Learn to Timber Frame

Learn to Timber Frame
Author: Will Beemer
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1612126693

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 Timber Framing Book

The Timber Framing Book
Author: Stewart Elliott
Publisher: Alan C Hood
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Wooden-frame houses
ISBN: 9780911469325

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 Frame Construction

Timber Frame Construction
Author: Jack A. Sobon
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2012-12-10
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 161212321X

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.

A Timber Framer's Workshop

A Timber Framer's Workshop
Author: Steve Chappell
Publisher: Joiners Quarterly Magazin
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1998
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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

Roundwood Timber Framing

Roundwood Timber Framing
Author: Ben Law
Publisher: Permanent Publications
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2010
Genre: Appropriate technology
ISBN: 9781856230414

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.

Timber Framing Fundamentals

Timber Framing Fundamentals
Author: Kenneth Rower
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2011
Genre: Framing (Building)
ISBN: 9780970664372

"This volume collects or adapts more than 40 articles from Timber Framing, the quarterly journal of the Timber Framers Guild, to guide the reader through a number of questions that arise when planning, building or assessing a timber frame structure." -- Foreword.

Building the Timber Frame House

Building the Timber Frame House
Author: Tedd Benson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1981-09-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1439107076

For centuries, post-and-beam construction has proved to be one of the most durable building techniques. It is being enthusiastically revived today not only for its sturdiness but because it can be easily insulated, it is attractive, and it offers the builder the unique satisfaction of working with timbers. Building the Timber Frame House is the most comprehensive manual available on the technique. In it you will find a short history, of timber framing and a fully illustrated discussion of the different kinds of joinery, assembly of timbers, and raising of the frame. There are also detailed sections on present-day design and materials, house plans, site development, foundation laying, insulation, tools, and methods.

The Timber-frame Home

The Timber-frame Home
Author: Tedd Benson
Publisher: Taunton
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1997
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781561581290

Learn to adapt the sturdy elegance of timber-frame construction to the needs of modern life. Hundreds of color photos and drawings showcase the latest designs, methods, and materials.