tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30356553383545937322024-03-06T22:49:35.465-08:00Open BuildingThoughts on architecture, timber framing, and sustainabilityMike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-48441693994908839742010-08-04T11:02:00.000-07:002010-08-18T03:59:51.004-07:00Catching up with 2010Before a whole year goes by, I thought I'd take another stab at keeping up with this blog of thoughts and news about my building life. Since the last update, I've continued working with the Barnraisers and learning more about traditional timberframing joinery as well as how to integrate those ideas into more modern construction techniques. The big news for me is that I will become a student again in a few weeks; I'll be working towards a bachelor degree in Architectural Engineering Technology at the University of Hartford (CT). I'm excited for number of reasons, not least of which is a break from lugging beams around for a while. I still plan on keeping my chisels sharp- even though I will have a full load of classes each semester- I'm planning on some smaller projects as well as keeping up with the Barnraisers.<br /><br />One interesting extracurricular project I made this early summer was a bed for some friends of ours. My friend Izzy had a vision for a king size bed frame that involved old timbers as well as plumbing fittings and painted pickets from old staircases. The result was pretty cool:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxSwMU78ci8GQUBBckOsRFDSLRaH3zY0anyzWtGxmmFF48yjjfPoig3M4wJ17WBgKTH-vyi4019_B8zqvKK4vQIGkDIiFqLhmo_R7632IrYUjQhPMeOb_dIWVbZKlBKh2HRVbVPLNfsU/s1600/P1020926.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxSwMU78ci8GQUBBckOsRFDSLRaH3zY0anyzWtGxmmFF48yjjfPoig3M4wJ17WBgKTH-vyi4019_B8zqvKK4vQIGkDIiFqLhmo_R7632IrYUjQhPMeOb_dIWVbZKlBKh2HRVbVPLNfsU/s320/P1020926.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501621447243834082" border="0" /></a><br />We went to this great place in NE CT called Rudy's. Rudy has a couple of warehouses full of old house parts. Staircases, complete frames, thousands of doors organized by age (all the way back to the 1700s), hinges, old tools- so basically a paradise for old home junkies. The frame was made of some old red oak joists from the frame I used for the Outpost, a couple of new old connectors that still showed the scribe marks and modern pipe fittings which I adapted to accept the old staircase spindles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42mg7nL_3d-cI1FNdr_hDGzWvTxMiNQlPgeHu2PgW9-nDQmGz76rRFgFO368jCM_j1TJLOla7mWAeT8ShSSgdRB9GzCUAuXXHk5b272HopezHx6JSlvHaS8ZnZFx_AVAtvWrDbksTd-4/s1600/P1020924.JPG"><br /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLfbr5q294-pOHFqINMDGE0urSAPaMn-FhopoWZWsgpSylQdUqcYTdyWVXPPeOabgGpyiLrZBqZ9E4ZYyOdEecAqqog0FxXO0zMdfrrUR7i4Wrwx5nGXjNFgnu9vlFWS3CP5RpACh_ME/s1600/P1020916.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLfbr5q294-pOHFqINMDGE0urSAPaMn-FhopoWZWsgpSylQdUqcYTdyWVXPPeOabgGpyiLrZBqZ9E4ZYyOdEecAqqog0FxXO0zMdfrrUR7i4Wrwx5nGXjNFgnu9vlFWS3CP5RpACh_ME/s320/P1020916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501621432645440338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYMbBWlCyPOMPFmaN6Gzn8B4Hhr3J5JPyGedBx_k_g7Pzq3OcUJG12I9d8tUyQ9UULCA04Hf2HGlCvtMEx3IcsGUiGf3qtnm_tqBCU_MoxJPo874X_CCZqQ_WpYRuA9oQCYUi1rQe56M/s1600/P1020913.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYMbBWlCyPOMPFmaN6Gzn8B4Hhr3J5JPyGedBx_k_g7Pzq3OcUJG12I9d8tUyQ9UULCA04Hf2HGlCvtMEx3IcsGUiGf3qtnm_tqBCU_MoxJPo874X_CCZqQ_WpYRuA9oQCYUi1rQe56M/s320/P1020913.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501621419422545426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj99fuuFHZR_enyMw7JIAxGcQ7Nzk7YbQPC529zu4_S3V9FXeDv1dyWPHoI7772lNo4TCTGgMIrDhlNBMDi6SbH-Fusc2hz8Kz_D7Lp9LvwoLHC3V7Y03oPAbHgGQvk0Nv5WW-6nVO34/s1600/bed+pickets.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj99fuuFHZR_enyMw7JIAxGcQ7Nzk7YbQPC529zu4_S3V9FXeDv1dyWPHoI7772lNo4TCTGgMIrDhlNBMDi6SbH-Fusc2hz8Kz_D7Lp9LvwoLHC3V7Y03oPAbHgGQvk0Nv5WW-6nVO34/s320/bed+pickets.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501621409526337298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnntPHgnmWq8CCHmaal_IoMozhZhSsnofMo_M40dNBqJimC_BfiF6NDqX3wbz_TkhbSvNWPnd2W9-Kr9NE04LjqwHUnVlpW-T57VnArOgh4sgpQ0EvaYElmqqBRpjnXzhaelwKNOOpM8/s1600/P1020925.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnntPHgnmWq8CCHmaal_IoMozhZhSsnofMo_M40dNBqJimC_BfiF6NDqX3wbz_TkhbSvNWPnd2W9-Kr9NE04LjqwHUnVlpW-T57VnArOgh4sgpQ0EvaYElmqqBRpjnXzhaelwKNOOpM8/s320/P1020925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506530353526873538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NRtgKQcfkAwrwXOZVcbyecjh35j5gWD6MpMCH3GlOlzzc74_QG_Sk4SBdVIWNLYJWdy6QWNEbYO1k95dlVCN4dt_e2KqJFG7AF0b4fz89x3Q3IXhCJoLzamT6G3sz47aG9D5CpaJhBo/s1600/P1020924.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NRtgKQcfkAwrwXOZVcbyecjh35j5gWD6MpMCH3GlOlzzc74_QG_Sk4SBdVIWNLYJWdy6QWNEbYO1k95dlVCN4dt_e2KqJFG7AF0b4fz89x3Q3IXhCJoLzamT6G3sz47aG9D5CpaJhBo/s320/P1020924.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506530343561628722" border="0" /></a>One of the main frames the Barnraisers cut this summer was part of a hybrid house in Higganum CT (where Superman, i.e. Christopher Reeves grew up incidentally). We built a great room that frames the central portion of the house and rose to three stories in the back where the lot sloped down to a lake.<br /><br />Bents pegged and stacked and ready to raise-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz36XGfEbnlc_YylZm7U6wXBQIFyopoTcOWLlj8gbdbofI_vxNubRBsmz_6Mb-X-53P5oenZr7mFNF5e0VVRbzVzFELfd9MPue42t_Ft8PLTjiaX5sfglFOnbJVW_xr1OgU_Ep2BJUmBE/s1600/P1030113.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz36XGfEbnlc_YylZm7U6wXBQIFyopoTcOWLlj8gbdbofI_vxNubRBsmz_6Mb-X-53P5oenZr7mFNF5e0VVRbzVzFELfd9MPue42t_Ft8PLTjiaX5sfglFOnbJVW_xr1OgU_Ep2BJUmBE/s320/P1030113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506530356836298962" border="0" /></a>That's enough to walk on right?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1WOhpYn3oTgso5hyOHzRoarGG_1ogdm-DaAS8jBjUpSvVC8LUZA-jopazt1NJ-zdDuK2mesWX3VBtDF8jin8-wM5LYQWH8tVw8j-ORoi6ECMXEItEJyNsjZr6CJa4abz20s1sPakESs/s1600/P1030135.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1WOhpYn3oTgso5hyOHzRoarGG_1ogdm-DaAS8jBjUpSvVC8LUZA-jopazt1NJ-zdDuK2mesWX3VBtDF8jin8-wM5LYQWH8tVw8j-ORoi6ECMXEItEJyNsjZr6CJa4abz20s1sPakESs/s320/P1030135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506530375658029682" border="0" /></a>The three stories in the back-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_B-sBkbxAXNoqtlQFsxthr1mzzl74y_D2xx_0kkqynefeYx2UFktqnMQeZe2d2LMKeQophGQHFgpA7l6aKa0luEtnCa7BG0IH0rsmt4BGKEG-oFN3Qb0K19aQWmBQVq4GEliMLMWW1vw/s1600/P1030130.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_B-sBkbxAXNoqtlQFsxthr1mzzl74y_D2xx_0kkqynefeYx2UFktqnMQeZe2d2LMKeQophGQHFgpA7l6aKa0luEtnCa7BG0IH0rsmt4BGKEG-oFN3Qb0K19aQWmBQVq4GEliMLMWW1vw/s320/P1030130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506530366200232034" border="0" /></a><br />Finished frame from the street-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDo3j3ianLsdhTYaunIUr_jQmYrMsmNRBozfVSZ8az0NtHt6ZlHuGW8ZWd2-TR2rnKrVc2iV65xzoW2tTdt5_UP2EFACinEAvIXB9MskrnB5lBsPDpW8nekK85FDWI0u-ZJhN2TND4m4/s1600/P1030149.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDo3j3ianLsdhTYaunIUr_jQmYrMsmNRBozfVSZ8az0NtHt6ZlHuGW8ZWd2-TR2rnKrVc2iV65xzoW2tTdt5_UP2EFACinEAvIXB9MskrnB5lBsPDpW8nekK85FDWI0u-ZJhN2TND4m4/s320/P1030149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506557366251426130" border="0" /></a>Craning in the connectors-<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCXn_W34Esbaflpmz859w5OWlE8NNbKguSARsRjztYK_9BrST7COTfHbqbJnnnelTdpri6hNmS3Po-GG7iNnMe_Id_pgyJLc2o9bxx7sQXeR2XRbOBse89nafD1Gf9K6Zwn_Bd9NlHu8/s1600/P1030138.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCXn_W34Esbaflpmz859w5OWlE8NNbKguSARsRjztYK_9BrST7COTfHbqbJnnnelTdpri6hNmS3Po-GG7iNnMe_Id_pgyJLc2o9bxx7sQXeR2XRbOBse89nafD1Gf9K6Zwn_Bd9NlHu8/s320/P1030138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506557354367923074" border="0" /></a><br />Lakeside view-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6eIEdmt7sTMgpvlP4BL-Obi00qWEwR_g2tdj6YCf1hZAUArmemoj40wtryFNgo5kMLxhbOxb5xPSo7DMbxuM3VedTapkLY08OiCAdnsmbkKKK4bCUqmxEex7vlGNW6DGnYQaJu40YdU/s1600/P1030128.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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This man can adjust a 1200 lb. bent in the air by a millimeter: a maestro of his craft.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s8BNktt8TKDJcOlXzVIMZhAt8FMqHESsqnwoLL3yfQ-dW5N82yd9-fOTg7MZVwgpCnkNI9QW7vLMR-qzpgvDP1sogmqt_YVq7HcZ-YfCBwmUVaG-C6W8YYhhe9WRB3a8cCFnzrxCQVY/s1600/P1030119.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s8BNktt8TKDJcOlXzVIMZhAt8FMqHESsqnwoLL3yfQ-dW5N82yd9-fOTg7MZVwgpCnkNI9QW7vLMR-qzpgvDP1sogmqt_YVq7HcZ-YfCBwmUVaG-C6W8YYhhe9WRB3a8cCFnzrxCQVY/s320/P1030119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506557339917650162" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-26181539769936667912009-11-13T14:16:00.000-08:002010-08-06T12:19:49.428-07:00Lyme BarnSo this was a while ago, I want to say last Fall- yes because the clients were trying to get in the house be Thanksgiving (which never happened). They could have moved into the barn we raised- it was done in a couple of months!<br />This was a cool frame- designed as a workshop and storage for sailboats, wide clearance in the main bays and a long saltbox on the North side. A great example of metal roofing- cut to fit exactly in the factory- so no waste on the site. Powder coated and very strong- I think the guarantee is for 30 years but that is just because the product in this form hasn't been around very long. A nice no worry roof that installs quickly (we did this in a day and half- paper, strapped and metal screwed down by 3 guys) and is very durable.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12Z5MBDk-RFkICphzJqTstiCzfk7NIHBgjLy5zBBRYyVJfxiFrsW9I-At-WpxCfLZ5KEcEvVGQhOmML1FTNk4PnjmRBjHj3soCFhewgmTU12oEwIus2Cw4kHfZ135pHCkzgS6jckTJc4/s1600-h/P1020445.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12Z5MBDk-RFkICphzJqTstiCzfk7NIHBgjLy5zBBRYyVJfxiFrsW9I-At-WpxCfLZ5KEcEvVGQhOmML1FTNk4PnjmRBjHj3soCFhewgmTU12oEwIus2Cw4kHfZ135pHCkzgS6jckTJc4/s320/P1020445.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403733100551286034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKTTCNBfYQVxOlo1Fnghh-MUQtxzoSxMDoTjb8fSNIAbyG-Cl290t7YBN7ScXNCjJ1uv2z6DlsbbEVKjLzfQlOHBmibf3QRGTEw5vxbzvSeG6QCvDmnGA64A80FcTH2Acp8ne5gPjn2M/s1600-h/P1020450.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7S_mqISPbDYtQ8Ez8YDdpXcHarVERyHYljqXRm6gXjaD44LzcRsHMBwnJkbrg0UcEKqF4OoKYipuxHAo5N0tiY_ipjwN-GaP0HtlOfgrFyA0VnYU2Q5EjTbEAppLVydBsIggJYBnXJY/s320/P1020506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403718042518995586" border="0" /></a>Aside from the wood scrap (a lot of which we brought home to be repurposed) this was the 'dumpster' from the job site. Everything else was recycled or put aside to be burned in the yard for the winter job coming up.Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-53569308493416515232009-11-03T14:56:00.000-08:002009-11-03T17:37:56.818-08:00Extracurricular activitiesBetween timber framing jobs, I've been taking on some interesting side projects. Here is a bed frame that I made from old cedar fence posts; the clients were into rowing and had a cool old oar that we incorporated into the footboard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVhGZ7aj8ADK4MGafEeY9dv9FnDxyATWLhOaEyx_iqgHxaXBMudzdDX1l37yy-8zlI8dWM2ty-pS2gfh1F8H2YfssWrxZ6Ebc3MKh67CYIbwytWmqgAGAH5VL40I4uKJiGCdUhaLx5sw/s1600-h/P1020468.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVhGZ7aj8ADK4MGafEeY9dv9FnDxyATWLhOaEyx_iqgHxaXBMudzdDX1l37yy-8zlI8dWM2ty-pS2gfh1F8H2YfssWrxZ6Ebc3MKh67CYIbwytWmqgAGAH5VL40I4uKJiGCdUhaLx5sw/s320/P1020468.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400036769503703746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXl56-gJz1wi2-8XECd5ybpr7X90RbmbB0DkrLXnHVm57VWFyU5hDNGve-V__asB-EoQoNtTMvBj1-wAGM5pzu2gdvka8tnoq0J2040gO169tnyXQ4J5XmUqKmnii3t1GRDOoXncNYonE/s1600-h/P1020466.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXl56-gJz1wi2-8XECd5ybpr7X90RbmbB0DkrLXnHVm57VWFyU5hDNGve-V__asB-EoQoNtTMvBj1-wAGM5pzu2gdvka8tnoq0J2040gO169tnyXQ4J5XmUqKmnii3t1GRDOoXncNYonE/s320/P1020466.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400036762587309090" border="0" /></a>I put the last touches on the Outpost at Chip and Catherines' house- a cedar deck and the last of the screening--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2jEVK29_yiT6o2DrNxvJ2FAK7S1NDPshMoq8WCSa3XytoSULyrFIvThpCH1UFEFeF4SeQ8z6Ll-uOR7blmHu38IYaWsHTb_uK7YyhWkLWdy2fNdoAvzG45Fyu5XIhA3w5ATf8PK9SBU/s1600-h/P1020444.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2jEVK29_yiT6o2DrNxvJ2FAK7S1NDPshMoq8WCSa3XytoSULyrFIvThpCH1UFEFeF4SeQ8z6Ll-uOR7blmHu38IYaWsHTb_uK7YyhWkLWdy2fNdoAvzG45Fyu5XIhA3w5ATf8PK9SBU/s320/P1020444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400034142551206242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6MYHgYwg5deBPeyT0D16PfjcVGbK8x00fzpu4jMAFNH2BpI-vtUctrdL8f7oLo-mMc1Z0z6f7Gr7RsHfihbPJDjdzQup-42siBz34fYOv0hVCmRFGTJH3uAGjDSPb23UgQpd0bfntrQ/s1600-h/P1020442.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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we built a shed roof supported with simple brackets and used some locally harvested cedar to make the ends--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIIrckE24tvYCj2owbdKB7NTudzQgGbtOvA4QoaWlvvJflLT-3JWwCrYOTHv7w_SpsN0uyruEDTOhfFBUyQ0UUlG3q3kuMRj4GJge5WafCefLXOuGgqBPHdNFIpMh5fxGpFdTsLQieCQ/s1600-h/P1020435.