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Timber Frame

Timber framing is a simple but elegant building system consisting of large wood posts and beams fit together with interlocking joinery and secured with wooden pegs.

A post and beam framework supports the roof by transferring roof loads to principal posts and onto the foundation of the building eliminating the need for load bearing interior partition walls. The result is a strong, self-supporting timber structure in which heavy timbers frame open living spaces, cathedral ceilings and well-lit rooms.

Mortise and tenon joinery can be traced back to furniture hand-crafted in Egypt 2000 years ago. How joinery came to be used in building construction is not known, but there is ample proof that builders in all of the temperate regions of the world relied on some form of timber frame construction. In China and Japan, timber framing was the most common method of wood construction until the 20th century. The 1,300 year old Ise temple buildings in Japan, which have been rebuilt nearly every 20 years, are thought to be the oldest existing timber frame structures in the world.

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