Timber Frame Projects 2011
We recently signed a contract for a timber frame hybrid roof system for a local York client. The trusses are a shallow pitch, and make use of a scarf-jointed curved chord. The chord is connected using a keyed scarf joint wrapped with forged opposing wedge steel straps. The project also includes a timber frame porch. […]
A Timber Framer’s Impressions of France
My darling wife, in anticipation and celebration of my 65th birthday (actually, it was to be my 66th if one counted the actual day of birth as #1, but few do) proposed that we bicycle through France. I guess she figured that since I had had my left knee totally replaced fully eight months ago […]
Projects – October 2011
Country Meadows The erection of the 80′ octagonal frame at the Country Meadows Retirement Community in York, Pennsylvania was completed last week. Because of the low roof pitch, the structure bears a slight resemblance to a flying saucer, an impression that will surely become stronger once the roof boards have been installed. That work is […]