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIIrckE24tvYCj2owbdKB7NTudzQgGbtOvA4QoaWlvvJflLT-3JWwCrYOTHv7w_SpsN0uyruEDTOhfFBUyQ0UUlG3q3kuMRj4GJge5WafCefLXOuGgqBPHdNFIpMh5fxGpFdTsLQieCQ/s320/P1020435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400018041370416258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu61oeuRI-ZYzjkKyFFH2bUvFBwEcYp-c_ecxT1BpOh9jadB20e8vVuTGY_5YLDinX0VqRMnXWJuLrqx4duEcwHI6b_CVl8v_tMCTfRDJjIDP426D4GTyeWSyk1wL9nnnFIlAiCFyY4R8/s1600-h/P1020433.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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We were lucky that the main summer project was on a nicely wooded lot that provided nice cool shade (on the few days it wasn't raining!). This frame is an addition onto an early 1800s home in Hadlyme that made a new master suite and kitchen. It was the first frame I<br />have taken part in that was put up with a crane, which definitely had its advantages- we had the whole thing up and pegged by mid afternoon!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY7qthPDZL7gFVdZSe5Dh19so2niBErhr1nZ0rR-5DnOy8QqjNCYCnxVJL9LlfB7QRDnnaoyPEetX1djMd-IoSfA0DARrC9E6NEC7JMRRdQersPOS6AaLci4RUrdPZ7-uA21Gs5o6v20/s1600-h/P1020085.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY7qthPDZL7gFVdZSe5Dh19so2niBErhr1nZ0rR-5DnOy8QqjNCYCnxVJL9LlfB7QRDnnaoyPEetX1djMd-IoSfA0DARrC9E6NEC7JMRRdQersPOS6AaLci4RUrdPZ7-uA21Gs5o6v20/s320/P1020085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364949582595163762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmewzd02EjBFaMZrFHUg5mlf2sPHYe3sUsNoamTasnA6O2A7lhJsvkG3NYRUkE3-g4jY7ljeZUrHHTJ7hiIT2Gy9YMfUr6VEU_ZZzMMcYOLFwYUrwPK2QmSpY8oKShc1kkwXimwbtml0/s1600-h/P1020080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxoF4I6kCfxg_HJl6inrm4d8aI8HmoN3fEfs0_qbDoObaO5p6s8COYh8WASWXiyMyiTcDCXBq_62iIgUKJIe-kUCgqkwMHsrKxFZbPyMqQVd1tHhnQ4N0tcgcmYRdo9EIhIsoONks1Zc/s320/P1020012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364946737600356722" border="0" /></a><br />Inside the kitchen space-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgq_hr3jUD88p7LjNS2Odd2S8DQT502eyelQcj8p25-cF_yTs69_EeKgTu-6D_AqmPTYo1m4C43HKXRKU9LjNRQJV3IhfDyRhTwXuzqmAXs92KTn2bmMwgrJsYvZIfdUa2uc62Alix88/s1600-h/P1020250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgq_hr3jUD88p7LjNS2Odd2S8DQT502eyelQcj8p25-cF_yTs69_EeKgTu-6D_AqmPTYo1m4C43HKXRKU9LjNRQJV3IhfDyRhTwXuzqmAXs92KTn2bmMwgrJsYvZIfdUa2uc62Alix88/s320/P1020250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399651093438236418" border="0" /></a>Panels on- what an amazing thing; just having plastic over the window and door openings, the difference in temp was 15 degrees between the inside and outside! Those things really work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvnZ0H8N_8x_OTih3tAc-lKTIGC0FmSFEedulm1WL_WKJ8_41c47Ez6oBOYqFfEnoHBMiU5ILCajW0kNDUlkfphMvsns9Wcg7N1IpPflWAtwj37UGsgYHkSZUeueYWZXvHlv5OKasRs0/s1600-h/P1020240.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvnZ0H8N_8x_OTih3tAc-lKTIGC0FmSFEedulm1WL_WKJ8_41c47Ez6oBOYqFfEnoHBMiU5ILCajW0kNDUlkfphMvsns9Wcg7N1IpPflWAtwj37UGsgYHkSZUeueYWZXvHlv5OKasRs0/s320/P1020240.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399651088589801698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXl1gtRn2VqTfx58V7H8Tj7vSLe-oU2bTCqWyelXeHtV8hQbUxquGQxennAwkHUO6ljocJ047HD35km_fs21WQ8GZM0-pXzCJCnpRtbqRSut-hbVLjMea96k1EXbqgw2kiK9qfD4JWG4/s1600-h/P1020092.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXl1gtRn2VqTfx58V7H8Tj7vSLe-oU2bTCqWyelXeHtV8hQbUxquGQxennAwkHUO6ljocJ047HD35km_fs21WQ8GZM0-pXzCJCnpRtbqRSut-hbVLjMea96k1EXbqgw2kiK9qfD4JWG4/s320/P1020092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399651085316424610" border="0" /></a>The panels came the same day we were crane raising unfortunately; we just worked around them--<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlNd27Rb8Dy0UeYFEMZ0OVGBKuJSUuCAjEmTlfDYLaFQ-916BhyphenhyphensenrmOPmUkAE-a7rlB9838fGLY1l8wCdq9Aj0DQr3-NELi5WSWgTyhBFO-TQoti1sdxeb7xrF_ZxQcc7cBcHCUi9I/s1600-h/P1020089.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlNd27Rb8Dy0UeYFEMZ0OVGBKuJSUuCAjEmTlfDYLaFQ-916BhyphenhyphensenrmOPmUkAE-a7rlB9838fGLY1l8wCdq9Aj0DQr3-NELi5WSWgTyhBFO-TQoti1sdxeb7xrF_ZxQcc7cBcHCUi9I/s320/P1020089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399651076989005442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd8zhZnMO2GeZwAnuswxrlggCN4RkFDrBgZZZOv3igKPRCoN7vSG04VL2qnJRKWYx-ORgMxXB2itWxYXsuz_Sd7Bb1ptdbMVymi0XzMK0DPkTwUoPMOyLDbLHRfAxThMgmLYvnYHXQXY/s1600-h/P1020087.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd8zhZnMO2GeZwAnuswxrlggCN4RkFDrBgZZZOv3igKPRCoN7vSG04VL2qnJRKWYx-ORgMxXB2itWxYXsuz_Sd7Bb1ptdbMVymi0XzMK0DPkTwUoPMOyLDbLHRfAxThMgmLYvnYHXQXY/s320/P1020087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399651071761736354" border="0" /></a><br />After, view from street--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSrtsiRg_LQLxSm102REVxHYSkt5RIKTtguEU6-oC4LIhnoR_Cxvd4elkbNgE4P8ANOk4ZW2yHm-dRKukxSX0WAU6b1fyxBSM59btWQ8krXCRb6-lj29gpN9dbLSvu3be_C4O4VrP2uQ/s1600-h/P1020339.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSrtsiRg_LQLxSm102REVxHYSkt5RIKTtguEU6-oC4LIhnoR_Cxvd4elkbNgE4P8ANOk4ZW2yHm-dRKukxSX0WAU6b1fyxBSM59btWQ8krXCRb6-lj29gpN9dbLSvu3be_C4O4VrP2uQ/s320/P1020339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399653206911808786" border="0" /></a>Kitchen on left, below right is dining, entrance and 1/2 bath, upstairs right is master BR, bath, and huge closets.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7RpIEzHBBRU9aYh8xnWCM-J3D6VJvFY2wTZOTyvGUJzaHcp7Myj47mj39U2lnnhPzqC9QZz3kQVJW98O4VNk9ZIqEyBg5rwuFeBcsJMKCA5wr4Qiy5HMLJvMTbwyH2xekOK1VygJcXs/s1600-h/P1020333.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7RpIEzHBBRU9aYh8xnWCM-J3D6VJvFY2wTZOTyvGUJzaHcp7Myj47mj39U2lnnhPzqC9QZz3kQVJW98O4VNk9ZIqEyBg5rwuFeBcsJMKCA5wr4Qiy5HMLJvMTbwyH2xekOK1VygJcXs/s320/P1020333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399653203492351906" border="0" /></a>Custom milled trim to match old home--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvEx7QSgwFFCRCTwDzbQn9itS-Bk63x9kCjnAuDN4gIGOZSZFkdBKZvLO-LTKTjTNCzv2KSJPpVmFs0yMLIjzvaDPpgw4T4UnSFio6BQ_lH1KHymELASjcDlSFMYwDd_ZcPe3ua3KM1E/s1600-h/P1020329.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvEx7QSgwFFCRCTwDzbQn9itS-Bk63x9kCjnAuDN4gIGOZSZFkdBKZvLO-LTKTjTNCzv2KSJPpVmFs0yMLIjzvaDPpgw4T4UnSFio6BQ_lH1KHymELASjcDlSFMYwDd_ZcPe3ua3KM1E/s320/P1020329.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399653197899588962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8FNaNixvIuK_Hh3VfHvxbewbk1e7_u3R5jLxqCiy6SRstok4lpDRBODrf12KS5tSyGnBIWeCAtQHrCPFML1d-EPr-1KFnYtFa8HxGQDHoC1SdazcUn15XTV1gyXc6G8lKky728GefI0/s1600-h/P1020327.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8FNaNixvIuK_Hh3VfHvxbewbk1e7_u3R5jLxqCiy6SRstok4lpDRBODrf12KS5tSyGnBIWeCAtQHrCPFML1d-EPr-1KFnYtFa8HxGQDHoC1SdazcUn15XTV1gyXc6G8lKky728GefI0/s320/P1020327.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399653191592169730" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-2937526098278944802009-07-29T13:44:00.000-07:002009-07-29T15:33:28.110-07:00Pizza HutThe other spring project I had this year was also in Bloomfield. The frame I had put out in the front yard was the best advertisement I could have done- both of the the small projects I had this spring came from that frame. Another neighbor came by and wanted to design a timberframe to go over an outdoor pizza oven. We came up with this- and eventually we will roof it with cedar shake and build a cob oven underneath it.<br /><br />White oak posts and a 6 pitch roof to fit under the overhanging hemlocks near the driveway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5PVoMV7CALuxFRUXVPGhwCNucyLUUSzLdKZFn8Si5ZmnwSuW55txldIVTIgOYw1SMWtkD2VHflwnTd0fCZbaV4QLXgi9zaoKFZLUemALb2hjChnZ3Y5CnGrlU7QSEhN6gbdhCqPrWrg/s1600-h/P1020025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5PVoMV7CALuxFRUXVPGhwCNucyLUUSzLdKZFn8Si5ZmnwSuW55txldIVTIgOYw1SMWtkD2VHflwnTd0fCZbaV4QLXgi9zaoKFZLUemALb2hjChnZ3Y5CnGrlU7QSEhN6gbdhCqPrWrg/s320/P1020025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363999816701686690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChT51gzUos3xYN3QhwNFhJ8SiCdIfAXh2PR3zOl3mMz6uF-jLMyDKtbvqy3S5S7bzSWDoFY4pqFB4h-j1SUjwe_dl-6NRSi70Q-DY79PDBc78MCLj-teJdv37yVgKSLw6YeyEw8SDctg/s1600-h/P1020023.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChT51gzUos3xYN3QhwNFhJ8SiCdIfAXh2PR3zOl3mMz6uF-jLMyDKtbvqy3S5S7bzSWDoFY4pqFB4h-j1SUjwe_dl-6NRSi70Q-DY79PDBc78MCLj-teJdv37yVgKSLw6YeyEw8SDctg/s320/P1020023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363999806176939714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T6GKTwejjtcJoiGictpd7St7uHWDPuFcskxTHV7zzRjy6gAnwKoavySbneJQkeU9zsBbUqg3eLNb4_Fm2N8Md0djkqUh3jak9QiRTVKU9bIchwnRQxyWXpglQJ2VPPkEBUJbASn9s9c/s1600-h/P1020022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T6GKTwejjtcJoiGictpd7St7uHWDPuFcskxTHV7zzRjy6gAnwKoavySbneJQkeU9zsBbUqg3eLNb4_Fm2N8Md0djkqUh3jak9QiRTVKU9bIchwnRQxyWXpglQJ2VPPkEBUJbASn9s9c/s320/P1020022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363999801698699682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ekJ0XXk15T3Da8MAe1sxm2tPWPKLqzsb-ohTDrOgKAcyQdO7oGueLCavEd5DoEBykeqgjudC-3z4ArKbC58dgPlPH6fa1CWVdvQvgRXjUZl_IILB4pMJE6GCcasB0GgHznZqWxzq4uw/s1600-h/P1020024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ekJ0XXk15T3Da8MAe1sxm2tPWPKLqzsb-ohTDrOgKAcyQdO7oGueLCavEd5DoEBykeqgjudC-3z4ArKbC58dgPlPH6fa1CWVdvQvgRXjUZl_IILB4pMJE6GCcasB0GgHznZqWxzq4uw/s320/P1020024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363999796097405170" border="0" /></a>This joint on the end rafters was a little puzzling but actually pretty straightforward to cut--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPOOKgJ6IjpREOATiSDRM_FLwiXvQHiV5hOX2Dy45KPm0OnBqJ7rgsjBdKljDuEWDFb8vRlqjz8ayEM9xcOvp8TMGHFxEUZU8XUxNjoAVrmN2o-s9_sEFx_ocAxS9C1DTuuqrHr_in-8/s1600-h/P1020019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPOOKgJ6IjpREOATiSDRM_FLwiXvQHiV5hOX2Dy45KPm0OnBqJ7rgsjBdKljDuEWDFb8vRlqjz8ayEM9xcOvp8TMGHFxEUZU8XUxNjoAVrmN2o-s9_sEFx_ocAxS9C1DTuuqrHr_in-8/s320/P1020019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363999788306759858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkUw7SFo3uLsPDYXywK6VByBjS_GoCWXBy6jf0F4PnxxTxfr2Z9KKQFSaP9TeR8iBw5YubJvmctSihV28HaSsI4bVu6ZNcxyCD1Ki4uqKQPxtADzjqzwtPslasX7Dk7dxyIIVXHsD_4w/s1600-h/P1020010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkUw7SFo3uLsPDYXywK6VByBjS_GoCWXBy6jf0F4PnxxTxfr2Z9KKQFSaP9TeR8iBw5YubJvmctSihV28HaSsI4bVu6ZNcxyCD1Ki4uqKQPxtADzjqzwtPslasX7Dk7dxyIIVXHsD_4w/s320/P1020010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363988304030317490" border="0" /></a>A family raising--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbYQuJF2y3hZCTlGkSkieym3QZbJqCOGeggEOCzl89GxTHfMzw8zwfrR7jVAQfGazWx4Uk1SaJ-3e4h6wus_h-HLXSifLv_Y_9QsgMt6xxApYutFS_6kMJliDdiiPE_1FJZT64LIwNY0/s1600-h/P1020006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbYQuJF2y3hZCTlGkSkieym3QZbJqCOGeggEOCzl89GxTHfMzw8zwfrR7jVAQfGazWx4Uk1SaJ-3e4h6wus_h-HLXSifLv_Y_9QsgMt6xxApYutFS_6kMJliDdiiPE_1FJZT64LIwNY0/s320/P1020006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363988301499769826" border="0" /></a>Most of the work was done in June- 26 of 30 days were raining and there were a lot of tarps involved--<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUDHlyrxinEn6j9AZ0_8TkG9NkHo92hslhWQ8h0GI9y1_X9vv9usWGx6d6x7ZCVch0sYxCkK9I98oRNIm87LIzdzOT5szzgdfwrybY9jrAEIVxGp86ogW3-ShxhiGpmo7xeMoyAKdqT4/s1600-h/P1010916.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUDHlyrxinEn6j9AZ0_8TkG9NkHo92hslhWQ8h0GI9y1_X9vv9usWGx6d6x7ZCVch0sYxCkK9I98oRNIm87LIzdzOT5szzgdfwrybY9jrAEIVxGp86ogW3-ShxhiGpmo7xeMoyAKdqT4/s320/P1010916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363988297040750066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vaSPsj2_d2JzFrf-t981i7NRjuQHdukVzx17zRE-T3azoQo434NJ4doULqXFP8LSh5CJHetymu-KqKcS9SfeaZCCCI1YTVLXx8Tq06PEhxNNUVQY2CZ_SuqekmwXCVUVLWvEPoXQn_s/s1600-h/P1010854.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vaSPsj2_d2JzFrf-t981i7NRjuQHdukVzx17zRE-T3azoQo434NJ4doULqXFP8LSh5CJHetymu-KqKcS9SfeaZCCCI1YTVLXx8Tq06PEhxNNUVQY2CZ_SuqekmwXCVUVLWvEPoXQn_s/s320/P1010854.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363988292055336274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxIMiVJbtAlZe2MxMUBDQCRwdSV_dySEMrbb8LWAN6DC6-PPjDEM7RnBy_FU1AiYCRMvks4E4akykI2POh-gcrqMwvA7dOkFZrBoOCBEOZxUn_2NJsjb9G7MEnji3UsxCbe7TrWj3PdQ/s1600-h/P1010853.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxIMiVJbtAlZe2MxMUBDQCRwdSV_dySEMrbb8LWAN6DC6-PPjDEM7RnBy_FU1AiYCRMvks4E4akykI2POh-gcrqMwvA7dOkFZrBoOCBEOZxUn_2NJsjb9G7MEnji3UsxCbe7TrWj3PdQ/s320/P1010853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363988282293603874" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-8410593316548292842009-06-21T07:57:00.000-07:002009-06-22T17:53:05.997-07:00OutpostThis spring I was able to find a couple small projects for folks in the neighborhood, that I was able to use to fill the gaps between Barnraiser projects and while we are getting ready to move to our new house in Middletown. The first was a nearly 100% recycled/repurposed little garden building that the owners call the 'Outpost'. They have an amazing acre of garden and they were looking for a small timberframe that blended in to the landscape, allowed them to see the garden from the bottom of the property and would serve as a screened in space to watch birds and generally hang out. The timber came from a local house circa 1730 or so that had been dismantled years ago with the hopes that it could be sold off- it was a timberframed farm house called the A.C. Peterson house. Unfortunately they had never found a buyer and a lot of the frame had been pieced out, burned for heat, or sadly left outside to rot. My clients ended up with some long (24') plates, lots of 4' braces, a load of smaller (4"x4") connectors, and a few random posts. It was mostly red oak, with a few sticks that I am pretty sure were ash (but perhaps some chestnut as well). The sheathing had been horizontally run 1" thick, wide (17-20"), pine boards. Most of the original frame had been hand hewn, and there were a lot of the original marriage marks made with a <a href="http://www.jimbodetools.com/Race,%20Draw%20Knives.html">race knife</a>.