Timber Frame Construction

Name: Timber Frame Construction
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780882663654
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All About Post-and-Beam Building

By Roger Schroeder and Jack A. Sobon

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Summary

Discover the satisfaction of making your own durable, economical, and environmentally friendly timber frame structures with this practical guide. Covering every aspect of timber frame construction, it offers easy-to-understand instructions, clear illustrations, and helpful photographs. Expert advice on selecting timber, necessary tools, safety, joinery techniques, assembly, and raising is provided, along with complete plans for a small toolshed to help beginners turn their dream of a timber frame house into reality.
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Ideal for DIY enthusiasts, aspiring timber frame builders, and environmentally conscious homeowners seeking practical, step-by-step guidance on sustainable construction.

Traces the history of this construction technique, discusses woods, tools, and special joints, and shows how to plan and build a timber framed house.

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Discover the satisfaction of making your own durable, economical, and environmentally friendly timber frame structures.

Covering all aspects of timber frame construction, this practical guide is filled with easy-to-understand instructions, clear illustrations, and helpful photographs. With expert advice on selecting appropriate timber, necessary tools, safety considerations, joinery techniques, assembly, and raising, Jack Sobon and Roger Schroeder encourage beginners by offering complete plans for a small toolshed.

Turn your dream of a timber frame house into a reality with Timber Frame Construction.

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"If you've ever dreamed about building with timbers, this book will convince you that this method is not only beautiful and practical, but often less expensive than 'stick building.' Includes dozens of illustrations and photos." - Countryside Small Stock Journal

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780882663654

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 January 1984

Country: United States

Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC

Illustration: 8 1-2 x 11

Audience: General / adult, Adult education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 214.0mm

Height: 274.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 208

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Home & Garden Jack A. Sobon Non-Fiction Roger Schroeder

About the Author

Jack A. Sobon is an architect and builder specializing in timber-framed buildings. A founding director of the Timber Framer s Guild of North America and founder of the Traditional Timber Frame Research and Advisory Group, Sobon has devoted his 38-year career to understanding the craft of timber framing. Using only traditional hand tools, he has framed and erected over 50 structures. He is the author of Build a Classic Timber-Framed House and coauthor of Timber Frame Construction. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Sobon teaches and consults nationally on traditional building structures and timber-framing techniques.

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