Timber Frame Construction
Vermont Timber Works
Hand Crafted Timber Frames by Vermont Timber Works
King Post Roof Trusses are the most cost effective truss, and they look great when curved braces and webs are used. A king post truss solves many structural problems as well. Its bottom chord acts as a ‘tie’ for the room, holding the walls from spreading.
In the South, a king post roof truss may be able to span 36 feet with 16 foot spacing, where the same truss in a snow belt up north may only be able to span 24 feet with the same spacing. We size all of our truss members for the exact region where they are being installed and we provide detailed shop drawings with a structural engineer’s stamp.
Brigham Hill Farm
The Brigham Hill Farm is in Massachusetts. Vermont Timber Works constructed a rough-sawn, white-pine and hemlock timber frame for the farm.
Trillium Dell Timberworks
Trillium Dell Timberworks - Timber Frame Trusses
Scissor Truss Frames
A type of common purlin frame that uses diagonal, crossing ties that span from eave posts to the opposite rafters. The struts of the truss provide a number of advantages: they transfer loads more efficiently to the eave posts, reduce the thrust at the eave wall, and allow for a greater span than rafters alone.
Wikipedia - timber roof truss
A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof. Trusses usually occur at regular intervals, linked by longitudinal timbers such as purlins. The space between each truss is known as a bay.[1]
Hedricks Architecture - Timber Frame vs. Timber Post and Beam Construction
Amazon book - Timber Frame Construction: All About Post-and-Beam Building
- Timber Frame Construction: All About Post and Beam Building (Paperback)
- Jack Sobon, Roger Schroeder
- Published by Storey Books, United States (1984)
- ISBN 10: 0882663658 ISBN 13: 9780882663654
- amazon - $13.15
- abebooks - $18.79
Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art
- Tedd Benson
- Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art
- amazon.com - $17.01
- abe books - $13.25
- Published by Touchstone, U.S.A. (1981)
- ISBN 10: 0684172860 ISBN 13: 9780684172866
A Timber Framer’s Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames
- A Timber Framer’s Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames
- Steve K. Chappell
- Published by Fox Maple Press (1998)
- ISBN 10: 188926900X ISBN 13: 9781889269009
- Abe books - $46.00
- Publisher: Fox Maple Press; 3 edition (June 1, 2011)
- ISBN-10: 188926900X ISBN-13: 978-1889269009
- Amazon $25.37
Stewart Elliott - The Timber Framing Book
- The Timber Framing Book
- Elliott, Stewart; Wallas, Eugenie
- Published by Housesmith Press (1977)
- ISBN 10: 0918238013 ISBN 13: 9780918238016
- abe books - $8.00
Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings
- Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings Paperback –
- Leigh W. Seddon (Author)
- July 1, 1985
- Publisher: Williamson Publishing Company (July 1, 1985)
- ISBN-10: 0913589160
- ISBN-13: 978-0913589168
Harmony Timberworks - Timber Frame Trusses
Harmony Timberworks - Timber Frame Trusses
- Collar Tie with Queen Post
- Craftsman
- Hammerbeam
- King Post Scissor
- King Post with Struts
- Raised Collar Tie
- Raised Collar Tie with Struts
- Raised Chord King Post with Struts
- Ridge & Rafter
- Split Chord King Post with Struts