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Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials. But traditional timber framing employs the use of finely crafted jointing and wooden pegs, requiring a high degree of craftsmanship and training, as well as much time and expense. However, there is another way...
Timber Framing for the Rest of Us describes the timber framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and owner-builders, methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws, and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less time. And while there are many good books on traditional timber framing, this is the first to describe in depth these more common fastening methods. The book includes everything an owner-builder needs to know about building strong and beautiful structural frames from heavy timbers, including:
- the historical background of timber framing
- crucial design and structural considerations
- procuring timbers -- including different woods, and recycled materials
- foundations, roofs, and in-filling consdierations
- the common fasteners.
A detailed case study of a timber frame project from start to finish completes this practical and comprehensive guide, along with a useful appendix of span tables and a bibliography.
Highly illustrated, this book enables 'the rest of us' to build like the professionals and will appeal to owner-builders, contractors and architects alike.
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(20040503)About the Author
Author/editor Rob Roy has been building, researching and teaching about cordwood masonry for 25 years and, with his wife, started Earthwood Building School in 1981. He has written ten books on alternative building, presented four videos - including two about cordwood masonry - and has taught cordwood masonry all over the world.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Informative Book,
By Wood Post and Beam (Quebec, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Timber Framing For The Rest Of Us (Paperback)
This is an informative book. This is not a technical handbook. Picture of old projects. Some good basic advice. Not a book to help you build something.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pracitical treatment,
By Doh (Pickering, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Timber Framing For The Rest Of Us (Paperback)
As the title says this book is designed for the average builder. It is not a book of fancy 300 dollar a square foot mega homes. This is the book that will get it done if you want to make anything from a chicken coup to a home. RR has been writing construction books for decades, and he knows just what to pack in.
Most of the examples are buldings he has built or that students have built. These are simple buildings, and in some cases a few decades old. But at least he is illustrating with his own work rather than just rounding up a portfolio of unattainable projects. In addition to all the practical and up to date build advice, he is pretty nearly the only writer out there to take you step by step through calculating loads and designing beams. Timber frame is different in that respect. You can design your own structure into a 2x building because they are vastly overbuilt, and for given local conditions it is easy to track down local structure to copy. Build within the 2x format and your building is going to be strong. Timber frame is different because it makes use of irregular beam and post configurations, ungraded lumber, and concentrates loads into smaller numbers of posts and beams. About the only way to get a good feel for it that I could find, was by examining local structures like part shelter building that often have established details. RR tackles this info. So the book is complete, but it is a small part of the overall book. Still necessary, unless you hire an architect, in which case you won't need this book. Reader might also want to consider: For cathedral architecture on a home scale, read one of the various Ted Benson books For traditional domestic timber framing, not the church bent like approach, Try Sobons books I met a guy who had taken one of his workshops and built a house on his own property as the settlers do Steve Chappel's book is good, harder to pigeon hole for me. For west coast style/home building I highly recommend James Mitchell's book Modular Post and Beam. For do it yourselfers, but the designs are sophisticated, though he didn't follow through with the plans.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some great nuggets of info but.......,
By Mark Niawt "Mark" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Timber Framing For The Rest Of Us (Paperback)
Some great nuggets of info but fails to deliver the "How-to" that the title hints at. I was dissappointed and am now looking for a "cookbook" or "how-to" style book. I can not recommend this book. 21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rob Roy is a powerhouse proponent for alternative building!,
By mikathem - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Timber Framing For The Rest Of Us (Paperback)
This book is written in a very easy to follow style. The concepts all come across as clearly and the illustations do. There is loads of informative content for the alternative builder who is concerned with incorporating natural building methods such as straw bale construction, cordwood masonry, and cob building into thier home. What makes this book stand apart from other texts on the subject is its emphasis on the use metal fasteners to achieve a strong well built frame. While most other timber framing books use joinery that requires a high degree of craftmanship this book uses simpler techniques that the non-professional can learn quickly. It is great for the "do-it-yourselfers" out there that want a book that makes sense! Highly recomended.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not enough info, spam,
By Del Mack "Del" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Timber Framing For The Rest Of Us (Paperback)
While this book does cover the general building process, I feel it does not go into enough detail. While talking about timbers and larger pieces of wood, the charts in the end are all for regular 2x wood. There are so many references to other works where info can be found, that the whole read felt like one large advertisement (many for the author's other publications). Needs more detailed sketches, diagrams, and important detail pictures, and less useless pictures taken from too far away to be useful.
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