From: "Kristen Olson" <[email protected]>
Historic Ithaca presents
Introduction to Timber Framing with Rick Lazarus
Saturday, September 12
9am-12pm
212 Center Street, Ithaca NY
Timber framing is a traditional building method using large timbers
joined
with pegged mortise-and-tenon joints to create the structures of barns,
houses, and other buildings. In this introductory workshop, an
overview of
traditional timber framing techniques will be followed by an outdoor
demonstration. Participants will receive handout materials and a
bibliography for further reading. The class is open to people of all
abilities.
Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
Registration is limited to 15 participants; please register by calling
Historic Ithaca, 273-6633, or by email to [email protected].
$25
general public/ $20 Friends of Historic Ithaca.
Mr. Lazarus, proprietor of Lazarus & Company, House and Barn Riggers,
has
worked on, in and under more than 300 houses, barns and other
structures.
Over the years his company's specialty has become the structural
repair of
timber-framed barns and houses and their foundations. His company has
moved
or lifted over 100 buildings. All their work is on antique structures
and
repairs are completed using traditional framing techniques but with
modern
tools.
For more information, contact [email protected]
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