Last weekend, my friend Stephen Morrison and I took off at 5 am to head to Sauter Timber in Rockwood, TN for the 2014 SE Timber Framers Guild Meetup. We made our way there through snow and wind, all the
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Subscribe in ITunes Welcome back…. Why I have been away Finishing my home Building up my business after finishing my home…recovering from being away Wrote my book – Creating a Timber Frame House Pneumonia which made me refocus my life
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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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I often get asked if using green or freshly cut timbers for a timber frame is okay. Most frames that go up today are cut and raised without going into a kiln or being air-dried. Before the advent of kilns
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If the building site on your property is on a slope, you have added design options for your timber frame home. Leveling that site can be expensive and time consuming, as well as a lot of work, so you may
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If you’re in the design stage of your timber frame home, this is a perfect opportunity to incorporate a guest suite in your plans. Whether you’re planning a dedicated guest suite or a multipurpose area that functions as an office,
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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 the past years, many people have already downsized their home to a more manageable living arrangement that is kinder on the budget. Then some of these people realized they can go even smaller! The tiny house trend is growing, and
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When determining which company will build your home, you have a lot of legwork to do before making that decision. Here are a few things you should consider when you begin your quest to find the perfect partner. Research is
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After working on projects with folks and after getting your questions, it was easy to see some common threads. So I developed this Ebook with the goal of answering those questions and to set your mind at ease in order
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A stop splayed scarf joint is used to create longer timbers for use in plates, beams, rafters and posts when you cannot find a long enough timber to span the distance you require.The stop splayed scarf that is displayed here
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One of the ideas you will most often hear from homeowners is their enthusiasm for well-designed spaces. This can mean many different things for different people, but more often than not, it also encompasses longing for clever built-in storage areas
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