Getting your timbers graded is a crucial step in timber framing, ensuring that the lumber you use meets structural and safety standards. Building codes and insurance companies often require graded timbers, and they provide assurance of the wood’s quality and […]
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Anyone interested in timber framing should be familiar with Tedd Benson’s first book. Published in 1980, it became the Bible for timber framers, and there’s a lot of useful information. Since then, timber framing has come a long way in terms of the available tools…
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A barn is often defined as an agricultural storage building; however, these structures are not limited by such a simple description. Barns can be built in a variety of different styles and for an almost limitless number of purposes.
Glue-laminated timber (glulam) is a structural engineered wood element commonly used for beams and columns in residential and commercial applications. Glulam is a highly visible form of mass timber in contemporary projects, with long spans framing signature designs that have […]
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People often ask why timber framers place an evergreen bough on the peak of each frame when they finish. The short answer–tradition. But I’ll take a stab at the long answer since there isn’t much information out there about this
If you have ever been to Europe, most likely, you also visited a hundreds of years old castle dating back to the Middle Ages. All those turrets and high walls took your breath away and, duly impressed, you retired for
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In this episode my guest will be Eric Morley with Carolina Timberworks, a contractor and timber framer. We are going to dig into what a contractor is, the process of getting one, talk about the DIY home builder, his thoughts on the
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Timber Frame Structures are: Timber frame structures are more robust and more durable. Timber Frames with SIP, or structural insulated panels as insulation, are more efficient than fiberglass and even stronger. There are no load-bearing walls in timber frame structures,
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Transcript: In this video, we’ll take a look at some of the timber frame construction details that you can add into your timber frame home, not only make it unique and intriguing, but more functional as well. These details do
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