I have the most recent prices that hardwoods are selling for around the country.. For example southern white oak is 96 1.2 cents per bd.ft. for FAS
Appalacian white oak sells for $1.16 bd.ft. FAS
Northern is 1.07
other woods sell for various prices, they also have kiln dried prices, RR tie prices pallet material prices and every variety of hardwood avalible.. please ask I’ll gladly go over the prices paid.
Anyone considering a timberframe should look at the market right now and buy whatever they need,, It’s doubtful prices will get much lower!
One friend built a 4000 sq.ft timberframe home and the timbers cost him less than $1000.00
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Kiln Dry? Air Dry? Green?
IMHO The best lumber for timber frame is air dried, 9 months per inch, borate treated when milled.
Chuck S
ChuckS
Having built my timberframe with such wood I can tell you that I would 10 times rather have built mine with fresh cut green wood!
I waited years while my timbers curved, bent, warped, twisted, and did the hootchie cootchie..
I then spent an average of 10 hours per timber getting them reasonably straight and square again.
The few timbers I shorted myself I spent less than a 1/2 hour planing and getting them ready. The dried ones took a minimum of two sets of planner blades while I could do 20 timbers if they were green.
Once I went thru a few heating seasons you can't tell which timbers were green and which timbers were properly dried.. both of them checked or didn't depending. both finished up beautifully, the only differance is that the dried ones weighed half as much. I've gotten smarter in my age, I use telehandlers to move those beasts around now.. so it takes the same effort to move my little finger to lift them up into place.
Frenchy,As the green wood shrinks, I guess that tightens the joinery.
How about a pic of that telehandler at work.Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
ChuckS
Nah, it opens them up unless you use dovetails or some other such joint. But my dried timbers which I was so proud of have since open up the joints as well. When first assembled you couldn't fit a hair in any crack now they are visably more open.
The real picture I'd love to show was me lifting the farthest rafter up into place.. 56 foot with a 12 foot jib and everything was tilted over as far as it could. I didn't have an inch to spare!
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