<br /><br />The garden at Chip and Catherine's is a beautiful place to work, and I was thrilled to have people who actually wanted me to go through their barn full of old timbers and come up with a design for a little building. It was a challenge working with the hewn timbers for layout-- I don't have much expereince with scribe work on that scale-- but it was really fun- and inspiring to see how the hewer had been able to make these relatively square timbers from trees of varying sizes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauZ45hsnj3siL7fbIuYos6OwLgkffznB2sAI0qxYKkuWkYlb3-vUyMiIVmrUoNkKrFv2_ZMei8X_mJMEkGJtEtaBTmjBc7y_lx0tucpQFqkOIuX3DB3NBE-KIA7evmBtS5JGrB41SgS4/s1600-h/P1010847.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauZ45hsnj3siL7fbIuYos6OwLgkffznB2sAI0qxYKkuWkYlb3-vUyMiIVmrUoNkKrFv2_ZMei8X_mJMEkGJtEtaBTmjBc7y_lx0tucpQFqkOIuX3DB3NBE-KIA7evmBtS5JGrB41SgS4/s320/P1010847.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350309094581484354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZFW7f67SZbsElwTp2VclBooV2Bg9PqHW4AyuGwsT8Gc8sQNQ-heFFpKwH5QwtEmURPO7B3urczobiXqsihDEoP0b5KZDvwNDchqMySeGHWmmPGomf2lWT4HEhY96ZVJ2vhHw54TgAjA/s1600-h/P1010787.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZFW7f67SZbsElwTp2VclBooV2Bg9PqHW4AyuGwsT8Gc8sQNQ-heFFpKwH5QwtEmURPO7B3urczobiXqsihDEoP0b5KZDvwNDchqMySeGHWmmPGomf2lWT4HEhY96ZVJ2vhHw54TgAjA/s320/P1010787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318249844487746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPQVhTRqgn_P9B95vQtVghXE-nlAZFUUwh7quDjP1RhzBfscJDJ0Vw23oZkMnu5qA_il9B25jAHsWXKTJ4Eb0nVxCT6UkGKYKtm68jNBCZaEq759OdJbxYmwcj0wAYkuuXDzZA8CD05k/s1600-h/P1010789.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPQVhTRqgn_P9B95vQtVghXE-nlAZFUUwh7quDjP1RhzBfscJDJ0Vw23oZkMnu5qA_il9B25jAHsWXKTJ4Eb0nVxCT6UkGKYKtm68jNBCZaEq759OdJbxYmwcj0wAYkuuXDzZA8CD05k/s320/P1010789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350309110224946898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IAENdzElRAHVY9lGT2_QkwxnJokxvwnF6FaQDIKcx02IqAKtkBgeJEw0S_patcJKBeDdQFRVXou7TYC65Oshkh5-2Y4gADfD-VJbVRffqoXhoOIxAA-mVeQKLo5FsXZkn5on76vAgIQ/s1600-h/P1010842.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IAENdzElRAHVY9lGT2_QkwxnJokxvwnF6FaQDIKcx02IqAKtkBgeJEw0S_patcJKBeDdQFRVXou7TYC65Oshkh5-2Y4gADfD-VJbVRffqoXhoOIxAA-mVeQKLo5FsXZkn5on76vAgIQ/s320/P1010842.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349798255056363682" border="0" /></a><br />A lot of time was spent organizing what was left of the old house, figuring out where it could be used in the design, cleaning and pulling nails, cutting out rot, and redesigning after I found something else that was cool.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtOAqLxZMvEBLTojnpDyjlaL46DkGquzQJSfraZrOgTO1HbYKnvOiaYQOwW1kujfu-YffT7_D4T4WLySTFTKx7jejKskUA8E6MVF5hXq8ddnI6eHZQtoW1VXwFmqIiPiWmv_AlelhWy8/s1600-h/P1010791.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtOAqLxZMvEBLTojnpDyjlaL46DkGquzQJSfraZrOgTO1HbYKnvOiaYQOwW1kujfu-YffT7_D4T4WLySTFTKx7jejKskUA8E6MVF5hXq8ddnI6eHZQtoW1VXwFmqIiPiWmv_AlelhWy8/s320/P1010791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349798248286306034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO67ezp_M8u-BvYSBLSduMdt_45AI95RubyVYTH-nyZRTXZmkapZdC4B4IHCJ8TF2GU0N3Pa-IX16CUW3-aNAAUeM2oPTB6JvFZyjBIU0644CspCnf5ZMP-y98Y7IkVaGQgrkfigjugE/s1600-h/P1010790.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO67ezp_M8u-BvYSBLSduMdt_45AI95RubyVYTH-nyZRTXZmkapZdC4B4IHCJ8TF2GU0N3Pa-IX16CUW3-aNAAUeM2oPTB6JvFZyjBIU0644CspCnf5ZMP-y98Y7IkVaGQgrkfigjugE/s320/P1010790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349798242612045378" border="0" /></a><br />We originally thought we would put a living roof on the building, thus the flat and relatively low pitched rafters. Since the two main advantages of a green roof like that would be dealing with water runoff and insulating the space beneath it (neither of which were issues here) we decided to forestall that experimental idea. Also, once they saw the view from up there, they wanted access to put some chairs!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFuScWAmNP7fM5B92fQwaz_BzmgabAH4a-gMmNTTpaEDyY6OSSysZNdHnsOOBD9Wzzlf3ZFBEAYqb39wFHp1vAQiPxMqUI4FKwh4eoPKVr5wXPxia7-4TH9-EanQjWNGt-FgSTCTZ8P8/s1600-h/P1010862.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFuScWAmNP7fM5B92fQwaz_BzmgabAH4a-gMmNTTpaEDyY6OSSysZNdHnsOOBD9Wzzlf3ZFBEAYqb39wFHp1vAQiPxMqUI4FKwh4eoPKVr5wXPxia7-4TH9-EanQjWNGt-FgSTCTZ8P8/s320/P1010862.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841897277545858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogZgkstoMwFEePaoBtcBT6cYbNCGzDiXIauxNd2yCbEzRtXlJr6ae-NsV84OUva799iz80BaNCvxo71c0Y11dvIHyoaw_IlZwpt-42DLQUL8rYd3OwtxkYhl4gqJ5Z5ZSwLyp0G09pYc/s1600-h/P1010856.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogZgkstoMwFEePaoBtcBT6cYbNCGzDiXIauxNd2yCbEzRtXlJr6ae-NsV84OUva799iz80BaNCvxo71c0Y11dvIHyoaw_IlZwpt-42DLQUL8rYd3OwtxkYhl4gqJ5Z5ZSwLyp0G09pYc/s320/P1010856.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838256601848770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFfaBE17_drg78j0oKP0kVQNLgv1z0su6TvFaUiHZbbzL0zoQKP9TQy-lvxa0SC-uON7btMCC9FYBTT1ZGitYHywXT6MUgV873EZt2pEKj-Cgofk5vJ4YxdF0pqNuLVVHGh4r1skdm0k/s1600-h/P1010836.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFfaBE17_drg78j0oKP0kVQNLgv1z0su6TvFaUiHZbbzL0zoQKP9TQy-lvxa0SC-uON7btMCC9FYBTT1ZGitYHywXT6MUgV873EZt2pEKj-Cgofk5vJ4YxdF0pqNuLVVHGh4r1skdm0k/s320/P1010836.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838247301407138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1KNLZbLqwZfPPdYeLIHtM74cbhl5Ppf4T_ld_S8O-WUOntaOpK7KE7dwz6vk4vJdN-w0iYlbmJME3rJO4PIGObMwOOEzBqZw2GEilgYR6sVjW-T70K7p4yCcvPhgUrsk-gRHVs2hSZ0/s1600-h/P1010835.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1KNLZbLqwZfPPdYeLIHtM74cbhl5Ppf4T_ld_S8O-WUOntaOpK7KE7dwz6vk4vJdN-w0iYlbmJME3rJO4PIGObMwOOEzBqZw2GEilgYR6sVjW-T70K7p4yCcvPhgUrsk-gRHVs2hSZ0/s320/P1010835.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838243407483170" border="0" /></a>Dealing with the out of square posts--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJJfu6ibceYhvKwxh8fRBf1CjcJ7CHQhmj3-GwU7cV0VY3LsiFCyO0YvSfoIV5Tvn1bQBGC6C3pHTy-8oMMJyxXFKljwShdCRiOHlKf8O-SiN_NtYpkCQqGf5IybqA-6CwzdTFA1eqfo/s1600-h/P1010826.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJJfu6ibceYhvKwxh8fRBf1CjcJ7CHQhmj3-GwU7cV0VY3LsiFCyO0YvSfoIV5Tvn1bQBGC6C3pHTy-8oMMJyxXFKljwShdCRiOHlKf8O-SiN_NtYpkCQqGf5IybqA-6CwzdTFA1eqfo/s320/P1010826.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838240251239730" border="0" /></a>I'd like to know more about this technique; it looks like they used a form of square rule (everything was 1.5 or 2" off a reference w/ 1.5 or 2" mortises and tenons) but it looks like they used a 45 degree angle to make cross hatches at the ends of the mortise layout. I'm sure the joinery shrunk and moved a bit over time, but it was interesting to see that there was some slop, a few fixed mistakes, and some out of square-ness that was in the original frame. It stood that way for almost 300 years so I guess that says something about being overly picky.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloWE1cNDW3DqrwUN5HIU7xGN-RKm9QmVmNDbHKgTLJG_Ka4KBtXATROn_T_rhIP_I6HB0gTE4_F2Bd0AsNhTF2ydQtyZ5T0IJcCFhsEAfCs5_Ln9XqHjrTs7Azz8Qpxcw1tOy1fob7Ws/s1600-h/P1010823.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloWE1cNDW3DqrwUN5HIU7xGN-RKm9QmVmNDbHKgTLJG_Ka4KBtXATROn_T_rhIP_I6HB0gTE4_F2Bd0AsNhTF2ydQtyZ5T0IJcCFhsEAfCs5_Ln9XqHjrTs7Azz8Qpxcw1tOy1fob7Ws/s320/P1010823.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838230750742386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WynTd0tvZc091o9wH6WLWTV6ZmR37Hn1vsGd6EajkPdaL7LZCS-Hgax2wNHnQze60TWs1yBFzqdANQAiNFjaVGMwbTnBjJV8cJSJuBKxI8HKpwvHxMNUIspeT6DcP6pIalgSgk0Q4KY/s1600-h/P1010834.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WynTd0tvZc091o9wH6WLWTV6ZmR37Hn1vsGd6EajkPdaL7LZCS-Hgax2wNHnQze60TWs1yBFzqdANQAiNFjaVGMwbTnBjJV8cJSJuBKxI8HKpwvHxMNUIspeT6DcP6pIalgSgk0Q4KY/s320/P1010834.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349798268695021138" border="0" /></a>I didn't originally intend the lap joints for the rafters to run so deep (they have released some tension in already heavily crowned plates) but I had to work off a straight line for my reference and didn't think about how much they would spring. These were 4x6 solid oak though and they never felt weakened; when I put them up on the posts the settled right back down with the weight of the rafters on them--<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsumF1nL3HJC_l4KwlVOsS9O-ij-N4kv0KFeRqeahirjvQAxXB_dUeL09a5EfOPyKuEv5ToegAgg-rUCbmsfVAtm4_CnIzL91y9jJJAPtwhYLlXeVklwyMbCWZ7xDiWIMu27g8VNnetHw/s1600-h/P1010851.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsumF1nL3HJC_l4KwlVOsS9O-ij-N4kv0KFeRqeahirjvQAxXB_dUeL09a5EfOPyKuEv5ToegAgg-rUCbmsfVAtm4_CnIzL91y9jJJAPtwhYLlXeVklwyMbCWZ7xDiWIMu27g8VNnetHw/s320/P1010851.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349798259637497554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DXamTCbAe7j4_gCjH9wOZu70IOT5p9a84Hp4PxNxmJbg5V-RMyrX0FwQOjSuLr-aAIAOpO5gwj-XCmAJiob_IHVgbg4gdsNwxFU8Q2xScXi_lNu5dw4b47kheHj8oIB5zaJm3IpMFm4/s1600-h/P1010894.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DXamTCbAe7j4_gCjH9wOZu70IOT5p9a84Hp4PxNxmJbg5V-RMyrX0FwQOjSuLr-aAIAOpO5gwj-XCmAJiob_IHVgbg4gdsNwxFU8Q2xScXi_lNu5dw4b47kheHj8oIB5zaJm3IpMFm4/s320/P1010894.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841923192123874" border="0" /></a>View from on high--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQv1jlZQJJTncF9qfx1pTTXYNFB6VsiqKAEGPJnnvoNG7bMSnRiUPaf9FE7OYmeUaiH5Ux8FEwDpaVoc_HEaHZ5edgxbp9asjZVM4lk-oVMyknX0T-TJvi6BxK1GgyZm7EtuMrfm-7po4/s1600-h/P1010874.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQv1jlZQJJTncF9qfx1pTTXYNFB6VsiqKAEGPJnnvoNG7bMSnRiUPaf9FE7OYmeUaiH5Ux8FEwDpaVoc_HEaHZ5edgxbp9asjZVM4lk-oVMyknX0T-TJvi6BxK1GgyZm7EtuMrfm-7po4/s320/P1010874.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841915272945874" border="0" /></a>Since there had been a lot of joinery previously cut into the timbers I had for posts, I opted to set the bracing in, rather than mortise and tenon the whole joint for the down braces. The two braces that run up to a rafter in the back of the building are fully mortised.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarfO1ezrUhGBtoW_nPhKBxBIYJIL_YEEA9RM3pKPAa5Uv3TWXnIaW4eHtZ46UCHz1VzRmmN1V1xnnTCPjDQocpwsz-3EkmWMW43vtAZ37TVWQQgQtlqrUP0kkMgC-eB6DJXXS8GMi27A/s1600-h/P1010898.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarfO1ezrUhGBtoW_nPhKBxBIYJIL_YEEA9RM3pKPAa5Uv3TWXnIaW4eHtZ46UCHz1VzRmmN1V1xnnTCPjDQocpwsz-3EkmWMW43vtAZ37TVWQQgQtlqrUP0kkMgC-eB6DJXXS8GMi27A/s320/P1010898.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841909385196626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HxhojePQPQ046Jz4vmcbcFx7z01rwlxF7XRCU5sjXV_LhA_g63FgEBhdKq8ZIVx36EkC1gGW5DuYrx61nUPq2BTktRKWJvH81Mw6LKxODjNpyndFkP3SnaxmyaFzZZtRnBMWtdn3oTs/s1600-h/P1010871.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HxhojePQPQ046Jz4vmcbcFx7z01rwlxF7XRCU5sjXV_LhA_g63FgEBhdKq8ZIVx36EkC1gGW5DuYrx61nUPq2BTktRKWJvH81Mw6LKxODjNpyndFkP3SnaxmyaFzZZtRnBMWtdn3oTs/s320/P1010871.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841907998443890" border="0" /></a><br />The garden is awesome for bird watching--<br />Barn swallow babies getting irate with hunger:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidw_va1W8tAvfJzkIr9je-9QPilakV09qyGFv66FhewG8nFBLI6yL4zUiDshp-3wjBNaM_IRqw1Muq39ypnznnVAFVrVY5Mbnq1vBhYtcCj7M2Uh7VyjlkuDrotn8PnMxs8hKO5W6Y68/s1600-h/P1010879.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidw_va1W8tAvfJzkIr9je-9QPilakV09qyGFv66FhewG8nFBLI6yL4zUiDshp-3wjBNaM_IRqw1Muq39ypnznnVAFVrVY5Mbnq1vBhYtcCj7M2Uh7VyjlkuDrotn8PnMxs8hKO5W6Y68/s320/P1010879.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318245492828578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CvBxJAMrWr8mHyb8nVlaZpemdg7znmOkSFgs5fFV4heaxPE7M4EicCpdonXIAce0o0qPYHVLixoTcfNr46kO0LmjYUxmFh4TB6MTnX4FD14RAqeeGuNMIx9SV62-An_Yfh_U63txf_8/s1600-h/P1010878.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CvBxJAMrWr8mHyb8nVlaZpemdg7znmOkSFgs5fFV4heaxPE7M4EicCpdonXIAce0o0qPYHVLixoTcfNr46kO0LmjYUxmFh4TB6MTnX4FD14RAqeeGuNMIx9SV62-An_Yfh_U63txf_8/s320/P1010878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350309115816490642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mock. Yeah. -ing. yeah.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzNo5Ej57Vj4TZNHKpc5RpccsFHW2DmjJKm4zJrVUkzp6ExQxqmOPFGlRiUImasCNzYMYAFbHLCBR7YWicJwauQVOaOCrnMAsygXr4YZPaZPKW5_1-SRdgH4zXkXsHWlnH44MtM6TWVA/s1600-h/mock+yeah.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzNo5Ej57Vj4TZNHKpc5RpccsFHW2DmjJKm4zJrVUkzp6ExQxqmOPFGlRiUImasCNzYMYAFbHLCBR7YWicJwauQVOaOCrnMAsygXr4YZPaZPKW5_1-SRdgH4zXkXsHWlnH44MtM6TWVA/s320/mock+yeah.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350309090589755906" border="0" /></a>When I get back on site I will get some more pictures of the siding and the (nearly) finished outpost.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AG-m76y1MJS2nu0wxdFnH1WEvN9HgVHMhnxzOmcfp3sD73DL2HeEtqFQJuaLqjMO6FC3k0tLZUbuM4V8HAovzvvvUv0o6bn48hIBrxSKPyOEudu5TI14XIMlTQ8ooDyE7QgIV2-hN_E/s1600-h/P1010867.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AG-m76y1MJS2nu0wxdFnH1WEvN9HgVHMhnxzOmcfp3sD73DL2HeEtqFQJuaLqjMO6FC3k0tLZUbuM4V8HAovzvvvUv0o6bn48hIBrxSKPyOEudu5TI14XIMlTQ8ooDyE7QgIV2-hN_E/s320/P1010867.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350309114180426354" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-50814091382235525952009-05-02T12:15:00.000-07:002009-05-02T14:41:37.731-07:00Cedar PergolaHere is a small project that I designed and cut on my own and raised with the help of my friend Splint. Its a 5'x9' Western Red Cedar pergola that was designed to go over a pathway and have two benches fit into the shorter sides.