All our model frames are available for purchase in plan form. If you, or your builder, are interested in using our plans here’s what you need to know.
Preview: Look before you buy a plan. We suggest you request a preview of the model(s) you are interested in. You will need to download, for free, Google’s SketchUp Viewer. This program is available for both MacIntosh and Read the rest of this entry »
Following is an explanation of our pricing as listed on Model, Pre-Cut and For Sale structures. That little price tag you’ll see. This is also how we go about pricing our custom work, on the labour and material end of projects. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the brief run down of stuff you need to know about working with us and owning a timber frame or log building. There is a lot more we can and will tell you about timber frames, this is just to get the ball rolling. Read the rest of this entry »
How can we build better? How can we build cleaner? How can we build equitably?
By making a deal!
The deal is this: that we build healthy shelters using natural resources that nature can replenish in less time than the service life of these shelters and that we do this without regard for any factor other than that every human has the basic right to shelter. We can do the first two right now, it’s rather simple. It’s that equitably part that I have not figured out yet. Hence the ’s in, Let’s Make A Deal! Read the rest of this entry »
All our model frames are available for purchase in plan form. If you, or your builder, are interested in using our plans here’s what you need to know.
Preview: Before you buy a plan, we suggest you request a preview of the model(s) you are interested in. You will need to download, for free, Google’s SketchUp Viewer. This program is available for both MacIntosh and Windows users and is very easy to use. Email us a request for the preview files of the models you are interested in and we will send them off just as soon as we are next at the computer. you will receive the model you requested, an example of the detailed joinery our plans come with and a model frame that is labeled so that you can begin to explore the parts of a timbered shelter. Read the rest of this entry »
If you ever have a chance to walk around an old barn or see the bones of a really old homestead shelter you’ll notice that those massive posts and beams don’t land straight on the foundation but on even larger timbers, the sills. Our forebearers built this way based on centuries of practical experience. Those sills lock in the box, as we say, making the entire frame ridged and allowed the frame to ride like a boat on top of the foundation. Today’s timber frame industry has done away with timbered sills and we feel that this is a great loss and will generally shorten the life span of the frames. Read the rest of this entry »
Looks complicated. It is actually simple and that is its elegance. The joinery involved in this frame is all traditional mortise and tenon, we have simply reoriented the typical meeting points of roof to wall. The price is in line with other frames of similar square footage. Read the rest of this entry »
At 14 feet by 20 feet and featuring a half storey second floor, this cabin will make an excellent bunkie or could be outfitted as a guest house for weekend or extended use.
For an individual or couple in the early stages of homesteading this frame could allow for four season living while the main home is brought to completion — and will stand to serve as an integral part of the homestead even once it has ceased to be the primary shelter. Read the rest of this entry »
Suitable as a stand alone structure or as an addition to an existing home, this frame is fully self supporting and could be modified to include a timbered floor system. The simple configuration of heavy timbers allows for an uninterrupted floor space, covering 320 square feet. Read the rest of this entry »
