Wholesale Timber Framing for the Rest of Us

All those of us without traditional skills need to know to build with timber framingMany natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then infilled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials. But traditional timber framing employs the use of finely crafted jointing and wooden pegs, requiring a high degree of craftsmanship and training, as well as much time and expense. However, there is another way...Timber Framing for the Rest of Us describes the timber framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and ownerbuilders, methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws, and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less time. And while there are many good books on traditional timber framing, this is the first to describe in depth these more common fastening methods. The book includes everything an ownerbuilder needs to know about building strong and beautiful structural frames from he...