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Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction
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Manufacturer: New Society Publishers
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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 considerations
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.
Rob Roy is a former contractor with 11 previous books to his credit. He has been utilizing timber framing techniques for the past 25 years in the construction of homes, as well as in the numerous outbuildings at Earthwood Building School which he founded in 1981 with his wife, Jaki. He is most recently the author of Cordwood Building: The State of the Art (New Society, 2003).
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 694.2
EAN: 9780865715080
ISBN: 0865715084
Label: New Society Publishers
Manufacturer: New Society Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Studio: New Society Publishers
SIMILAR ITEMS:
• Cordwood Building: The State of the Art (Natural Building Series)
• Timber Frame Construction: All About Post and Beam Building
• A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames
• The Craft of Modular Post & Beam: Building log and timber homes affordably
• Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art
CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Timber Framing for the rest of us -
Author did not use enough examples, really only sited building one structure. It was imformative though.
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Building Guru Strikes Again!!! -
Mr Roy writes in a very understandable way. His books are both informative and entertaining. My plans for using timber framing in my next house have been finalized after reading this great book. Keep up the good work Mr. Roy.
Great Reference -
This is a great reference for how to put the joints together. Not as good of a reference for structural design but if you are not an engineer you should probably consult one anyway so that isn't really a minus. Easy to follow.
good guidance for first time builders -
This book provides information needed by DYI buillders who need the why's as well as the how's. It focuses on durability and practicality rather than elegance and tradition.
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Not enough info, spam -
While this book does cover the general building process, I feel it does not go into enough detail. While talking about timbers and larger pieces of wood, the charts in the end are all for regular 2x wood. There are so many references to other works where info can be found, that the whole read felt like one large advertisement (many for the author's other publications). Needs more detailed sketches, diagrams, and important detail pictures, and less useless pictures taken from too far away to be useful.
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