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On a “design-build” basis rather than by “competitive bid” (a.k.a. lowest bid) Lancaster County Timber Frames, Inc. was selected by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Wohlson Construction to design, engineer, carve and install a six bent hammerbeam  timber frame atrium adjoining St. Peter the Apostle Church & Shrine of St. John Newmann at 5th Street […]

It’s been a while since we’ve posted any new projects, but things have been hopping at Lancaster County Timber Frames. Here’s the first of a couple installments of the some of the projects we’re working on now, or will be soon: First, here’s a shot of one of the bents for the Lebanon VA Behavioral […]

Panels In the early eighties the panels that were most commonly available to timber framers were not called SIPs (structural insulated panels); they were simply called “panels” or “insulated panels” or “skins”. Typically, such panels were comprised of a sheet of ½”, or more correctly 7/16’, OSB (oriented strand board) adhered to a layer of […]