Don’t Forget the Connectors Structural connectors are designed to hold framing members to the foundation and to one another. They help a building withstand heavy loads, strong winds and earthquakes.

The primary structure is of Douglas Fir glu-lam and natural timber beams held together using traditional mortise and tenon timber joinery with structural oak pegs and T&G decking. The frame has a ...

He had no experience with the timber frame joints used in the building but needed the work. “I said sure, I’ll do anything,” Libby recalls, more than fifty years later.

Timber frame construction is now confidently erected up to six storeys, classed as medium rise, following invaluable research feedback from the TF2000 project supported by several industry partners.

This excerpt comes from chapter 1, “What is Timber Framing.” You can purchase this book from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS store: Learn to Timber Frame. Timber Framing vs. Stick Framing ...

PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...

But the advances in steel frame construction in the later 19th century allowed for much taller buildings. With mass timber buildings, wooden layers are laminated together, using nails, dowels or glue.

Framing lumber is not suitable frame material for storm windows you want to last. The 2-by-4s aren’t made of weather-resistant wood; they warp like crazy, especially so after being cut lengthwise.