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdRAFwvu8LM28Sqfb7bP0cCBILYz-jAlLXAAbpIYNra9QiIezHybeIylG22IiUtnPnwIX83GPlfuoKHb-oVlatOsAoClspIxGjvZniccd1DbGIUov4hoVNBn-LL-dmq6pVyCA2hU5Kjg/s1600-h/P1010698.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdRAFwvu8LM28Sqfb7bP0cCBILYz-jAlLXAAbpIYNra9QiIezHybeIylG22IiUtnPnwIX83GPlfuoKHb-oVlatOsAoClspIxGjvZniccd1DbGIUov4hoVNBn-LL-dmq6pVyCA2hU5Kjg/s320/P1010698.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331311595404508562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlHUKFMw2I7zlWhlmWWXM0F9bmPOlfMglWL0srH8uz815peTN0aWvDyCysEefCVuCcA5NLA6qscuK1jz90EjWcMrTpiTvZSWQi37ZF-pCqo1IhdA4OIm_VY3injtGoZKmy_9gn3eQ5FE/s1600-h/P1010697.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79oMdLgYASy2FQGM_xiGJ_Kg7i-Gz9S4GOLfgZC4ChtR4Hd31rT2_3KRcivX47iwHreCLb_6R4-oCYDP4BpUx17HG3oOmoGv6DaFjiKjdBKQY0nJltVSBzPNF6lwwbbfZ2HNR5NV9n8I/s320/P1010710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331314493443022370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnWgjg44FHO_dq3VYnJL0pmF0ORKsH8hGh8-hswp_7H7TTcdHd1_86rbmoI7vfTv_hfkzZwyKYQJ1jsDbAtjfKky6tBqyPtcZaSDkarcZ5sPcvsdJGG-cyUjgJe5IW7uWv-8gn-U4blA/s1600-h/P1010706.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnWgjg44FHO_dq3VYnJL0pmF0ORKsH8hGh8-hswp_7H7TTcdHd1_86rbmoI7vfTv_hfkzZwyKYQJ1jsDbAtjfKky6tBqyPtcZaSDkarcZ5sPcvsdJGG-cyUjgJe5IW7uWv-8gn-U4blA/s320/P1010706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331314490749741906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjcPjAJmX2Q2bjly124EcaP0dRnyCot8cj1PAX9eVoruPYsof3GTHf6c69SpZ1YA-4swErI805nRh8xXLfTMnss-0qd65Fk77B-T5RqFPnUlZy64Sqwqa6H1x70nXrGGP3O4wG9kvxRo/s1600-h/P1010705.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjcPjAJmX2Q2bjly124EcaP0dRnyCot8cj1PAX9eVoruPYsof3GTHf6c69SpZ1YA-4swErI805nRh8xXLfTMnss-0qd65Fk77B-T5RqFPnUlZy64Sqwqa6H1x70nXrGGP3O4wG9kvxRo/s320/P1010705.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331314478992085378" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-71078870593327771162009-03-23T17:18:00.000-07:002009-04-10T17:11:13.837-07:00Back in businessWe had some time off around the holidays (when I built the garden shed for my brother) but we got back on it- weather permitting- in January. Our next project was a 36'x36' barn/workshop/garage in Middlefield that includes two sheds off the main footprint.<br />I almost called this post 'Raising Hell' considering how beat up I felt after this week- but I don't want to sound negative. It was a busy week- the Barnraisers had a big raising on Saturday (the 36'x36' barn/garage/workshop) and the week before any raising is busy moving beams and getting the site prepped; but we were especially busy because we had spent our spare time the week before cutting a massive oak and hickory first floor frame for Brendan's own barn which we raised on Wednesday with just the four of us. That barn will allow us some shelter to work under during the heat and cold which will be great but damn were those some heavy beams! <br />One of the coolest elements in the big barn/workshop was how Brendan cut the timberframe cupola- its basically like building a small complete building that sits on top of the barn- with some pretty neat compound joinery. Here it is organised at the site in a little pile all its own: <div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv75bEyKlsqXk74ITRMrrL2A-ltIuTM3OVmEqgNCSpEMrzb7yLUDorIPXQn8as7eCz8zjMKbk5H6arP6siY6VewOXN6z_D6giqr9W9Gjjv7nH_7fvFqVfwh-8rGxl2-43szjD5RCn5SNc/s1600-h/cupola.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv75bEyKlsqXk74ITRMrrL2A-ltIuTM3OVmEqgNCSpEMrzb7yLUDorIPXQn8as7eCz8zjMKbk5H6arP6siY6VewOXN6z_D6giqr9W9Gjjv7nH_7fvFqVfwh-8rGxl2-43szjD5RCn5SNc/s320/cupola.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316557414709051026" /></a><br />Cupola elements-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ4iO50pvAnp9ztK3sSXBax0t6m7Jxwdpxpn6-Qb170AeNUWoaF2jA45c2iO4tjN1N8mseV65GaD4ulTpU8RDNwMQugcEmg8vLxJhttu-mE_QG44XloQeIIR_iWXZ763ZITvIpmsL5wA/s1600-h/DSC_0155.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ4iO50pvAnp9ztK3sSXBax0t6m7Jxwdpxpn6-Qb170AeNUWoaF2jA45c2iO4tjN1N8mseV65GaD4ulTpU8RDNwMQugcEmg8vLxJhttu-mE_QG44XloQeIIR_iWXZ763ZITvIpmsL5wA/s320/DSC_0155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323194251017704690" /></a><br />Here we have bents 1, 4, and 5 built and pegged and ready to raise. Bents 2 and 3 will be built during the raising- -</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxudKCH5zsNSK0YhWJ6WH7Qjog1uv1Ut2eWILDFcwUrQwvz2VfXO0Eug9x7GVdYoOxi-G7fquuq4giKslULgE8CIhNarsG-G34BCYbL07EtulXmzfNa9CESXqep0GNpAdzEYbeBpz1is/s1600-h/P1010516.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxudKCH5zsNSK0YhWJ6WH7Qjog1uv1Ut2eWILDFcwUrQwvz2VfXO0Eug9x7GVdYoOxi-G7fquuq4giKslULgE8CIhNarsG-G34BCYbL07EtulXmzfNa9CESXqep0GNpAdzEYbeBpz1is/s320/P1010516.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316557406265432482" /></a><br />Building bents and getting everything into the right level and square position--</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgI8j0AHCVx3DZLERAUaOdIVrO8RQV5uFvnFZrySNrg8C9gtTyp-aenYs7UOmADLqDdFClTNLTGZGbyUui4AobagdX2VJy-wrRjZZlQKBK3rAA0w5b2C6kIWk6yWb1Ol3tlaOGXGAq-iw/s1600-h/P1010513.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgI8j0AHCVx3DZLERAUaOdIVrO8RQV5uFvnFZrySNrg8C9gtTyp-aenYs7UOmADLqDdFClTNLTGZGbyUui4AobagdX2VJy-wrRjZZlQKBK3rAA0w5b2C6kIWk6yWb1Ol3tlaOGXGAq-iw/s320/P1010513.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316557400291708098" /></a><br />In the cutting yard and when we transport everything to the site, we always stack all elements of the building carefully and in the order they will be raised and in the orientation they relate to each other in the plan. This is another way to insure that all dimensions and proprtions are quadruple checked; a misscut or incorrect layout is more likely to be noticed when everything is lined up and stacked together in order--</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb93P2_LuVmNbIqdnOHwWGVLwNOgKmXR2weO6n6iWf6Q812pHz-xpLC24a20zzHqLlvkSNnB2guyukO1i7Uanq8mi0LC54BZl6o6OjM94iVaTsWiRWaXRLAGYmMqHcEbGK5-46OZ5148/s1600-h/P1010495.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb93P2_LuVmNbIqdnOHwWGVLwNOgKmXR2weO6n6iWf6Q812pHz-xpLC24a20zzHqLlvkSNnB2guyukO1i7Uanq8mi0LC54BZl6o6OjM94iVaTsWiRWaXRLAGYmMqHcEbGK5-46OZ5148/s320/P1010495.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316552334459854626" /></a><br />Attaching the 4"x10" oak sills to the foundation walls--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-V6nCimy-UFZN1dfBfLl0Evjjzn3LIRxKJiuU-xsLGWoTm7lyLTxq7szra4aogv5YWrF7TsPGzk636E_A6ZLV-Jr4aV9Shj8qXi7GggajA_ylWHGwy8u0PfcfgYFm9wAwfn_PU6R4HuU/s1600-h/P1010493.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-V6nCimy-UFZN1dfBfLl0Evjjzn3LIRxKJiuU-xsLGWoTm7lyLTxq7szra4aogv5YWrF7TsPGzk636E_A6ZLV-Jr4aV9Shj8qXi7GggajA_ylWHGwy8u0PfcfgYFm9wAwfn_PU6R4HuU/s320/P1010493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316552327686081282" /></a><br />This frame was 4 trailer loads of beams- it took us a week to lay down the sills, organize the site for raising and build the first couple of bents--</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzB6NY4VK-mEU-oyv68Eh-wu8rLRRLiYuRY0fxVthh3ptO_EHSefCTqMyHIVCF0XgmuMCwsgUqkbBX-mnjB3FjU98nmnXaGOqfDUX17CukbiuGbe1ZAkgw-O1cje-A8yRXRSs6H-FCBsU/s1600-h/P1010492.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzB6NY4VK-mEU-oyv68Eh-wu8rLRRLiYuRY0fxVthh3ptO_EHSefCTqMyHIVCF0XgmuMCwsgUqkbBX-mnjB3FjU98nmnXaGOqfDUX17CukbiuGbe1ZAkgw-O1cje-A8yRXRSs6H-FCBsU/s320/P1010492.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316552321657264530" /></a><br />Lots of piles--</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxQACPpPwtuk8Mbl0yU1bAx43GDLmdtl4biMfKIGXKXL9_DRn2jlzmUYwDsI6M8AKqiSMfhh6LcGt5HMA3C4V9cxvb-ZgrSpYO7aupElftUw_FfFmGw_-5zULpBj6b6_R9PVgJmlxRB4/s1600-h/P1010489.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxQACPpPwtuk8Mbl0yU1bAx43GDLmdtl4biMfKIGXKXL9_DRn2jlzmUYwDsI6M8AKqiSMfhh6LcGt5HMA3C4V9cxvb-ZgrSpYO7aupElftUw_FfFmGw_-5zULpBj6b6_R9PVgJmlxRB4/s320/P1010489.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316552308625280178" /></a><br />Raising day was a big success- lots of enthusiastic folks helped us get everything up and the roofing up to the cupola level on by 5pm--<br />We were lucky to have a good photographer share some shots during the raising so I actually have some photos from that this time.<br /><br />Raising bent 2--<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cRRp_fSyQzqWUVtoR5HLpINuB27QO0yhu_9EykJ-gqVo2MEXC1wMoX00-VQ8TtD3buI13VdXTH7zNFHWYuqDtdjUSiXwnkcJqKdWC0ncIg4EURALi14a8u0Gx_LVvhL0FW5qrctJvnw/s1600-h/DSC_0022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cRRp_fSyQzqWUVtoR5HLpINuB27QO0yhu_9EykJ-gqVo2MEXC1wMoX00-VQ8TtD3buI13VdXTH7zNFHWYuqDtdjUSiXwnkcJqKdWC0ncIg4EURALi14a8u0Gx_LVvhL0FW5qrctJvnw/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323212987982708322" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULEobpgUIh0voPop2sg-e2wr3ZOwGBiHeToi69juR-IM_tBwJyIxTdjSGWWg1aJZSK1XgQwITvQ34I85WOl2Tj8K88Tl8PY4mcXYDomiH4p4XmZ9UeZEnci024TghUE94VIxxKoxslNo/s1600-h/DSC_0011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULEobpgUIh0voPop2sg-e2wr3ZOwGBiHeToi69juR-IM_tBwJyIxTdjSGWWg1aJZSK1XgQwITvQ34I85WOl2Tj8K88Tl8PY4mcXYDomiH4p4XmZ9UeZEnci024TghUE94VIxxKoxslNo/s320/DSC_0011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323212986163464546" /></a><br />Temporarily bracing connectors before we raise bent 3-</div><div>Why do the two guys on the scaffold have hardhats and no one on the ground?</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnbkMM1b0acGgCaZHfghoyO_9BC6vTzoJBuwsbw-uSHu4bMgE9lIoFyA9QpeoyHE_SE5xqySjLYfSbqdtypbnBM0o-8_jlHd4RUurC2zsKCZoEBOJgavEvgQKPtjl_ZD3vOwmEmu-D7w/s1600-h/DSC_0045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnbkMM1b0acGgCaZHfghoyO_9BC6vTzoJBuwsbw-uSHu4bMgE9lIoFyA9QpeoyHE_SE5xqySjLYfSbqdtypbnBM0o-8_jlHd4RUurC2zsKCZoEBOJgavEvgQKPtjl_ZD3vOwmEmu-D7w/s320/DSC_0045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323194244813824658" /></a><br /><br />Bents 1-4 are raised and we are handing up flooring to make a platform in the loft to build off of--</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPi1c4sQCmesly1sGLiu3J8X2F_oh6-HlNwGD_zHZnKBmOubhUB6MK-_-0MeJAIfJUeMRinr6W23iEfYOsqJbwi-LPWv2COGuixcI_EGhJpl2jLprdOch5SntMK4HXu14DWy7M0jY9C5c/s1600-h/DSC_0092.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPi1c4sQCmesly1sGLiu3J8X2F_oh6-HlNwGD_zHZnKBmOubhUB6MK-_-0MeJAIfJUeMRinr6W23iEfYOsqJbwi-LPWv2COGuixcI_EGhJpl2jLprdOch5SntMK4HXu14DWy7M0jY9C5c/s320/DSC_0092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323194244998443826" /></a><br /><br />Raising the purlin plates--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbt0wlTsHlu7nT_MXle7c7uHYps69hazWMsY8x662s3Kgi7S9t-5yKt3XLl1Dm17nBVUqwn0j1h911uetIeuOuJCon8yRKvZiOa7xW63Kjk0jx6KFRm2wPYwojgkCY-jGkaXsQPuxfFJ4/s1600-h/DSC_0180.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbt0wlTsHlu7nT_MXle7c7uHYps69hazWMsY8x662s3Kgi7S9t-5yKt3XLl1Dm17nBVUqwn0j1h911uetIeuOuJCon8yRKvZiOa7xW63Kjk0jx6KFRm2wPYwojgkCY-jGkaXsQPuxfFJ4/s320/DSC_0180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323194256071796354" /></a><br /><br />Handing up the plate with plenty of folks--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0OuWeNk9pH5TIs1FGwaginwjAyW4-eZSgBbczxbuO379agIzCgd5PyVU78j-sGDTtGsujfNQ9x-vk9stoqPh1S1iSR_mBYLFRzgdGREq1rkcZBmUewSjE-_GDgEinASquTs-xlmpIME/s1600-h/DSC_0072.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0OuWeNk9pH5TIs1FGwaginwjAyW4-eZSgBbczxbuO379agIzCgd5PyVU78j-sGDTtGsujfNQ9x-vk9stoqPh1S1iSR_mBYLFRzgdGREq1rkcZBmUewSjE-_GDgEinASquTs-xlmpIME/s320/DSC_0072.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323212992622143394" /></a><br /><br />The purlin plate is scarfed together; this is the biggest, heaviest stick that has to go up the highest. Its actually a bit safer than it looks; it goes up a little at a time and then drops right into place. This is the moment when having your joinery spot on is so very critical- you do not want to try to maneuver this piece around to adjust it once it is up in the air--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7SgHin5kP3mVmekbR5DTP2IeEjX1jiWcT0vSNtC2wWsX44GVNf3NI6S_ziN6ASubXccJkrCR_rNZyE45M2p7dD6Lb5YtcFkuNWkpu5-L_TfzblFpDZAg274MQaJXkfnPcuTIXkCD-ZQ/s1600-h/DSC_0198.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7SgHin5kP3mVmekbR5DTP2IeEjX1jiWcT0vSNtC2wWsX44GVNf3NI6S_ziN6ASubXccJkrCR_rNZyE45M2p7dD6Lb5YtcFkuNWkpu5-L_TfzblFpDZAg274MQaJXkfnPcuTIXkCD-ZQ/s320/DSC_0198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323206086790872482" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDkdVGuEFl2RAgc07X6tm7LrP2pfZN2zFUoBNck2jAp23OVpwUyaerVgw7MNNCpxleNaEireD-RDWwVGtURh6Co-179AiDx_aqs4vFOak-IizYNUavN00NC7ikMW5f1ruZ4XytcXuu_U/s1600-h/DSC_0189.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDkdVGuEFl2RAgc07X6tm7LrP2pfZN2zFUoBNck2jAp23OVpwUyaerVgw7MNNCpxleNaEireD-RDWwVGtURh6Co-179AiDx_aqs4vFOak-IizYNUavN00NC7ikMW5f1ruZ4XytcXuu_U/s320/DSC_0189.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323206088498471426" /></a><br /><br />Persuading the purlins onto the queen post tenons--<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR77qOIn6fnqyA02J43Chip2D9eKDadgpIYzihKK7FGuXK3mIsz593c_EOra7NKzbYoboSXqr2j8zeaDqCdefbioD29AysGW6xjboAdchT1wuYpUVQSe6yjODnOxkNkLxBdnHT4iNslZc/s1600-h/DSC_0141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR77qOIn6fnqyA02J43Chip2D9eKDadgpIYzihKK7FGuXK3mIsz593c_EOra7NKzbYoboSXqr2j8zeaDqCdefbioD29AysGW6xjboAdchT1wuYpUVQSe6yjODnOxkNkLxBdnHT4iNslZc/s320/DSC_0141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323194250560865042" /></a><br /><br />Handing up the rafters--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67SOc8vq20f-T3OR89JxORxGzn_dkLOvaqVOctm_nrW2quRCkwlzwLLBuqAJG60i48LvTe4SReuhmR8Jx_UIAW_4QfQ_BsAR1kovb90XN6VIoZTF1JiavtfllfGqQ5fI3AYaGruhiNgQ/s1600-h/DSC_0241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67SOc8vq20f-T3OR89JxORxGzn_dkLOvaqVOctm_nrW2quRCkwlzwLLBuqAJG60i48LvTe4SReuhmR8Jx_UIAW_4QfQ_BsAR1kovb90XN6VIoZTF1JiavtfllfGqQ5fI3AYaGruhiNgQ/s320/DSC_0241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323206093518487154" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3OY-EUcRYqbWH7v4oYqRHfoUTo47snn9BaU8VSy1KKVjvbmY_OgbD0zc7pakvfgIB-Um-o7lhlpINJZneSr7Qg3fbTktcw3II-v2mVmypw8fSBJIBDFuQPaeGGluyVftfkZYv8HwDxI/s1600-h/DSC_0217.