Project Information
Designer/Architect:
Michael Merrigan
Photographer:
Michael Merrigan
Timber Framer:
Michael Merrigan
Project Location:
Hampton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Wood Species:
White Spruce Timbers, ash pegs
Project Description:
1st floor – 12′ x 16′, 8″ x 10″ sills, 6″ X 6″ x 12′ joists, 8″ x 10″ x 12′ summer, 6″ x 6″ 10′ posts, 4″x 4″ braces, 6″ x 6″ girts and plates, 4″ x 4″ nailers between posts, 1 1/2″ sub floor, 1″ finish floor
2nd floor – 8″ x 10″ x 16′ Summer, 6″ x 6″ x 5’4″ floor joists – 8′ x 12′ loft, 8′ x 12′ open, 1 1/2″ flooring
roof – 6″ x 6″ x 10′ rafters, 4″ x 4″ x 8′ 10″ purlins, 4″ x 4″ x 18′ ridge, steel roof.
Interior, porch, steps, to be completed in 2020
Logging, sawing, jointing, by MM. Raising by MM, with lots of rigging.
Pre-assembled at mill site, then disassembled and hauled to permanent site on North Mtn. overlooking Bay of Fundy for reassembly,
With design help from “the timber framing book” by Stewart Elliot and Eugene Wallas Kittery Maine 1977
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