When you’re driving around new housing developments, you’ll see lots of variations of the typical American dream home – which very often are called McMansions by detractors. These grand homes certainly do have loads of space, room to grow and
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At Timber Frame HQ, it is our main mission to encourage you to live the good life in the strength and honest beauty of these sustainable structures. In that vein, we are happy to continue to bring you inspiring examples
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Gaius HenninWe reached out to Shelter Institute to find out more about this organization in Woolwich, Maine that offers classes, design-build, tools and even real estate. Gaius Hennin, President and Civil Engineer, took the time to respond to our questions. Shelter
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The Rothoblaas X10 is a moment post base, which means structurally the post is a fixed end and supports the moment forces in the structure. This allows you to simplify your design and do away with some supporting beams and
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The hammer beam truss is more complex than other truss types. It is a beautiful truss, however, and also has the advantage of using shorter pieces of wood. The truss is composed of the hammer beams (red), hammer posts (blue)
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We are thrilled to continue our mission here at Timber Frame HQ, to encourage you to live the good life in the strength and honest beauty of these sustainable structures. In that vein, we bring you inspiring examples of spaces
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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
Jason & Carrie Frank are the owners of Woodland Improvements, a logging and lumber company in Milaca, Minnesota which was started in1991 and specializes in White Pine & White Oak Timbers. Their custom services begin with logging timber at the stump
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Need to curve something? This planer, like many in the Makita tool arsenal, works as a crossover product that professionals and serious do-it- yourselfers can appreciate in terms of power, versatility, accuracy and cost. The 4-3/8- inch wide tool ranks among
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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
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To further our mission here at Timber Frame HQ to motivate you to live the good life in the strength and honest beauty of these sustainable structures, we are thrilled to bring you some fantastic kitchen spaces from premier timber
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Patrick Moore at the Museum in Quebec of the permanent exhibitionPatrick Moore is a Compagnon Passant Charpentier Canadien L’Ami du Trait Bon Drill de Tour de France, and is the first and currently only person from both American continents to
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