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3OY-EUcRYqbWH7v4oYqRHfoUTo47snn9BaU8VSy1KKVjvbmY_OgbD0zc7pakvfgIB-Um-o7lhlpINJZneSr7Qg3fbTktcw3II-v2mVmypw8fSBJIBDFuQPaeGGluyVftfkZYv8HwDxI/s320/DSC_0217.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323206091790636498" /></a><br />Maintaining the plumber butt in spite of a belt AND suspenders--<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zXM1NgE8UAPkAodekghAc5brnYOO7AgWlQdJx9kgNc3mpEUik9uJVCR4FxOB_dz1dikw6a5fpSwO4Cp1THWJNBgGH7YC-pEXuyPR3GAwbgz-tQCgLxGLdll8AyQ_LUK2BCBOL2JH_uo/s1600-h/DSC_0194.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zXM1NgE8UAPkAodekghAc5brnYOO7AgWlQdJx9kgNc3mpEUik9uJVCR4FxOB_dz1dikw6a5fpSwO4Cp1THWJNBgGH7YC-pEXuyPR3GAwbgz-tQCgLxGLdll8AyQ_LUK2BCBOL2JH_uo/s320/DSC_0194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323212996744495426" /></a><br />Getting the roof boards on--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA8byjqk_v5AzhQCXLE3XaiWI4WfO5J1p4mG8siZ5VjGD9uFHqlbOqghvIJ1fYEjEHHHhaTWAMC2H91CZjnsMJ-WKYAYZni4OfIC6ckQSDoPTyKCRHXUlKcuQnpHoN6VFKuM_wK3mkm8/s1600-h/DSC_0274.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA8byjqk_v5AzhQCXLE3XaiWI4WfO5J1p4mG8siZ5VjGD9uFHqlbOqghvIJ1fYEjEHHHhaTWAMC2H91CZjnsMJ-WKYAYZni4OfIC6ckQSDoPTyKCRHXUlKcuQnpHoN6VFKuM_wK3mkm8/s320/DSC_0274.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323206095947034322" /></a><br /><br />The end of raising day--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bxnAXSz29YwpxBTSUDZAg4YckNoPq2gkFko0big4OVA93I1xQ7Lw9TH3q4GzWvQPt-gbs0nCRikPwRkELRstPqRN8f2rKxM_p2T3L1xdmVDqBIH93t1zlfsH96dkz50qoprRg3QpXFo/s1600-h/P1010519.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bxnAXSz29YwpxBTSUDZAg4YckNoPq2gkFko0big4OVA93I1xQ7Lw9TH3q4GzWvQPt-gbs0nCRikPwRkELRstPqRN8f2rKxM_p2T3L1xdmVDqBIH93t1zlfsH96dkz50qoprRg3QpXFo/s320/P1010519.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316557416727441026" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMaUxeogJ19W835rh4sSAf4bo5ecrwyqCl9gfP4HXjz36VgZcSd-s4ATI8TOXGLIuB1kE9up0Q8z0QRYSM0nxmwvfIWbjSTWvKEnnmpx4OHca46ibkq4D1V4O-C_6bcW-xdE_WRw3Xrs/s1600-h/P1010522.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMaUxeogJ19W835rh4sSAf4bo5ecrwyqCl9gfP4HXjz36VgZcSd-s4ATI8TOXGLIuB1kE9up0Q8z0QRYSM0nxmwvfIWbjSTWvKEnnmpx4OHca46ibkq4D1V4O-C_6bcW-xdE_WRw3Xrs/s320/P1010522.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316557424250359122" /></a><br /><br />All in a day's work--<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsf337xMin0F9neTuxYmvzSqnRuhQ0dhGGbIaktsoI2EJLhIzZmvGtx2DT_Y-Unz2A7VcCB5ER1x3V8jEKey4S6kJPnVwlCwf_OAkAsA8wy6WST-CiuOUwGS6z_v67lvINfjEGd6gnLn8/s1600-h/DSC_0298.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsf337xMin0F9neTuxYmvzSqnRuhQ0dhGGbIaktsoI2EJLhIzZmvGtx2DT_Y-Unz2A7VcCB5ER1x3V8jEKey4S6kJPnVwlCwf_OAkAsA8wy6WST-CiuOUwGS6z_v67lvINfjEGd6gnLn8/s320/DSC_0298.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323212979812509234" /></a><br /><br />A few days before all this we spent cutting and raising the first floor of Brendan's barn in his yard. A lot of the timbers had come off his property- hickory, oak, and maple.<br />It was exciting to see a building take shape over our cutting yard- where we are used to working out in the open--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutyi3RlaNj67uyhl5v7e2poj_cGwwbbPvBWgeqtmUqn7kkA7VjHEO0VtgHuGJpgXq19xDL77hw0faTVslI7y32WSRewkqkc-ulmTz_c-BUOiMdRpwdULO1IXO2aD7lyDpvkdNfolPvzA/s1600-h/P1010498.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutyi3RlaNj67uyhl5v7e2poj_cGwwbbPvBWgeqtmUqn7kkA7VjHEO0VtgHuGJpgXq19xDL77hw0faTVslI7y32WSRewkqkc-ulmTz_c-BUOiMdRpwdULO1IXO2aD7lyDpvkdNfolPvzA/s320/P1010498.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316552306997893522" /></a>Half the scarf joinery at the end of the 9"x14" oak beam that spans the 20' bay--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAs9ifcLNBPez12SB6lacYZImthHf9FiBfEqrXteQ5Oty-q44US9X8hkuWZ7NCIVNdWkB6uge-KbntpyajaJ9DoiI3baWh915ZUhyzCjcPwGjPeEgXm-hm98Rbv1YAsbbKV-SUOShGUAc/s1600-h/P1010504.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAs9ifcLNBPez12SB6lacYZImthHf9FiBfEqrXteQ5Oty-q44US9X8hkuWZ7NCIVNdWkB6uge-KbntpyajaJ9DoiI3baWh915ZUhyzCjcPwGjPeEgXm-hm98Rbv1YAsbbKV-SUOShGUAc/s320/P1010504.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316546430900767618" /></a><br /><br />Using my fat ass for leverage; its important!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeudM5wAh1RPMCfB7yux9WEst5Hv7qxdvF8Q-Erg1-6wfPPupNrxsidoPLXFKO2kt5G7IiRtr5o1AJY0V9c2eWvM3INfqMgtlZ-b2Zy6KUHGxUfO3fmtrKhND7EMqSjMLQSKYPf_T8Ecg/s1600-h/DSC_0004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeudM5wAh1RPMCfB7yux9WEst5Hv7qxdvF8Q-Erg1-6wfPPupNrxsidoPLXFKO2kt5G7IiRtr5o1AJY0V9c2eWvM3INfqMgtlZ-b2Zy6KUHGxUfO3fmtrKhND7EMqSjMLQSKYPf_T8Ecg/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323217069142117858" /></a><br /><br />Getting there--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaKHJylLrCGWOMEmBcfW9GvUXcf4X2nNiekU6mlDjTB_-JGSIeEisYoJbqyICQkiNONk2GRFj7hCe0rq8RUvmYZmI5Qq5VZIUg0k_6DwyEwY_prUsrpFhZvM0lOXel_rq7K7FLsS9q6U/s1600-h/DSC_0003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaKHJylLrCGWOMEmBcfW9GvUXcf4X2nNiekU6mlDjTB_-JGSIeEisYoJbqyICQkiNONk2GRFj7hCe0rq8RUvmYZmI5Qq5VZIUg0k_6DwyEwY_prUsrpFhZvM0lOXel_rq7K7FLsS9q6U/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323217058880996210" /></a><br /><br />Safer than it looks, I swear--<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWQZfmRpeFDxtejyuUF0ydsFlG_Zya1C0zL-LB3c3EvEQ-OBJXVj4hWpLFhFP5Z0nw1usXbY0xAgyoRYVKyuJB_EMvze8s3diFSB5Sw3Yoplq1ZgapNhbjjvGvGS0k33_cNZxAUqc39U/s1600-h/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWQZfmRpeFDxtejyuUF0ydsFlG_Zya1C0zL-LB3c3EvEQ-OBJXVj4hWpLFhFP5Z0nw1usXbY0xAgyoRYVKyuJB_EMvze8s3diFSB5Sw3Yoplq1ZgapNhbjjvGvGS0k33_cNZxAUqc39U/s320/DSC_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323217055770663234" /></a><br /><br />Handing up the smaller of the oak beams--<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM9oNVQn9Nqz4riBaMXruTXD1NhVfwuwkwaor_B2n0JlScJhQnw7McmnEtoBTlnIgMWKYayGff3FOjCe-Ng78dMWBE0CHClDwTE6vIoRTED3L8lzsRKI9yG8EK9y10PQjJ8rO1FMm_Ss/s1600-h/DSC_0013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM9oNVQn9Nqz4riBaMXruTXD1NhVfwuwkwaor_B2n0JlScJhQnw7McmnEtoBTlnIgMWKYayGff3FOjCe-Ng78dMWBE0CHClDwTE6vIoRTED3L8lzsRKI9yG8EK9y10PQjJ8rO1FMm_Ss/s320/DSC_0013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323217079623364034" /></a><br /><br />Splint and Bobby straddle the clear span--<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytrq_Hgs0uvgnjQsIShW0IWtRuxmOiNE-WL03drasiJWtxEcZ8wxpUVJRAruqlZeug7owjjJtYgx_ZsDzZ33M5ufZ-O1EL3dFEKhFs2pZQ7SUfrGBQtMMfCuY5dJoRLIytcA2gr4iSQ4/s1600-h/DSC_0006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytrq_Hgs0uvgnjQsIShW0IWtRuxmOiNE-WL03drasiJWtxEcZ8wxpUVJRAruqlZeug7owjjJtYgx_ZsDzZ33M5ufZ-O1EL3dFEKhFs2pZQ7SUfrGBQtMMfCuY5dJoRLIytcA2gr4iSQ4/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323217071991286402" /></a><br /><br />The two big spans raised into place by lunchtime--</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRcNDbCuZML4TXokHqzRmp4Unb44iNROwUDbe4hThoxqvDT88zoUfA9rku4INQcl9Bkeut7MXrvHC6Xo3xMCtX4pY0Duh7yLodfqrauPmGys_8f3lhx5ytP4kc0j52U5jPk3G3HQNcN0/s1600-h/P1010508.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRcNDbCuZML4TXokHqzRmp4Unb44iNROwUDbe4hThoxqvDT88zoUfA9rku4INQcl9Bkeut7MXrvHC6Xo3xMCtX4pY0Duh7yLodfqrauPmGys_8f3lhx5ytP4kc0j52U5jPk3G3HQNcN0/s320/P1010508.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316546426063216386" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFS0gJZrMXtyc7s-58aFe5tvRr4FYqQyKAY3Qw9PVcMO6CDqwZRYRN6m48Ni1edUfP8ypEPu1Vgo3ZSjKhjCtPI7DHWsE6JCgIQnsM-U69I0FezPoid0GqMyaZJcCz2gcOXunIdZezugk/s1600-h/P1010510.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFS0gJZrMXtyc7s-58aFe5tvRr4FYqQyKAY3Qw9PVcMO6CDqwZRYRN6m48Ni1edUfP8ypEPu1Vgo3ZSjKhjCtPI7DHWsE6JCgIQnsM-U69I0FezPoid0GqMyaZJcCz2gcOXunIdZezugk/s320/P1010510.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316546405556215378" /></a><br /><br />The 2nd floor joists in place; notice the steep hill you have to climb to bring each joist up into position!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOTx3tL3lkIAUSgqFyQXdvmz1tLXaHTZkQWqurz5XgEQDgWocFDCqqrF0fThnA5aCrDLFAAowynYWAm7uKYWTykY6o_kdtt2BmI_lQ0B3gXGjXek_VBfa3HsfA27VXt7zzljUI0l0U5Q/s1600-h/P1010511.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOTx3tL3lkIAUSgqFyQXdvmz1tLXaHTZkQWqurz5XgEQDgWocFDCqqrF0fThnA5aCrDLFAAowynYWAm7uKYWTykY6o_kdtt2BmI_lQ0B3gXGjXek_VBfa3HsfA27VXt7zzljUI0l0U5Q/s320/P1010511.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316546400644084146" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyV5RumU0F9cZuNG9OSELP68KaYO1nAiwW2qCo4F5nV7ejKqscjWBUeVup2yH4EKK0fe9JfNbu9IUMz2gq6Sn_WfFUknR79QZVXTYCscIBayaSYn-OdWNSSPUfASQuxTGcKZRC7Otv4M/s1600-h/P1010512.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyV5RumU0F9cZuNG9OSELP68KaYO1nAiwW2qCo4F5nV7ejKqscjWBUeVup2yH4EKK0fe9JfNbu9IUMz2gq6Sn_WfFUknR79QZVXTYCscIBayaSYn-OdWNSSPUfASQuxTGcKZRC7Otv4M/s320/P1010512.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316546379586484626" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-60499764174292990572009-01-06T11:06:00.000-08:002009-01-06T12:03:07.442-08:00Shed EnvyThats what my brother Bill said all the neighbors would have when we were done with his new timberframe shed (poolhouse? gazebo? hot tub enclosure?) Though he wanted something small to store his lawnmower in, I convinced him to go a little bigger (10'x12') because you never can have too much storage right? <div>I cut the frame in CT over the break and rented a moving truck to bring it all down to NJ where my brothers Bill and Jim and their neighbor Dave helped put it together. We were actually pretty lucky with the weather; it was cold but at least it wasn't snowing or raining. </div><div><br /></div><div>Dave and Jim on seperate missions-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIB1euFfuSSUeGJXfJSMZg1NgkiDQ1uHehwQseDo-AiMStUxNHC7bLFaS6A4Y0uJNuAj9GYdVG67Zl8yxzdlZgTuBWTuZnPLs40vgdPdljqa73viNauLaIyYEDkHnTTwGIGv_BWjBPJw/s1600-h/P1010280.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIB1euFfuSSUeGJXfJSMZg1NgkiDQ1uHehwQseDo-AiMStUxNHC7bLFaS6A4Y0uJNuAj9GYdVG67Zl8yxzdlZgTuBWTuZnPLs40vgdPdljqa73viNauLaIyYEDkHnTTwGIGv_BWjBPJw/s320/P1010280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288269301473830802" /></a>The floor framing-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAm3cWEk9NF-lrv5L6_MuRelaY4HamuA2bd2Xapk47pcCjks_wSp7wZXk1Sn34eZw9ghIYDD33u-tIAp6jJHHitUECHeH0fD6-WxR1xGnnViEZmsP0kWPLcvLhLYE7sPz6p3UEIR7xjU/s1600-h/P1010282.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAm3cWEk9NF-lrv5L6_MuRelaY4HamuA2bd2Xapk47pcCjks_wSp7wZXk1Sn34eZw9ghIYDD33u-tIAp6jJHHitUECHeH0fD6-WxR1xGnnViEZmsP0kWPLcvLhLYE7sPz6p3UEIR7xjU/s320/P1010282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288269295796425442" /></a><br />A cold but clear workshop-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nxB-ayi2jyFQkhqCMdqF_KhVy-BDOLu8QxvWQKA6fvWhwNlkb_eBITLOGUrOtx_iT-a71hmn3E1A2YeXqtkMMJeoQtPZoD0szHu-Xldc0681onNpZnleQglYNWk3ehn7nHWmC5eG1NE/s1600-h/P1010287.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nxB-ayi2jyFQkhqCMdqF_KhVy-BDOLu8QxvWQKA6fvWhwNlkb_eBITLOGUrOtx_iT-a71hmn3E1A2YeXqtkMMJeoQtPZoD0szHu-Xldc0681onNpZnleQglYNWk3ehn7nHWmC5eG1NE/s320/P1010287.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288269286934830610" /></a>Next time we'll have five posts and get Tom and Larry to come help-</div><div>Cole and Matthew actually helped put this wall up by guiding the stub tenons on the bottoms of the posts-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU72DpRCW9W_hvz42ZiASSkAsEm0ROqGCzAYa6EB9i_aufcm4XiWWc6Ne1XX_xycWUvXsd1C9qD3AjA48Gsw-27kmoBoIDvdZ13lVmvLXDuSGZkRxNI5mOh2lxW95G2o0j2fYpeHAeSy4/s1600-h/brothers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU72DpRCW9W_hvz42ZiASSkAsEm0ROqGCzAYa6EB9i_aufcm4XiWWc6Ne1XX_xycWUvXsd1C9qD3AjA48Gsw-27kmoBoIDvdZ13lVmvLXDuSGZkRxNI5mOh2lxW95G2o0j2fYpeHAeSy4/s320/brothers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288266664370179314" /></a><br />My mini-king post layout-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFGhIKff2V3PfiQKMzw3ZvrNg8iBKdxEoeVLIKesA6gPSG3mlTznS4FY86qVzwFbikb9cpDShkac-DB19VzI2TztuAJzivwV7nDpks0WEY3NVqxI2tCtFrhbs-rcej7QbWm-yE9KCjgo/s1600-h/P1010285.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFGhIKff2V3PfiQKMzw3ZvrNg8iBKdxEoeVLIKesA6gPSG3mlTznS4FY86qVzwFbikb9cpDShkac-DB19VzI2TztuAJzivwV7nDpks0WEY3NVqxI2tCtFrhbs-rcej7QbWm-yE9KCjgo/s320/P1010285.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288266654718867218" /></a>I cut alot of the rafters and all of the braces on Saturday as we raised it-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-qYqKtK8FAAdz-R4o6DgodFoZiAp7p7jbtdlR0x83cHJUzeeAHW_hi7LFMr-tAKmm8jDBbw6CNYVIdWHXhwdQBe0VbtZNUMSvYWMYfCA3dfNPVmockl_gPz_OkVYV1vH1M1xUhCrROo/s1600-h/P1010283.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaq_azCcHkd4PEkfocdjP713Uys7A2egYYsfyB5aX9y_sUKEgwICApubkG2rMqnM2PW0QfCNdCRvYcCMTJiHTkBkWvtxOCkSEOiaZj52QmrtIAcCaQI2dvkqut2V7KXNAXNIa5y0KjrIc/s320/Dec+to+Jan+08-09+143.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288261063584617442" /></a><br />We finished about 630 at night and Bill got out the spotlights to show off our day's work-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAzMZnjU3qbTWNfdrCcel2VnWjXKreTdrNEYbN2ui8kBfm3yYIqAOfAZVjf4ECMNP-V_xrjvi8S6ZlemFZveT7sKbQyIz1VqCTLbLnNE3q1DXA7J26CwYn2lF3qmhY77e2t48cPv3GwQ/s1600-h/P1010295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAzMZnjU3qbTWNfdrCcel2VnWjXKreTdrNEYbN2ui8kBfm3yYIqAOfAZVjf4ECMNP-V_xrjvi8S6ZlemFZveT7sKbQyIz1VqCTLbLnNE3q1DXA7J26CwYn2lF3qmhY77e2t48cPv3GwQ/s320/P1010295.