Roof Raising
“Give a cob house a good pair of boots and a a good hat and she’ll last forever.” – The […]
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“Give a cob house a good pair of boots and a a good hat and she’ll last forever.” – The […]
Read more →Leading up to raising day the following questions had been dogging me: Will the weather hold up? Will enough people […]
Read more →This week we made preparations for raising day. Top of the list of the preparations was assembling the bents (wall […]
Read more →The joinery is cut, the sub-floor is installed and so the time has come to raise the frame. Barring adverse […]
Read more →We finished up the posts this week and moved on the first of the beams. I thought the 8×8 posts […]
Read more →The lumber for our timber frame was delivered last week before we poured the piers. My friend John came out […]
Read more →I requested estimates for the timbers and 2×6 tongue and groove decking from Ryan Wholesale and McCoys. I also requested an […]
Read more →Received Learn to Timber Frame by Will Beemer yesterday. Has cleared up square rule layout method I’ve been having difficulty wrapping […]
Read more →I went to a Roundwood Building Workshop this weekend. Roundwood is timber that is left as logs rather than being […]
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