Tim, That's beautiful! Timber framing is my favorite style of building and your house (I assume) looks lovely!
A couple of years ago I helped put up a timber framed barn made from hemlock and poplar. I enjoyed working with both, but hemlock splintered much more. Josh On Oct 31, 7:24 pm, Timothy Zelazo <[email protected]> wrote: > Russ: > > When I was building the timber frame 15 years ago, I played around with many > different kinds of wood. Early framers used beech, spruce, chestnut, white > pine, red spruce, hemlock, aspen, ironwood, ash, oak, yellow birch and sugar > maple. The English colonists used white oak because it was very rot > resistant and abundant. I mostly used white pine because it is very stable > and has one of the lowest shrinkage rates of northern trees. I felt like I > needed a walking stick after working many long hours on most of my > vacations. > > Tim > > Copy of Timber Frame.JPG > 170KViewDownload > > Copy of the timber frame interior.JPG > 171KViewDownload > > Copy of Sun Room.JPG > 237KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