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288261040029098642" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtErB1kF9UPAaBBtbB6BsEYUd-t86HSUIERY0LReXddIFvDp2Y0bXEqgNhA0UBJiaSVUT3M1q6yFzZudz6r-ojKSMnBPyYG6e9P4_r7zZw6CUEJhNIArUI4C8wdwPxrH5ItYpCri_753E/s1600-h/P1010298.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtErB1kF9UPAaBBtbB6BsEYUd-t86HSUIERY0LReXddIFvDp2Y0bXEqgNhA0UBJiaSVUT3M1q6yFzZudz6r-ojKSMnBPyYG6e9P4_r7zZw6CUEJhNIArUI4C8wdwPxrH5ItYpCri_753E/s320/P1010298.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288261021050706146" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02hLvCfQUsVi9mCci8l2bHLBOkN7Y3Pl8ACmz5GvUbjUx2yUYcRFaOX7CntgOmvH7ji3BRNhRSG2HNLfR2QEZAjt88Wlc5Ws6IwSN4smYCo6EJUXc0TZ2EkLjrN9qyUgelc8GEr38_W0/s1600-h/P1010297.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02hLvCfQUsVi9mCci8l2bHLBOkN7Y3Pl8ACmz5GvUbjUx2yUYcRFaOX7CntgOmvH7ji3BRNhRSG2HNLfR2QEZAjt88Wlc5Ws6IwSN4smYCo6EJUXc0TZ2EkLjrN9qyUgelc8GEr38_W0/s320/P1010297.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288261006254707810" /></a><br /><br /></div>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-68701858571527433922008-12-12T14:46:00.000-08:002008-12-16T14:24:35.509-08:00Finishing touch<div>The lake house in Ellington CT was the first chance I was able to see the methods for using SIPS (Structural insulated panels) as an enclosure system for a timber frame. A crew came in from Panel Pro in New Hampshire and hung most of the panels, which were pre-cut at their shop, with a lull and four guys. Before they did a wall section, we hung the drywall on the outside of the frame. This was amazingly fast; afterwards we could go back from the inside and screw it off easily and cut out the openings.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fwcs0-gBYTpsYGEuHbVNLz-RkaQboWg4v4HYQGPFYQ2TgnZbJYmm0AeQUwnAYN0sIy9Cfnj7scfCSGANS00_epxzsEzZdm7z9f1tfUDVcJRN63lrToMlFYck8EZJGu3QHU6whU41oIM/s1600-h/P1010079.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fwcs0-gBYTpsYGEuHbVNLz-RkaQboWg4v4HYQGPFYQ2TgnZbJYmm0AeQUwnAYN0sIy9Cfnj7scfCSGANS00_epxzsEzZdm7z9f1tfUDVcJRN63lrToMlFYck8EZJGu3QHU6whU41oIM/s320/P1010079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279041355432236354" /></a>Here is a cross section on a corner post- the wall panels are 4" OSB and expanded polystyrene foam- you can see the 1/2' drywall between them. You here a lot of debate about the 'green' quality of this method in the industry- though it is pretty much the standard for most home enclosures. The advantages are the super insulative qaulities- much better R-value with thinner walls than studs and batt insulation as well as the fact that all the processing is done in a shop where you can control waste much more efficiently than trying to build on-site. <div>The cons- its still petroleum based insulation sandwiched between two barfboard panels. It's recyclable to a degree but it is certainly not a closed-loop solution like hay bales. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4DE-VoUmPxTO7F-fixp2XqlYOMyaxtzMR4kImwM91LdLEhdH18YtTPLJ9evnZVMufHKUqtXUSeIRjfrZ7CqTor6LtUJ9AupQJ8zZXPTy_G9W2yNjb-0JQnmssdbU5acSterXj33xXUs/s1600-h/P1010081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4DE-VoUmPxTO7F-fixp2XqlYOMyaxtzMR4kImwM91LdLEhdH18YtTPLJ9evnZVMufHKUqtXUSeIRjfrZ7CqTor6LtUJ9AupQJ8zZXPTy_G9W2yNjb-0JQnmssdbU5acSterXj33xXUs/s320/P1010081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279041357619970802" /></a>Before we cut out the openings-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7zclaZYRqTL449ewgocOWzsBy0tUW4cFHqVq0b5BP15EN6kGQNa6TaMhSc4JFnIDPDLOqbFkDrRny2sn9eNYmaQutLb53qI9IIxX_xAvoeZR9eLe3SZ745UydT3-iMtXUjn_U31-7hI/s1600-h/P1010082.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7zclaZYRqTL449ewgocOWzsBy0tUW4cFHqVq0b5BP15EN6kGQNa6TaMhSc4JFnIDPDLOqbFkDrRny2sn9eNYmaQutLb53qI9IIxX_xAvoeZR9eLe3SZ745UydT3-iMtXUjn_U31-7hI/s320/P1010082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279041367525216322" /></a><br />Interior post panels and drywall-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphEWpswtI6TWkuONXVEVcTWDFFIEnehzQxPrXeHm77MrmWL9zXxbe8E4_bEGfxVYApTILF_pYSusxdb16Zhz-vzjIgmvS3xyANiH-glzVhrb6ax9s16DjMXDOthvga25f5HQ9hqAzg0c/s1600-h/P1010116.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphEWpswtI6TWkuONXVEVcTWDFFIEnehzQxPrXeHm77MrmWL9zXxbe8E4_bEGfxVYApTILF_pYSusxdb16Zhz-vzjIgmvS3xyANiH-glzVhrb6ax9s16DjMXDOthvga25f5HQ9hqAzg0c/s320/P1010116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279046006327655490" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAsYrRIF89DjlsUaNl2Sohvm00J5s4Pyxqh0gnIAKS7675kgkGxU7ZKHbuJ7BcxpRsAdnLIcRyI089jr0hBORw0ZuxRmIi8Vm46lh7VIWmy1Nski2TNpuO4xAHnQx5VBT3jXhysQdd5I/s1600-h/P1010111.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ogSKQ4DJ3B-EMAiMRCFNYgaXiaFFPpKbLxIhp3oVSfqSrFMoCVCymqXsHEs4ZROy6XyRUgeKIJCApzWGaGlok-I3sa4JjqoasV2vNhbao-uhFo4ZM-pCG_dWXGpbGtzTgUJ8wwk6KhM/s320/P1010092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279045981198146834" /></a>Detail on the overhang that will cover a conventional balcony off the MBedroom-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUblKIlr7rXjapsba9Ibyq4EW4RbpsL7SVcBgp8E00nyV-Q8RJXLGBxOP5XOcDYWw9oGSBUTDILLrKL4dqP9AimgN5Q5KoqlIv3tZ08sHqC5H4QfY1-im_VF6pZ5LIE21BMTYbFlf_nPg/s1600-h/P1010087.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUblKIlr7rXjapsba9Ibyq4EW4RbpsL7SVcBgp8E00nyV-Q8RJXLGBxOP5XOcDYWw9oGSBUTDILLrKL4dqP9AimgN5Q5KoqlIv3tZ08sHqC5H4QfY1-im_VF6pZ5LIE21BMTYbFlf_nPg/s320/P1010087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279041375302185234" /></a><br /><br /></div>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-44685923754309458362008-11-25T14:13:00.001-08:002008-11-25T15:01:14.266-08:00Cold Lake frameThis past weekend we put up the frame we have been cutting for the last couple of weeks; a small 2 bedroom house on Crystal Lake- or as Bobby likes to call it 'Ice Station Zero'. The wind off the lake made the site prep week a little chilly but it is a really nice spot- we even saw a bald eagle pair (adult and juvenile) fishing in the lake one day. The raising went really well despite the low temps and there was a great crowd of about 50 that had the whole structure up in about 6 hours!<div><br /></div><div>Here is the site the week before raising with 3 bents assembled and waiting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9uPR_aJSsBD6ro5n_clLjW1p_a2Cv5Gz-NRwpRkuHBQIw9cw0uTgYYza5r6hCq0dtJFcr7A8csM_rQi6zguN6FdFzvj8_CQqtFOBpzT7ok6zPZwhIc6aW-s0usEMKPo3KKBJlI3Zj7k/s1600-h/P1010046.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9uPR_aJSsBD6ro5n_clLjW1p_a2Cv5Gz-NRwpRkuHBQIw9cw0uTgYYza5r6hCq0dtJFcr7A8csM_rQi6zguN6FdFzvj8_CQqtFOBpzT7ok6zPZwhIc6aW-s0usEMKPo3KKBJlI3Zj7k/s320/P1010046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272724274685368594" /></a>The coolest feature of the house for me was the timber framed dormer (designed and executed by Brendan) that involved a bunch of compound angles even thought the roof was a 12/12 pitch. </div><div>Here is the top of the bent 2 post that will catch a connecting girt, a valley beam, a common rafter, and the dormer gable rafters. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9GdFtNwRMvi47kDKKOmQBoRED7QItUUSWN-RSj3Y8AbdtCkogNnsy7MDLbPkqKgj6s2I55Aw7NaNhsXSNBJJ67YLROLZJ5UUH2MctQ0sZa8Axm8LGheciEsBNSYPfKoxnoYp8h3pMjs/s1600-h/P1010042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9GdFtNwRMvi47kDKKOmQBoRED7QItUUSWN-RSj3Y8AbdtCkogNnsy7MDLbPkqKgj6s2I55Aw7NaNhsXSNBJJ67YLROLZJ5UUH2MctQ0sZa8Axm8LGheciEsBNSYPfKoxnoYp8h3pMjs/s320/P1010042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272724270959128978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tfUpieeeNtAgPnh2b33oYVguHlsga23xtvfuZlrHKySBEGM-GkK6a-WLX1nH33D9YqxHAgrlO6rPkRtCGd-pjt1XrokcJkE1Q_8a_EbbHRovKZ7deQzgTk3TDotI8YQkYJH42X4l5ao/s1600-h/P1010041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tfUpieeeNtAgPnh2b33oYVguHlsga23xtvfuZlrHKySBEGM-GkK6a-WLX1nH33D9YqxHAgrlO6rPkRtCGd-pjt1XrokcJkE1Q_8a_EbbHRovKZ7deQzgTk3TDotI8YQkYJH42X4l5ao/s320/P1010041.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a>I didn't get any shots the day of the raising because it was so cold and we were so busy but here is the raised frame- </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmY3WuRoEAIhG4GJx9cbfGteyvYwrmNy5Qt7cwA80aD16aCc_4lAeQfYLVwTsuJJGjP2_yBVioB4R0-pseQ3Ry2Tb2bqyK2FvaXE1U8xch08qTd7sHyR0VuBS-nvaykuj9ANJ8zxZPi04/s1600-h/P1010056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmY3WuRoEAIhG4GJx9cbfGteyvYwrmNy5Qt7cwA80aD16aCc_4lAeQfYLVwTsuJJGjP2_yBVioB4R0-pseQ3Ry2Tb2bqyK2FvaXE1U8xch08qTd7sHyR0VuBS-nvaykuj9ANJ8zxZPi04/s320/P1010056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272724289348413458" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfGXfle6iVyakrqJOmeLche38dIZ8gpVLm4pzOzXnqPJFOLct2L5ZUmn60CfjM0Cnnx1f8cVEFJMAb5ALoQzLCz-Mc_aQHH85llhpqfEIXse8F2YIz83-YQO_P6L9pgKjqcGhaqNKGws/s1600-h/P1010052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfGXfle6iVyakrqJOmeLche38dIZ8gpVLm4pzOzXnqPJFOLct2L5ZUmn60CfjM0Cnnx1f8cVEFJMAb5ALoQzLCz-Mc_aQHH85llhpqfEIXse8F2YIz83-YQO_P6L9pgKjqcGhaqNKGws/s320/P1010052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272724280665742226" /></a><br />Second story with arched braces between queen posts that carry the purlin plates...</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcfZA9aKnaH-_evU-iZRRN-CxnbUtX9kG9jMtQ9X-9scsQEamQSiQuIwDgQ0hmVQyHwETLqj9zOTKwQm9eebExOtG7f8aDh8TdEY5lj7ULw6tH5aO80eCaUamKqktYcIWCn6mujYDk0Q/s1600-h/P1010068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcfZA9aKnaH-_evU-iZRRN-CxnbUtX9kG9jMtQ9X-9scsQEamQSiQuIwDgQ0hmVQyHwETLqj9zOTKwQm9eebExOtG7f8aDh8TdEY5lj7ULw6tH5aO80eCaUamKqktYcIWCn6mujYDk0Q/s320/P1010068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272727866326403330" /></a>Valley beams seated- </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLLxJD_H3CIsXs762OG7qduT33J2dyaVMw0Kll-yY3koIIagEEsib-FZfDgQIUG6TQsa7Z6rv_N6paAmpxN_SmutsicI91OJlIL3v9xW3FngRJq1yI8OamWEHhMN445tyX8TEtxeBn_8/s1600-h/P1010066.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLLxJD_H3CIsXs762OG7qduT33J2dyaVMw0Kll-yY3koIIagEEsib-FZfDgQIUG6TQsa7Z6rv_N6paAmpxN_SmutsicI91OJlIL3v9xW3FngRJq1yI8OamWEHhMN445tyX8TEtxeBn_8/s320/P1010066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272727859134635730" /></a>What the post looks like after all the connections are made-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxI1wsxDhXVh0OPM01nnzbXhhvqG_gpmXIFpG42Ikn617YAmLS1qBNJbelwWN8-TpqtKcHX-Er6oRYrECAQ8PtZYK2SzO5Sf2CXTmczV5VjU5_cLSkfDy-Ks6A5ai3zbmiF4jhphewDQ/s1600-h/P1010065.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxI1wsxDhXVh0OPM01nnzbXhhvqG_gpmXIFpG42Ikn617YAmLS1qBNJbelwWN8-TpqtKcHX-Er6oRYrECAQ8PtZYK2SzO5Sf2CXTmczV5VjU5_cLSkfDy-Ks6A5ai3zbmiF4jhphewDQ/s320/P1010065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272727843102617746" /></a>View across the lake-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSeqTuV-EEHwUazczHkHXX_DmZC2-7Hgi2fIb9Q5DxED6M9OV9OhVPmf5eyUnX6XrtVEKsoU5RUydKMW3z1-6v7GVxEM1f_OvlP9aymzxp0N6E10wJk37sS__r1vzvJDOd2nRKB0ztUE/s1600-h/P1010059.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSeqTuV-EEHwUazczHkHXX_DmZC2-7Hgi2fIb9Q5DxED6M9OV9OhVPmf5eyUnX6XrtVEKsoU5RUydKMW3z1-6v7GVxEM1f_OvlP9aymzxp0N6E10wJk37sS__r1vzvJDOd2nRKB0ztUE/s320/P1010059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272727832721838306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSv9UJ-G-Wk1QBQn1tdFNcY-aDSrg0V-HA3KRtO28tZvyIjqfoPtgaxL3oXX-Cl2KJLONHamK-qonT6QMkY6IBCytxMFtNR7OJVlEAkm_opMUKS2gd1Y76npS4b0bfQPvIXg0syT8UhQ/s1600-h/P1010058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSv9UJ-G-Wk1QBQn1tdFNcY-aDSrg0V-HA3KRtO28tZvyIjqfoPtgaxL3oXX-Cl2KJLONHamK-qonT6QMkY6IBCytxMFtNR7OJVlEAkm_opMUKS2gd1Y76npS4b0bfQPvIXg0syT8UhQ/s320/P1010058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272727826489345138" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-36062844237795418302008-09-25T09:01:00.000-07:002008-10-01T16:41:43.317-07:00Ivy League Frame<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEW9CYLmVuMDgCqoXxDBOu3yp1fR7ldKTmwCki7bOsWPxBdWEW4OWulJdRB94BOV7XB4QLw7NzfeD5BSRg2C2ENXJ6uivBOJ3-x_bnTh37JvhyYxZrnoxDIn5Zv3os2TlTKLyltcY8Kkk/s1600-h/P1000630.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEW9CYLmVuMDgCqoXxDBOu3yp1fR7ldKTmwCki7bOsWPxBdWEW4OWulJdRB94BOV7XB4QLw7NzfeD5BSRg2C2ENXJ6uivBOJ3-x_bnTh37JvhyYxZrnoxDIn5Zv3os2TlTKLyltcY8Kkk/s320/P1000630.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252332172216579458" /></a>After the horse barn raising, we began cutting an outdoor pavilion for Yale University in New Haven. Different than Brendan's usual clients, there was certainly more bureacracy and politics involved in the process of making all the design decisions and planning. The ultimate design was a really interesting frame to cut though. Six big white oak posts hold up two bents (38' long and 20' apart) that hold three massive trusses that support the broadly overhanging (30'x39') flat roof. The whole project was in cooperation with the <a href="http://www.yale.edu/sustainablefood/">Yale Sustainible Food Project </a>which is an interesting effort at supplying some of the food on campus themselves and educating folks about sustainable farming. There is an article <a href="http://yalesustainablefoodproject.