When two roofs collide in timber frame construction you have the chance to add a really cool element to your frame, compound joinery. In this detail we show a jack rafter joining with a valley. The rafter is housed into […]
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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
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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
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Often folks want to add a bit of style to their roof line by adding another roof pitch to the equation, called a witches hat roof, it incorporates a witches hat rafter (also called a broke back rafter) to achieve this look. This
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Using a ledger, a post and plate system along with shed common rafters is a fast and effective way to construct an exterior porch or storage area. In this shed rafter detail, the 4×8 rafters are housed into the upper
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There are a few ways to join two rafters together at the peak, one way that we have illustrated before is the tongue and fork connection. In this detail a simple rafter to rafter mortise and tenon connection is used
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This rafter to tie beam connection, strong and simple to cut, joins a rafter to a tie beam in a wide variety of truss combinations. The notch is what creates the strength in this connection. It uses the roof pitch
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In a hexagonal timber frame where the plates around the perimeter join with the principal rafter, it is a bit tricky from an engineering standpoint. This is just one solution, and in this case, a steel post was used instead
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Just the housings and rafters to cut this boss pin detail would certainly challenge any timber framer. The central post is typically called a boss pin, and it is used when you have several hips and valleys coming together at
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While joining a strut from a king post or bottom chord is a simple timber frame joint to cut, it is essential to look at the connection details. In this upper king post strut to rafter detail, we use a 3/4″
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