Traditional methods and current innovations make timer-frame building more practical than ever. Top teachers and practitioners like Tedd Benson, Jack Sobon and George Nash describe remodels and reconstructions, houses modeled after old-world sytles, and inspiring new designs with open, modern floor plans. 207 color photos.
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A compilation of articles from the last ten years of Fine Homebuilding magazine, this attractive volume reflects the full-scale revival of the timber-framer's craft as applied to house construction. It features master builders like Tedd Benson, Ed Levin, and George Nash and others who have successfully integrated modern approaches with traditional craft. More than half the 30 or so articles document the design and construction of specific houses, and the remainder survey the latest methods and materials. Included are such topics as milling timbers, cutting and forming various joints, hoisting impossibly heavy frame members, and working with stress-skin building panels and other product innovations. An important addition for any library serving designers, architects, or builders (professional and amateur alike).
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Nice survey of timberframe implementations,
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Not a book on the basics of timberframing practice, but moreso a survey of beautiful or somewhat unique timberframe implementations. Homes with various cultural and historical influences are fully explained. The book is choppy since each chapter is meant to stand alone. There are some rare (IMO) techniques highlighted. I especially love the section on Bowstring Trusses and the bent wood Curved Roof Bungalow on page 130. The book also has a decent section on foam core panels, showing their various joinery techniques and wiring procedures.
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Siesmic suitability has been a stumbling block for people wishing to build with heavy timbers and wooden joinery in earthquake zones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unfaced panels, bent girts, connecting girts, cruck blades, cruck pairs, rim beams, summer beams, framing chisel, wiring chase, cottage board, post tenons, cruck frames, timber framers, principal rafters, second bent, bending table, stick framing, timber framing, gin pole, horizontal shear stress, hip rafter, net depth, first bent, valley rafters, photo facing page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fine Homebuilding Great Houses, New England, Paul Schweikher, New York, Jeff Arvin, North America, Cape Cod, Port Orford, Rhode Island, Ann Arbor, Atlantic Boatworks, Branch River Foam Plastics, Don Price, Mackinac Bridge, Plimoth Plantation, Tedd Benson, Carnegie Tech, Housing Revolution, Nova Scotia, Rodale Press New!
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Siesmic suitability has been a stumbling block for people wishing to build with heavy timbers and wooden joinery in earthquake zones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unfaced panels, bent girts, connecting girts, cruck blades, cruck pairs, rim beams, summer beams, framing chisel, wiring chase, cottage board, post tenons, cruck frames, timber framers, principal rafters, second bent, bending table, stick framing, timber framing, gin pole, horizontal shear stress, hip rafter, net depth, first bent, valley rafters, photo facing page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fine Homebuilding Great Houses, New England, Paul Schweikher, New York, Jeff Arvin, North America, Cape Cod, Port Orford, Rhode Island, Ann Arbor, Atlantic Boatworks, Branch River Foam Plastics, Don Price, Mackinac Bridge, Plimoth Plantation, Tedd Benson, Carnegie Tech, Housing Revolution, Nova Scotia, Rodale Press New!
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- The Timber-Frame Home in Front Matter, and page 111
- Structure in Architecture: The Building of Buildings by Mario Salvadori on page 30
- Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders by James Ambrose on page 30
- Rhode Island (13 Colonies) by Roberta Wiener on page 50
- The Place of Houses by Charles Moore on page 148
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- Fine Home Building Index, Issues 1-85 (Taunton's Fine Homebuilding Index) by Fine Homebuilding in Back Matter
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