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/pavilion-to-the-people/">here </a>that describes the raising day from the students' perspective, though it fails to mention all the actual hours the 4 guys who actually cut the frame in 3 weeks put in. Oh, well. The guys in yellow shirts and one bearded guy in green next to them in the last picture on that page did all the work, trust me. Everyone is always amazed that a building goes up in 'gasp' one day! Its sort of seems that way, and its fun, but the truth is a couple people have handled every one of those timbers a million times, moving them around, flipping them endlessly on bunks, laying it all out, cutting every joint and then stacking them back up to be delivered to the site. Not to mention the one guy (Brendan) that planned the whole thing and dealt with Yale administrators for 2 years and redesigned the drawings they sent and figured out how to make it all work and chewed at all that timber until it fit absolutely perfectly together. An enlightening experience working with a big institutional client compared to a homeowner. <div><br /></div><div>The site had a brick pizza oven that ended up under the pavilion. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACKY071wxCG5B_e-nzuAxz1WznenzAk4-MFwOtaStuvvVWpE0pDBwQBNIMnvX7Gr2gTD038SNJ_SCSLIPLuaq7G0FUziymy0IAgwm8IZk6lvTpUQAxSWLmoBbmU5gnb0T4rC9_ZuVB3M/s1600-h/P1000638.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACKY071wxCG5B_e-nzuAxz1WznenzAk4-MFwOtaStuvvVWpE0pDBwQBNIMnvX7Gr2gTD038SNJ_SCSLIPLuaq7G0FUziymy0IAgwm8IZk6lvTpUQAxSWLmoBbmU5gnb0T4rC9_ZuVB3M/s320/P1000638.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249993944995924498" /></a>Bringing the heavy-ass (some were ~650 lbs. each) top and bottom chords to the site:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iqmKm7nhEIicmJfLX0VlMvp5y6vrrx8DAYH2s7om-3UNg3dIWDcz29FXcgCAr4hoA5DB0FO6waIn09bGkkh_EGgzRsJdIIZ0KjFvvLodIfyyCJh2e_-g7k4uBwr3hl2QdpXAjMU_5OU/s1600-h/P1000634.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iqmKm7nhEIicmJfLX0VlMvp5y6vrrx8DAYH2s7om-3UNg3dIWDcz29FXcgCAr4hoA5DB0FO6waIn09bGkkh_EGgzRsJdIIZ0KjFvvLodIfyyCJh2e_-g7k4uBwr3hl2QdpXAjMU_5OU/s320/P1000634.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249993952562965346" /></a>Prep work that set up the raising two days before; prefitting all the posts, cutting them and drilling the bolt holes where they attached to the foundation metal brackets-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-0z5sOTL2wEsutjoQBg8XGuWQWare8Gv1_KRLSFS1cqCduZK_qbFKT9lrTWTN11C1nTfdae8aXRUwWFXAudL9u9iJ6lpWqAcnEpKwmkCP8NcFXbyBMQLjECW-o3DDtSxuBvcUg8Ew2I/s1600-h/P1000650.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-0z5sOTL2wEsutjoQBg8XGuWQWare8Gv1_KRLSFS1cqCduZK_qbFKT9lrTWTN11C1nTfdae8aXRUwWFXAudL9u9iJ6lpWqAcnEpKwmkCP8NcFXbyBMQLjECW-o3DDtSxuBvcUg8Ew2I/s320/P1000650.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249993965298355922" /></a>Looking from the site down into the gardens; there were a couple sorts of hot pepper plants that we had a great time experimenting with-</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XnCBA6UHBMy8CDqUeDJ9-izsrJs0SUd_RbreCqgxbHDXS2fAFR8TFuR_pkE83WCRazQ1Apua8dzMHsYZAZbP7FmFCy0qWXI9xr_Dkds9ej2imHjO3lpAC81qtiTe0bWP34Zn5kY2GzQ/s1600-h/P1000661.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XnCBA6UHBMy8CDqUeDJ9-izsrJs0SUd_RbreCqgxbHDXS2fAFR8TFuR_pkE83WCRazQ1Apua8dzMHsYZAZbP7FmFCy0qWXI9xr_Dkds9ej2imHjO3lpAC81qtiTe0bWP34Zn5kY2GzQ/s320/P1000661.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249993969743158338" /></a><br /></div><div>The finished frame-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvTzB3ulYsSQINe6DtbvZwPPNMJ0c6NsAWCqbnI0zElirKLLGyCQ2-pmBs0Ce1HAGdEBIe7xFHXlHep2tCU6aMlT4A5T3bxlXsAJ_7bOGcMtEeUMPO8RlTORlEoGqWV1cAgYBMfPbJa4/s1600-h/P1000676.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvTzB3ulYsSQINe6DtbvZwPPNMJ0c6NsAWCqbnI0zElirKLLGyCQ2-pmBs0Ce1HAGdEBIe7xFHXlHep2tCU6aMlT4A5T3bxlXsAJ_7bOGcMtEeUMPO8RlTORlEoGqWV1cAgYBMfPbJa4/s320/P1000676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249993984013930466" /></a><br /></div>High angle (housed) struts that run from the post to the upper chord of the truss:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzGo5juaIxvxrhqLjWNau0uks__s75OkoidnTdp6yWIvRsVYpJL58ai96-xyc6Qt4U-LKfkNqnd5GoN90ytdy_t2FI8mPQY7QuuWXnYahZ0Y1U_t8aJbzK_QuL5hIXi3yWPbTqDY4KZQ/s1600-h/P1000664.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzGo5juaIxvxrhqLjWNau0uks__s75OkoidnTdp6yWIvRsVYpJL58ai96-xyc6Qt4U-LKfkNqnd5GoN90ytdy_t2FI8mPQY7QuuWXnYahZ0Y1U_t8aJbzK_QuL5hIXi3yWPbTqDY4KZQ/s320/P1000664.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252322335703301602" /></a><br /></div><div>The pavilion looking up from the gardens-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPywDQ8GaeX1bCVj0sGjZ5KAC4tBzdEeBrx2Zpv0YkB2hVlKrT4PvJkjJ84ARPPNSEEHZ6HNns7FOE91MZGLi2ComRWH8byV5jT4c5uq_DWCcMtKMdgIgZ7NBL_2oji6vfZSuysORNpo4/s1600-h/P1000663.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPywDQ8GaeX1bCVj0sGjZ5KAC4tBzdEeBrx2Zpv0YkB2hVlKrT4PvJkjJ84ARPPNSEEHZ6HNns7FOE91MZGLi2ComRWH8byV5jT4c5uq_DWCcMtKMdgIgZ7NBL_2oji6vfZSuysORNpo4/s320/P1000663.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252322343114922162" /></a>Cedar trellis joined to rafter pairs and splined into upper chords: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoDK7DkOV8VlFQETxuCQ4Ehx5UydsDoxT0aE5kl-heig6q4wvgYQQkM2rrUuxyKAjt_E6sBo9gh1tDFa6xdRefC18eBtVcZHDvAeqZ9FeWRfF0t7_MveqauKS5TNYU3xG4_b2EhvzLGI/s1600-h/P1000665.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoDK7DkOV8VlFQETxuCQ4Ehx5UydsDoxT0aE5kl-heig6q4wvgYQQkM2rrUuxyKAjt_E6sBo9gh1tDFa6xdRefC18eBtVcZHDvAeqZ9FeWRfF0t7_MveqauKS5TNYU3xG4_b2EhvzLGI/s320/P1000665.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252322344517360850" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Looking out from under the central truss:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6BhqQzZk0YVWVdGxHxtR9ElEZH6x7jVYvKBXksOeqVHs1UB6qPLpSkF99NgJmJHbjdGvfFpn5oS3tRHfQnGB-pWfSxjJ-modaQi0AGAiRunvHWK3IdA0hxK5QH-KApqkE1hR773XaSM/s1600-h/P1000685.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6BhqQzZk0YVWVdGxHxtR9ElEZH6x7jVYvKBXksOeqVHs1UB6qPLpSkF99NgJmJHbjdGvfFpn5oS3tRHfQnGB-pWfSxjJ-modaQi0AGAiRunvHWK3IdA0hxK5QH-KApqkE1hR773XaSM/s320/P1000685.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252322351549545586" /></a><br /></div>A very cool juncture in my opinion, the center of the structure where the summer beams meet the middle truss: <div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldogHod416UNERWq3es1Stj2xhsqp78C75W0n4zvBxsZ047NKwHJaqrXBQaVNRypZEZTaY2jLbL_phLwAJglR8-7f3UMTS3J-n8_rkD8w9uVbWQkZmXhhCDOFQMttMWL2zetE8IGx5iY/s1600-h/P1000670.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldogHod416UNERWq3es1Stj2xhsqp78C75W0n4zvBxsZ047NKwHJaqrXBQaVNRypZEZTaY2jLbL_phLwAJglR8-7f3UMTS3J-n8_rkD8w9uVbWQkZmXhhCDOFQMttMWL2zetE8IGx5iY/s320/P1000670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252332174545255698" /></a><br /></div><div>Another highlight I thought, was the group of angles meeting at each post, the steep angles of the truss bracing and the outer struts next to the normal braces running to the plate: </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAVyL2K3gGYZxMXWmAN2ToecgTpOU6lfUJm6nLYyP21QbrdRTH8aM-CmdGNOUPDpN5AR5yJNqEjttQs38469Yx9EyJSuBA202qlcJCuiB9rGqgsdEAoOj_1zbwkE7dBDz5VVL71k8J4o/s1600-h/P1000671.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAVyL2K3gGYZxMXWmAN2ToecgTpOU6lfUJm6nLYyP21QbrdRTH8aM-CmdGNOUPDpN5AR5yJNqEjttQs38469Yx9EyJSuBA202qlcJCuiB9rGqgsdEAoOj_1zbwkE7dBDz5VVL71k8J4o/s320/P1000671.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252332176719494690" /></a><br /></div>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-90220271629728412022008-08-11T09:31:00.000-07:002008-08-11T15:53:27.204-07:00Barnraisin!Its been forever since I updated this particular blog- but now that we have moved someplace we will stay for a while, I will try to be a little better at keeping things current, though I'm not sure if I will ever find the time to go back and post about everything that happened last summer while I was at Heartwood. On to the present!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyPG1AQSaYJIcMhRkOXVRs2_WhnjKTbHt_5Uj8-gzTyT9PhpRj96Lo2cdzIuYdeDFziYwBn1dOincZNyPpruQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />I've been working with a small company called the <a href="http://www.traditionalbarnraisers.com/index.html">Barnraisers</a> over the last few weeks. I joined them a little more than halfway through cutting the joints for a four stall, 28'x36' horse barn in East Haddam. Yesterday was raising day and there were probably a good fifty or sixty folks that showed up to help, including the four apprentices from this year's Heartwood class.<br />The video above shows the last of the four bents being raised into place. Its amazing how easily even a small group of people can lift such a massive (in this case, we calculated each bent to be about a ton) amount of weight when the load is distributed.<br /><br />The other amazing thing about this group is how flawlessly the joinery goes together on raising day. Brendan (the foreman and owner of the company) is the most precise, yet easy-going guy I have ever met. We take great care while all the material is on the ground in the yard- to layout perfectly, triple check everything and then get super fussy about the exactitude of actually cutting the joints. With the exception of circular saws for some rough cuts, everything is cut by hand with chisel and mallet, hand cranked boring machine, or an adze. I have learned a ton in the last three weeks, mostly thanks to Brendan, Bobby, and Splint's generosity in sharing what they know about every aspect of timberframing. It all comes together on raising day; the crowd was amazed that this whole complicated structure went up and even had a roof on in about 9 hours.<br /><br />This is Brendan's 'shop', its the cleared space in his yard where there will eventually be a big barn and workshop; for now its a flat space to lay out timbers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZHGNd043ys_E1-4-Z7N45EcOvZ4WPp2Y6MFpskI0h64qaPTd3VaFAhJ5AAXzXgUgy1zy62q4qaNsGdFoc82ex6D_BYFhtzsdYU09P-WQ6wq5XUJpLJEBSVkglCFt8us-V4veeIuYVsY/s1600-h/P1000422.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZHGNd043ys_E1-4-Z7N45EcOvZ4WPp2Y6MFpskI0h64qaPTd3VaFAhJ5AAXzXgUgy1zy62q4qaNsGdFoc82ex6D_BYFhtzsdYU09P-WQ6wq5XUJpLJEBSVkglCFt8us-V4veeIuYVsY/s320/P1000422.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233332184942569970" border="0" /><br /></a><br /><br />A pile of braces with a boring machine on top; this is what we drill out mortises with, its amazingly fast and effective- and very quiet with no sawdust!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_Fa2TR3wenPhqbfdrfvsExadUC6eOLkTGxcavSXMvOCS8OqezkyT0ZLnjUrDpKalwLHlLcvWopJ12ULNNkseM7j0ukgRWswT9Q3ugYB1tKnleAWyUYotASZ9OzYa5BZOQAOwTOJmWLs/s1600-h/P1000418.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_Fa2TR3wenPhqbfdrfvsExadUC6eOLkTGxcavSXMvOCS8OqezkyT0ZLnjUrDpKalwLHlLcvWopJ12ULNNkseM7j0ukgRWswT9Q3ugYB1tKnleAWyUYotASZ9OzYa5BZOQAOwTOJmWLs/s320/P1000418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233391019112393250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The first bent put together and laid out on the ground beforehand- every piece of the barn was organized and laid out around the site in the exact order and orientation in which it would end up in the building.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaI0fLnAPoP5PoBYjop9PVVssgbZkevMDhChCAleuW4pY6mFveguh3zKwiEJ7OtWJtNEFI-P5K1wGUEd1wYWyq5IBCYCAQ4rEKR0hxVVrYUMOFVCgvG_QazgG_t074o8BG39EaMqjMZk/s1600-h/P1000513.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaI0fLnAPoP5PoBYjop9PVVssgbZkevMDhChCAleuW4pY6mFveguh3zKwiEJ7OtWJtNEFI-P5K1wGUEd1wYWyq5IBCYCAQ4rEKR0hxVVrYUMOFVCgvG_QazgG_t074o8BG39EaMqjMZk/s320/P1000513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233391046967046914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The second bent raised and connected on the sides by girts and in the middle with dovetailed joists.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvWSL9itQxFPag0ObIALBD1ksr3Yf1Tap6_Nq5eel5hDqmFeEye7Cwme3ssyaq_YnBKOXKDHYTY1XdLWoCjOpqTyNOb3zQK_pEM8M_pKkEAyAkhUA4yVoi4jTPuI1ydOJht_XI3udX_s/s1600-h/P1000517.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvWSL9itQxFPag0ObIALBD1ksr3Yf1Tap6_Nq5eel5hDqmFeEye7Cwme3ssyaq_YnBKOXKDHYTY1XdLWoCjOpqTyNOb3zQK_pEM8M_pKkEAyAkhUA4yVoi4jTPuI1ydOJht_XI3udX_s/s320/P1000517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233394169257063042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Scarf joint in the plate, the longest stick in the barn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X4OF9IUruf70t9qJYfqQ6RjkZLNlLoj_AQ5i1hEbDQy6V19uw6BD8xGkUrHGCZI0E6W22LWcKugKN1sCJfGFOCV8DuB_cl5FIqLNba6Uro3P4cLSlhdlJyboLOz9q9VUhQJ2yNYb9U0/s1600-h/P1000413.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X4OF9IUruf70t9qJYfqQ6RjkZLNlLoj_AQ5i1hEbDQy6V19uw6BD8xGkUrHGCZI0E6W22LWcKugKN1sCJfGFOCV8DuB_cl5FIqLNba6Uro3P4cLSlhdlJyboLOz9q9VUhQJ2yNYb9U0/s320/P1000413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233391026858924882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dovetailed joist ends.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zoYQNuG1JUxltphRCZCzftrXh1P-djMmGkO6QEEX6rBIPKos3M7qVyNU59VsU_6eaAg3GxAa3-lZSyvLuvFgApBtE1euPl2__oIHbyfN78K1X4sZO9UGOkj2tiA0DI44HKc2NogjHvM/s1600-h/P1000421.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zoYQNuG1JUxltphRCZCzftrXh1P-djMmGkO6QEEX6rBIPKos3M7qVyNU59VsU_6eaAg3GxAa3-lZSyvLuvFgApBtE1euPl2__oIHbyfN78K1X4sZO9UGOkj2tiA0DI44HKc2NogjHvM/s320/P1000421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233391031543247570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Brendan and Splint installing the hay hook-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcOpvDCCGhp0D7lMfHSnf_U9R8N3llv2xuZrqTMVEjB3OzYUoTsmRw42vA7IiPBkM7Eui7wny56Xs4Pevu7_UksitdQWU3GZYQ0SPYqbZkLUJfjzDbTfj0AgAYZKxnMon6JOSIlqks40/s1600-h/P1000519.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcOpvDCCGhp0D7lMfHSnf_U9R8N3llv2xuZrqTMVEjB3OzYUoTsmRw42vA7IiPBkM7Eui7wny56Xs4Pevu7_UksitdQWU3GZYQ0SPYqbZkLUJfjzDbTfj0AgAYZKxnMon6JOSIlqks40/s320/P1000519.