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Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction
Roy Rob
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Description for Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction
Paperback. A manual for all without traditional skills who want to build with timber framing. Num Pages: 176 pages, 120 B&W photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: TNK; TNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 395.
Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled 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 owner-builders-methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less ... Read more
Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled 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 owner-builders-methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Gabriola Island, United States
ISBN
9780865715080
SKU
V9780865715080
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Ref
99-15
About Roy Rob
Rob Roy is a former contractor with twelve previous books to his credit, including Cordwood Building and Timber Framing for the Rest of Us. An expert on underground building, he founded the Earthwood Building School in 1981 with his wife, Jaki, and is frequently a speaker at events throughout North America.
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