timber frames
Post-and-beam construction
Timber frames are structural building frameworks made from heavy wooden beams joined together, typically using traditional joinery methods like mortise and tenon rather than nails or metal fasteners.
This construction technique, dating back centuries, creates the skeleton of a building with posts, beams, and braces that remain exposed in the finished interior.
The old barn's timber frame had stood for two hundred years.
Timber-frame construction has seen revival among those seeking aesthetically distinctive homes with open floor plans.
- trussesTriangulated load-bearing frames
- postVertical structural beam
- carpentryWood construction trade
- tenonProjecting joint piece
- load-bearing wallsWalls that transfer weight
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timber framessteel frames
Structural metal supports
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