Here are some photos(finally) of my timber job in 2002..Timber king post trusses were designed to hold bridge to #1 son’s room over the family/greatroom. the other shots are the front entry and the rear master deck and supports, FUN JOB!
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Please excuse my ignorance
looking at your pictures you are experienced and quality is a positive aspect
I am a stick framer, closest to timber framing is glue lams, big beams, engineered straps and plates and seams over posts but nothing as artisitic, just strucutral
I have little experience with timber framing, is # 5 a mid air splice a good practice
It looks very nice and I am sure it locks together stong and maybe other hidden connectors as well
again I am ignorant to this type and in no way being critical, just curious and wanting to learn
I believe anyone that says they have noting to learn is probabally dead
I believe all of us can teach others something
thank you
No worries...that picture doesn't show the HIDDEN bolts and HIDDEN epoxied double baltic birch ply splines,..... they're hidden!
The engineers (client's brother's company) designed the connections with my assistance and their math,providing lots of support and full transfer of the load at the "mid " double posts/support position ,cheers,Phil.If it is to be.... 'twil be done by me.
It's a scarf joint, son. Developed in Europe during the middle ages. By the time most of the big cathedrals had been built, a couple dozen variations of these were in play in timber framing. The one I see most is the center peg/wedge type.
Nice work! Whose design?
"Whose design?" Whom do you mean, the archy? the timber guy, ....me,or...?
A Vancouver Architecture firm , Acton,Johnson & Ostry,..........the interior design Heffel & Balagno, also Vancouver based...cheers,Phil.
If it is to be.... 'twil be done by me.
Edited 1/10/2004 9:33:11 PM ET by Philter
Cool work...I have to pipe up too...#5...I have done those MANY times..I include THE WEDGES to tighten it up with sesonal changes and lock the halves together..you know about the wedges? right?
Wedges? We don't need no stinkin' wedges!!!!
Seriously,yes I have done wedges,scarfs nibs, etc, but this time ..simplicity, smooth and clean were requirements. If it is to be.... 'twil be done by me.
OK..I fell better now..whew...gotta luv it.. a pencil, a framing sq., a circ. saw, and a chisel..I use a boatbuilders slick..great joint always gets attention..ESP. if ya leave out the WEDGES!!! LOL..
That's a beautiful comfortable looking house. Posts and Beams constuction to the max<G>. Great work. EliphIno!
That house is a work of art! Beautiful work....that's not a mistake, it's rustic
AWESOME..did you do all the framing on this house !!
Again, nice work.
Outstanding work. Excellent detail.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Excellent!, Phil!
But then, you are Canadian!!!!
...<g>...
...Did I mention I travel?...
...And take up very little room?...
Peace
Newf
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. ~Author Unknown
What brand of windows? They look quite nice. any chance they are Kolbe & Kolbe?
Nice work Phil. It's always a pleasure to work on big fir timbers. I always love it when our outfit lands a job with some exposed timber framing. Doesn't happen often enough for me.
Your message was ambiguous. Is this your own house?
Wally
I suppose you own a couple of Greene & Greene books, I'll bet - - very nice, thanks for posting the picts...
in no particular order...
--No, sadly it's not my house...my house would/will be MORE Greene and Greene,.....
-- and yes they were an influence, when the Arch. pulled out his G&G books, I mentioned that I was a follower and enjoyer? of their work, and I think that sealed the deal and got me the contract....
--fir DOES rock to work with, my earliest memories of wood/woodworking are of helping Dad and/or Grandpa cut fir-ply and real fir stock and am fully and unashamedly addicted to the smell and feel of smooth, tight,long,(wait a minute, I'm still talkng wood here!) vertical grain FIR! Coastal preferred.
--Hey Newf, how you doin' on th'other coast?
If it is to be.... 'twil be done by me.
In the pic with the beam with the scarf joint: What size is that and what are the material costs per foot? Is that doug fir? Are timbers that size and that clear readily available? Was the scarf joint placed where it is because of some design feature, or could you just not get a single beam long enough for it to be continuous? Why are the posts notiched on the outside. What is a slick? Whoops, got a little carried away, I already know the answer to that last one...
You wrote...
"In the pic with the beam with the scarf joint: What size is that and what are the material costs per foot? Is that doug fir? Are timbers that size and that clear readily available? Was the scarf joint placed where it is because of some design feature, or could you just not get a single beam long enough for it to be continuous? Why are the posts notiched on the outside. What is a slick? Whoops, got a little carried away, I already know the answer to that last one..."
Douglas fir.....the beams were 6"x14"...at the time....$3,000 per 1,000 bd.ft, (special price from a friend's mill...)Scarf was a design feature, I could get 40' timbers if I had wanted...ouside notches ,again, design feature inside and outside on most of the woodwork...and a slick is what will from with drool as soon as I get another of these jobs.
Wood like that and better is readily available here in Vancouver and area...Pemberton/Whistler.
Cheers,Phil.If it is to be.... 'twil be done by me.
We are just wrapping up a winery/wine shop job in Penticton where we used fir post & beam for a canopy roof over a patio. Local guy who supplied it does it for $1.90 /board ft. Stuff wasn't completely clear but it would easily have graded out to #2 or better. All the 10x10 columns were centred on heartwood and both beams and columns were straight and square. I have had material from other suppliers that showed a lot of diamond profiles, but this was top notch. And the price was fabulous. Not sure on the log source, he says he says he buys auction lots aimed at log home builders.
Wally
Lignum est bonum.
Hey, My stuff was FOHC and GORGEOUS, cutsom milled and radio-frequency kiln dried DEAD straight....nice stuff....Penticton? do you know the Willis'es?If it is to be.... 'twil be done by me.
Then you did indeed get a good price.
Only Willis I know of is Bruce, but he's on my Never Watch Again list...
Wally
Lignum est bonum.
Phil, it's kinda good news, bad news:
The good news is I don't have to convert the Tempature for our 'Merican friends...
The bad news...It's -40.........C or F
Cheers!
...Don't leave your beer outside!
...<g>...Peace
Newf
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. ~Author Unknown