Exterior Design Model

This family home is to be run as a Bed & Breakfast once the children move on.

Bent Assembly

The timber bents are assembled and stacked on the floor deck, ready to be lifted into place by the crane.

First Bent

The first bent is raised into place, giving onlookers their first glimpse at the house form.

Raising

The four main bents of the house and their connecting girts are in place in a matter of hours.

Pegging

As the oak pegs are pounded home to lock the frame together, the first snow of the season begins to fall.

Spline

Splines are useful pieces of joinery where timbers meet at the same height on all sides of a post.

Timber Forest

The repeating form of the timber bents makes an interesting view.

Raising Crew

After a day and a half with the crane, the frame is up.

Donna

Donna takes in the view from the top of her new timber jungle-gym!

Competed Frame

The completed frame awaits enclosure.

Timbered Floor Joists

Timber floor joists run overhead throughout the main floor area.

Winter Sun

The Douglas fir timbers glow in the winter sun.

Upstairs

The upstairs will house the children’s bedrooms & bathrooms – later to become the B&B guest rooms.

Jo

Jo checks out the view from her new bedroom.

Corner Post Detail

The exterior stud wall encloses the timberframe – revealing its full structure to the interior of the home.

Front Entrance

Tongue and groove boards span between the trusses at the front entrance to form the roof.

Front Entrance 2

The decorative timber trusses on the upstairs dormers echo the curved tie beam of the structural truss at the front entrance.

Covered Deck

The deck off of the dining room has a timbered roof.

Akers-Sjodin Residence