An outdoor shower: Transforming my life
It [an outdoor shower] changed my life. Brian Pontolilo, The Fine Homebuilding Podcast, Episode 5 One of my more unorthodox […]
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Homesteading in the Suburbs
Category: Timber Framing
Raising Quail in the Garden
Before building the cabin I raised Coturnix quail. I experimented with a variety of enclosures with the goal of giving […]
Read more →Porch Roof Construction Part 2: Rafters and Decking
Work continued this week on the rafters and decking for the porch roof. Cutting the rafters was the most complex […]
Read more →Porch Roof Construction Part 1: Posts and Beams
We had a big stack of lumber delivered a few weeks ago so I sharpened up my chisels and dusted […]
Read more →Roof Raising
“Give a cob house a good pair of boots and a a good hat and she’ll last forever.” – The […]
Read more →Frame Raising Day
Leading up to raising day the following questions had been dogging me: Will the weather hold up? Will enough people […]
Read more →Laying out the bents and preparing for the frame raising
This week we made preparations for raising day. Top of the list of the preparations was assembling the bents (wall […]
Read more →It’s only a model: Planning Framing Day
The joinery is cut, the sub-floor is installed and so the time has come to raise the frame. Barring adverse […]
Read more →Timber Framing Joinery: Continued
We finished up the posts this week and moved on the first of the beams. I thought the 8×8 posts […]
Read more →Timber Framing Joinery: The Posts
The lumber for our timber frame was delivered last week before we poured the piers. My friend John came out […]
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