A
Small, People-Oriented Company
Producing
Exceptionally Fine Timber Frames
Since 1983.
We offer a wide range
of services for our clients. Naturally
we are involved in the design of the
entire house, whether you hire us to
produce all construction documents, or
have us consult with your architect or
designer. We will craft a timber frame
that we have designed and erect it on
your site. We will also contract to
supply and install the stress skin panel
enclosure system. For many jobs this is
where we end our involvement and the
owner or contractor takes over. Locally
we are also available to contract the
entire job, or make recommendations of
contractors and sub-contractors. Our
design and consultation service is
available for the entire project. In
addition, we may be contracted to supply
other components such as balcony
railings, stairs and mantels.
The size, shape and layout of timber frame
buildings require special disciplines of design
that utilize the benefits of this demanding
building technique. The Timber-Frame Workshop
designs are mostly traditional New England
structures... saltbox, cape, high-posted cape,
and two-story colonial.
We also build custom projects... for example an
octagonal two story tower, a pool house with
crossing gables and a cruciform shaped house
featuring a three-story hip-roofed tower and
open-roofed living room.
The design of the house should be an inspired
blending of building, site, owner requirements
and budget. We work with owners, contractors,
architects or designers to develop an original
frame plan to bring it all together.
We have also been involved in
barn renovation where we save the original
structure replacing damaged sections of plates,
tie-beams and posts, maintaining the historic
beauty of the original timber framing built by
the master builders centuries before.
Nothing could excite us more than to meet your
request for something different, whether it is
harking back to a distant past, or exploring new
territory as timber framing moves into the 21st
century.
Our experience in the art of cutting complex
joints necessary to frame hips and valleys
(where two roofs join together), and the
difficult and decorative joints of the
hammer-beam truss is a rare combination of
skills and traditional craftsmanship.
