Tom and Mary Reamer spent four years building a timber-frame home that borrowed heavily from the concepts of Charles and Henry Greene, famous Arts & Crafts-era architects. They built the home in five phases and did almost all of the work themselves, including stained-glass windo… Continue

Mountain Architects, PrecisionCraft’s design firm, consults with clients helping them meet their green building goals. Check out what they say are 10 important items to consider in designing green log and timber frame homes!

1. Consider the Log Home Carbon Footprint using a higher proportion of log or timber in construction. ECCM (Edinburgh Center for Carbon Management) estimated there could be up to an 88% reduction of

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Some members have asked how to add images to a blog post. When you begin a blog you… Continue

I know very little about Timber Frame Construction methods,things like using SIP's,roofing systems and techniques. In this part of France where we live timber homes are very basic,mostly in kit form and look like large garden sheds.We live in a 18th century former water mill which I have completely rebuilt and the interior is 90% timber (douglas pine and oak) What we are looking for is a good book on Timber Home Construction with info on roof construction and wall construction using SIP's also t… Continue

My wife and I are building our second timber frame home. We are building in the mountains of North Carolina in a small town called Fleetwood. We have 5 acres of nice pasture land. We have our driveway in, septic system installed and
have our basement foundation walls up. We used Superior walls for our foundation. I am in the process of cutting our white pine timbers on my Woodmizer sawmill. We are building a 28'x32' frame. We'll be using sips for the exterior with board and batten siding. I'll b… Continue

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I'm helping my friends, David & Bonnie Pickartz at Goshen Timber Frames with the decor of their new home. We are all alive and still friends, and best of all they are still married through this process.

This is the true test of compatibility, and again, compromise. David & Bonnie have graduated with a degree in The Art of Compromise.

Making choices of decor items is tough. You don't have the actual completed room to look at in order to help yo… Continue