Timber Frame Construction

Author: Jack A. Sobon
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 161212321X
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Discover the satisfaction of making your own durable, economical, and environmentally friendly timber frame structures. Covering all aspects of timber frame construction, this practical guide is filled with easy-to-understand instructions, clear illustrations, and helpful photographs. With expert advice on selecting appropriate timber, necessary tools, safety considerations, joinery techniques, assembly, and raising, Jack Sobon and Roger Schroeder encourage beginners by offering complete plans for a small toolshed. Turn your dream of a timber frame house into a reality.

Learn to Timber Frame

Author: Will Beemer
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612126693
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners! Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions, Beemer shows you exactly how to build one small (12ʹ x 16ʹ) timber-frame structure — suitable for use as a cabin, workshop, or studio. He also explains how to modify the structure to suit your needs and location by adding a loft, moving doors or windows, changing the roof pitch, or making the frame larger or smaller. You’ll end up with a beautiful building as well as solid timber-framing skills that you can use for a lifetime.

The Craft of Modular Post & Beam

Author: James Mitchell
Publisher: Point Roberts, WA ; Vancouver : Hartley & Marks
ISBN: 9780881791310
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description
Discusses the elements involved in building log homes, including design, wood, tools, joinery, and hewing methods.

Build a Classic Timber-Framed House

Author: Jack A. Sobon
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612122361
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Build a classic, enduring, and affordable home. With Jack A. Sobon’s careful guidance, you can construct your own timber-framed house in the traditional hall-and-parlor style. From felling trees to cutting timbers, and frame construction to door selection, you’ll find Sobon’s professional advice and hand-drawn illustrations invaluable. Whether you’re a first-time builder or a seasoned contractor looking to expand your repertoire, you’ll find answers to all your timber-frame questions. Open the front door and walk into the home of your dreams.

A Timber Framer's Workshop

Author: Steve Chappell
Publisher: Joiners Quarterly Magazin
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
"Portions of the manual are updated, expanded, and edited versions of articles which have previously appeared in Joiners' quarterly"--T.p. verso.

The Timber Framing Book

Author: Stewart Elliott
Publisher: Alan C Hood
ISBN: 9780911469325
Category : Wooden-frame houses
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This is a thorough and profusely illustrated guide to building a timber-frame house. Grounded in ancient tradition, timber-frame construction is admirably suited to fulfill today's need for durable, energy-efficient housing and other building needs. First published in 1977, this book is now in its ninth printing and is established as a classic in the field.

Timber Framing for the Rest of Us

Author: Rob Roy
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 1550924214
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
All those of us without traditional skills need to know to build with timber framing Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials. But traditional timber framing employs the use of finely crafted jointing and wooden pegs, requiring a high degree of craftsmanship and training, as well as much time and expense. However, there is another way... Timber Framing for the Rest of Us describes the timber framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and owner-builders, methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws, and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less time. And while there are many good books on traditional timber framing, this is the first to describe in depth these more common fastening methods. The book includes everything an owner-builder needs to know about building strong and beautiful structural frames from heavy timbers, including: the historical background of timber framing crucial design and structural considerations procuring timbers-including different woods, and recycled materials foundations, roofs, and in-filling consdierations the common fasteners. A detailed case study of a timber frame project from start to finish completes this practical and comprehensive guide, along with a useful appendix of span tables and a bibliography. Highly illustrated, this book enables 'the rest of us' to build like the professionals and will appeal to owner-builders, contractors and architects alike.

The Classic Hewn-Log House

Author: Charles McRaven
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612122140
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
A classic of early American architecture, the hewn-log house has a unique rustic charm and character. In this engaging and informative guide, Charles McRaven provides illustrated step-by-step instructions that cover every aspect of building your own log house, from selecting the site and hewing the first log to laying the final chimney stone. Whether you’re building a new house or restoring an old one, McRaven offers proven techniques and time-tested advice that will help you successfully create a warm and inviting hewn-log home.

Roundwood Timber Framing

Author: Ben Law
Publisher: Permanent Publications
ISBN: 9781856230414
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
This definitive manual marks the birth of a new vernacular for the 21st century. Over 400 color photographs and step-by-step instructions guide you through the building of anything from a garden shed to your own woodland house. This practical how to book will unquestionably be a benchmark for sustainable building using renewable local resources and evolving traditional skills to create durable, ecological, and beautiful buildings.

Hand Hewn

Author: Jack A. Sobon
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635860008
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Hand Hewn is a gorgeous celebration of the traditions and artistry of timber-frame building, a 7,000-year-old craft that holds an enduring attraction for its simple elegance and resilience. Internationally renowned timber-frame architect and craftsman Jack A. Sobon offers a fascinating look at how the natural, organic forms of trees become the framework for a home, with profiles of the classic tools he uses to hand hew and shape each timber, and explanations of the engineering of the wooden joinery that connects the timbers without a single nail. Inspiring photos of Sobon’s original interior home designs, as well as historical examples of long-lived structures in Europe and North America, make this a compelling tribute to the lasting value of artisanal craftsmanship and a thoughtful, deliberate approach to designing buildings.