In Colonial times, they did it the old-fashioned way. They built houses with massive skeletons of wooden beams–and no nails. This type of construction–called timber framing–was an… ...

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Rundquist said people often confuse timber-frame homes for log homes. “We do log work, too, but we prefer the timber frames,” Rundquist said. “It’s a different process.

Some clients choose a small timber-frame structure as a starter home while others go for a larger, year-round retreat in the countryside, Mr. Rico says, but his style of building is most popular ...

Troth disassembled the 16-by-32-foot two-story home, numbering each timber so the frame could be rebuilt. He stored itin his barn, where it awaited ause.

A timber-frame home is a celebration of wood on a massive scale. Tall posts grow from the floor and connect overhead in a soaring network of beams, rafters and braces joined with glovelike ...

You know what they are when you see them, but if you had to explain what timber frame homes are, you’d probably grope for a term. That’s because it’s easier to explain how they feel. They ...

Robert and Melissa Lewin live in Brooklyn in a 110-year-old Park Slope brownstone, which, while beautiful, is “connected to other homes on either side, is chopped up into small rooms and filled ...