in the roof system of a timber frame is often loaded with tension and so special consideration is needed to make sure everything is held together. In this detail we show a collar tie to rafter connection in two …
Timber Frame Rafter Wall Pocket
Just like last month’s detail this one relies on a conventionally framed wall to support a timber frame rafter, it can also be used to rest a beam on as well. To create the timber frame rafter wall pocket, you nail …
Timbered Purlin Wall Pocket Detail
Often, due to budget requirements or floor plan arrangement some timbers will need to sit on conventionally framed walls; this is very common and called hybrid construction. In this timbered purlin wall Pocket detail a timbered purlin bears on a …
Simpson STHD Strap – Post to Concrete Connection
If you are looking for a strong connection when attaching a timber frame post to a concrete foundation, and one side of the post is hidden, this Simpson STHD Strap may be the the answer you are looking for. The strap …
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Rafter to Post with Tenon Connection
This rafter to post with tenon connection is a popular way to join a timber frame rafter to a post and is easy to cut and assemble. The rafter has a tenon which is fully housed by at least an inch into …
Spline Joinery
It is often the case when you have two or more plates or beams coming together into a post to use spline joinery in place of a tenon. The thought process being, if you put a tenon on the end …
Tie Beam to Plate Tying Joint
As its name implies this tie beam to plate tying joint, unites a tie beam, plates, rafter and posts all in a compact structurally sound way. It utilizes a spline to tie the plates together and traditional mortise and tenon joinery …