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233394141806544338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddK-pHkvBPyooBA-PAszinvUuaTl4Njh45PNPoD9JLmWlDqYzSYWJ7fw3sbNEtB6Asag3-cJJzSwUd0ksTXArxWhzdFbLJXU3TAmoFs75SmdlwmbNRPPsGKy15M8dSdGGcT35L6nl6UE/s1600-h/P1000521.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddK-pHkvBPyooBA-PAszinvUuaTl4Njh45PNPoD9JLmWlDqYzSYWJ7fw3sbNEtB6Asag3-cJJzSwUd0ksTXArxWhzdFbLJXU3TAmoFs75SmdlwmbNRPPsGKy15M8dSdGGcT35L6nl6UE/s320/P1000521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233391054869777330" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-84971894824050009252007-09-29T06:33:00.000-07:002007-11-26T05:29:49.013-08:00Natural Building: EnclosuresWhat I thought was really interesting and rewarding about the natural building week was the chance to listen to Micah talk about 'natural' enclosures for timber frame structures. Straw bales are of course an option and have their own issues. There is also the Structural Insulated Panel option, or some combination of conventionally framed walls (though that may seem a bit redundant). What Micah proposed was a light framework stuffed with a compacted straw clay mixture. You mix the straw (we did it with a pitchfork on a big table but you could set up a rotating drum mixer) with clay slip-a watery clay mix, and then pack the stuff down into formwork built between the timberframe structure. Once the straw sets (quite quickly) you remove the plywood forms and work your way up the wall; this is nice because you can repeatedly re-use a single set of forms. In this example structure, he also showed how you could make the walls with lathe to later accept natural clay plaster.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlro0OhOMl_4SMvqa7HkhbPmfImO4TDw4hQeIJB-Xn90DaRtPu3hWSESCIulbzX1kr1cixt0jYmXjkifv5OZb9v-bZkecI-ATIB7MuxwoISXO6Zg8n9EZZPBK2misMQXR2RLAtQsEm3G4/s1600-h/P1000387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlro0OhOMl_4SMvqa7HkhbPmfImO4TDw4hQeIJB-Xn90DaRtPu3hWSESCIulbzX1kr1cixt0jYmXjkifv5OZb9v-bZkecI-ATIB7MuxwoISXO6Zg8n9EZZPBK2misMQXR2RLAtQsEm3G4/s320/P1000387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115619723899254578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtH-B7OvHORTGG0pl_4r3dNlz14hU1VVAQhRfAN1qlQ8uh7_8ehclFR6n0THjDxcS1ffkGmMi03qAf0LhvP9NC_1837Ii4kRawrWt5BiPWkgxAc_cQMTqHVKmms2XZxoZHa6w18CTz4I/s1600-h/P1000388.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtH-B7OvHORTGG0pl_4r3dNlz14hU1VVAQhRfAN1qlQ8uh7_8ehclFR6n0THjDxcS1ffkGmMi03qAf0LhvP9NC_1837Ii4kRawrWt5BiPWkgxAc_cQMTqHVKmms2XZxoZHa6w18CTz4I/s320/P1000388.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115619732489189186" border="0" /></a><br />Corner detail with minimal thermal bridging.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwIoHfzSKma9L1E6Ijb8kvO6Wi7inZgbZzzDNhnkooCgysclUY63-eAEHYkSmtfGrMI0jR28LI5pL0Um9A5KNme9GANavpvhsyKNKUW-6XrpN3QFj7iH4APS3ZKXmIitlGuI8aq-px8s/s1600-h/P1000389.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwIoHfzSKma9L1E6Ijb8kvO6Wi7inZgbZzzDNhnkooCgysclUY63-eAEHYkSmtfGrMI0jR28LI5pL0Um9A5KNme9GANavpvhsyKNKUW-6XrpN3QFj7iH4APS3ZKXmIitlGuI8aq-px8s/s320/P1000389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115619741079123794" border="0" /></a>Mixing the straw and clay slip.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmec3mPHffjy38h5w2DgZgwk9zBMU7kg0CbzvAxVd4WdvBihJdG-cLhSrEBACeH7q1CyEtzXd6jzd-ck7lg0OGc8c1VYRc8cLg0TNLJxkAwRdsqDyWLNm6pR32ZS0fYzfdg7izOFPLiCk/s1600-h/P1000392.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmec3mPHffjy38h5w2DgZgwk9zBMU7kg0CbzvAxVd4WdvBihJdG-cLhSrEBACeH7q1CyEtzXd6jzd-ck7lg0OGc8c1VYRc8cLg0TNLJxkAwRdsqDyWLNm6pR32ZS0fYzfdg7izOFPLiCk/s320/P1000392.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115619749669058402" border="0" /></a>Tamping down the corners.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBpCURfeUvGh5KkdJgGTRezhzlFNE_cd4Pgj9MXXUF3qxZ7LjpJ4inYmALJMW8Qt3vyfnvICPMZgXZ7m6GiVnBhc_7myeOVl7BJEZ5Sb4_qMqO27Lvcgm0CO4_Y0IidvOffbvzqVjhfw/s1600-h/P1000395.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBpCURfeUvGh5KkdJgGTRezhzlFNE_cd4Pgj9MXXUF3qxZ7LjpJ4inYmALJMW8Qt3vyfnvICPMZgXZ7m6GiVnBhc_7myeOVl7BJEZ5Sb4_qMqO27Lvcgm0CO4_Y0IidvOffbvzqVjhfw/s320/P1000395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115619758258993010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhZ02BYOZx43cGZ4n3tszdV_kf42t6LCJ8l139FBPpxAsxRvpCvfzyK1X1v8adwpMiysMb70rRcAkvRidzSYR5XJQJsQ86-KuFnMeU6mvNyBY3batnQFHyPs37PZC1QythfvMgZh6ctc/s1600-h/P1000397.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhZ02BYOZx43cGZ4n3tszdV_kf42t6LCJ8l139FBPpxAsxRvpCvfzyK1X1v8adwpMiysMb70rRcAkvRidzSYR5XJQJsQ86-KuFnMeU6mvNyBY3batnQFHyPs37PZC1QythfvMgZh6ctc/s320/P1000397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137086150290065650" border="0" /></a>It was amazing how quickly the wall setup, and even more so how solid it was after only a few hours. Breaking it down the next day was like busting up concrete.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9oDXoSEL__o90-4hsfOxMoFjeMbMouBhD1cpcuoV_R_3dGbLYThtNAyGuAQ0Lgs2g_O6OXZtUk-azxZfK90RprvHLCVJeW5MFRAcCAB7egE7bYExjpY8cON4b7bxzQUoXkj6RqHfFGg/s1600-h/P1000402.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9oDXoSEL__o90-4hsfOxMoFjeMbMouBhD1cpcuoV_R_3dGbLYThtNAyGuAQ0Lgs2g_O6OXZtUk-azxZfK90RprvHLCVJeW5MFRAcCAB7egE7bYExjpY8cON4b7bxzQUoXkj6RqHfFGg/s320/P1000402.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137086158880000258" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-70388122749324636002007-09-26T11:42:00.000-07:002007-10-18T11:22:51.295-07:00Heartwood week 2: Natural BuildingWeek two at Heartwood began by meeting our two young instructors for the following week's class on Sunday; Jonah and Micah (a former Heartwood apprentice himself) both pulled into the yard in bio-fuel-powered diesel 4x4s and it looked like the week was off to an interesting start.<br /><br />To be brutally honest, when I had signed up for classes this summer, I actually had thought of skipping this week. The class was supposed to be about building an 'earthen oven' which I really didn't know anything about and I was really trying to concentrate on timberframing skills- not to mention I was attempting to keep a tight grasp on an already loosening budget. With Will's encouragement though, I agreed to sign up anyway and man am I glad I did. Every week this summer had something unique going for it; every week yielded unexpected enlightenment and knowledge- but this week of natural building class opened my eyes to a new perspective about something I had thought myself pretty up to date on.<br /><br />By that I mean I had been reading a lot about green building and sustainable development (two terms that are certainly still being defined, especially in the field of construction) over the last couple of years. What I wasn't familiar with was the approach towards building that Jonah and Micah explained as Natural Building. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_building">This wiki </a>gives a pretty good overview actually.<br /><br />My take on this is that wherever possible you should try to use building materials that are locally available, renewable, and pose no harm if they eventually re-enter the ecosystem.<br /><br />As Jonah explained it, natural building is something altogether different than what many people term 'green building'. From what I learned over the week, this difference lies not just in the approach, but in the attitude and the reasons why one chooses to build in the first place. Jonah stated that natural building is a movement of people- that is local and grassroots. One tenet is to keep in mind what sort of building is appropriate for the locale- this will help determine your materials. Natural building is based on relationships with your local environment and neighbors- social and cultural relationships are a priority. Natural building looks to be spiritually enriching and its proponents attempt to be inclusive of all ages and skills. Natural building takes a holistic approach versus Green building's commodity based focus on efficiency.<br /><br />Okay, so those are my notes from some of our discussions and lectures. I am still on the fence about some of these ideas- but I love the discussion. My attraction to building is the satisfaction at being creative with objects and spaces that are practical, used in, and lived. I love the idea of building as an exercise, of architecture as a sculptural project- but I wonder about natural building's application with more standard spaces.<br /><br />All philosophical mumbo jumbo aside- we had a great time with Micah and Jonah learning about new techniques and discussing how to be a little more conscious of where your materials come from. Everything for this project was certainly from a 100 mile radius- and none of it will harm anyone or thing if the oven gets knocked over or is worn away by time.<br /><br />Making cob is pretty cool. There are ways to mechanize the process, but mixing small batches by hand (foot actually) fit the scale and tone of this project much better. It brought home the point that this sort of building is labor intensive in a a way that you have to embrace to really get anything worthwhile from the experience. In this sense this sort of small natural building project lends itself nicely to small groups or communities, schoolchildren, or just neighbours.<br />I realise as I write this (and this is the point of this blogging/writing thing) that I have too much to say, to think about, with all these ideas for this one simple post so I will try to get on with just describing our project.<br /><br />Before any of the other eight students showed up, the four apprentices and our to instructors surveyed the site and discussed what exactly we would make and where it would go. As the site was on the side of a hill and the oven would need access from the kitchen, there were alot of considerations. This was the beginning of our orientation with what the guys meant about natural building decision making and I was pleasantly surprised. They really took into account your opinions about matters; while forming an opinion showed us that 1) our input was actually likely to count and 2) this was not going to be just following orders kind of learning- your input meant your investment. It is certainly not every forum or building project that can offer this, but it felt right for the project.<br />The goal (did you think I would ever get there?) was to build an outdoor cob pizza oven with an integrated bench. For 20 years worth of summer Thursdays, Will and Michelle have been putting on great hamburger barbecues but they were ready for a little variety.<br /><br />We would make the structure from field stone, sand, clay, water, straw, some firebrick, a couple pieces of cherry cut from a tree on the site, planer shavings, and beer bottles (brewed and bottled in VT- thats a refund we gave up!).<br /><br />Our materials for the cob: straw, clay, and sand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXg-Gynq7vbLP0u8JyRDYVXjqTfyzf_uiZ2559WNwMhWZ9JTJDZvQZFei8nXRwiIN_iHgjegB7AlcVQOtF1X014CZ_dRhcpVV9DnardKekfWhhdu1f4j3llUzH71sPHBJkof1jFIScoE/s1600-h/P1000328.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXg-Gynq7vbLP0u8JyRDYVXjqTfyzf_uiZ2559WNwMhWZ9JTJDZvQZFei8nXRwiIN_iHgjegB7AlcVQOtF1X014CZ_dRhcpVV9DnardKekfWhhdu1f4j3llUzH71sPHBJkof1jFIScoE/s320/P1000328.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114587596013385330" border="0" /></a><br />Cob is a simple, resilient, strong, and flexible building material. A good bit of sand is dumped on a tarp and some clay is added- that is mixed together for a while until consistent and then straw is added as a binder (think of the fibers in fiberglass). This malleable mixture can be used for a vast range of applications.<br /><br />Dave shows off the classic cob dance:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyMeVEqe-24sLOULgQzYVnAiudT3DsZ7qdCCUmEwNlYL7jBs9YC6r0TwFkLUlLTQHEzhgJIYcF1ORJOu9hyphenhyphenmg3WBN8R4-lQVjj_bHgtsN2fy_W1EB9IlgEsRT-uJXdDjAplQSqtY08_U/s1600-h/P1000337.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyMeVEqe-24sLOULgQzYVnAiudT3DsZ7qdCCUmEwNlYL7jBs9YC6r0TwFkLUlLTQHEzhgJIYcF1ORJOu9hyphenhyphenmg3WBN8R4-lQVjj_bHgtsN2fy_W1EB9IlgEsRT-uJXdDjAplQSqtY08_U/s320/P1000337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114587613193254530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVfsuuGawWYH8e_Ysp6LrdfdfSLQNDBLQgwSoAnl7Bgx8liXemmQk6OXTQ7L3vhjfOQ1s4geCGeKDSyPznfKD29xxIzbdCJcy9mWrCJk6OYZ6a3AM-xpRiDAwde-130kWETR3I-brpFI/s1600-h/P1000339.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVfsuuGawWYH8e_Ysp6LrdfdfSLQNDBLQgwSoAnl7Bgx8liXemmQk6OXTQ7L3vhjfOQ1s4geCGeKDSyPznfKD29xxIzbdCJcy9mWrCJk6OYZ6a3AM-xpRiDAwde-130kWETR3I-brpFI/s320/P1000339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114587621783189138" border="0" /></a>Rolling the tarp up to help in mixing- it reminded me of kneading a huge batch of bread dough...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoOGb320pl3FbMhSP45FIfd8HaDxLE9oVq67in32fHO6hBZtjN2Jnwi4OPxi_IKR2FyCLmLcJWCo9rw1cPAEkOrdSmHxXEyaZxdUGHIhzNiuPAtntb10QMq9Z-dtNuv80JTAyJZ0vzAA/s1600-h/P1000340.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoOGb320pl3FbMhSP45FIfd8HaDxLE9oVq67in32fHO6hBZtjN2Jnwi4OPxi_IKR2FyCLmLcJWCo9rw1cPAEkOrdSmHxXEyaZxdUGHIhzNiuPAtntb10QMq9Z-dtNuv80JTAyJZ0vzAA/s320/P1000340.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114587634668091042" border="0" /></a>The base of field stone has been painstakingly placed in a surprisingly strong interlocking pattern, the cob pillar and back for the bench are in place and developing, and the base of the oven is being formed to create an insulated platform- a batch of cob lies ready for business.<br />There was a lot of steps between this stage and the previous photos- I think I was too busy dancing on the cob to pick up my camera much (and was probably trying to keep it clear of the clay and sand...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWtaKFcASnt-rp0DM73iqf1EZ2FRfLMyUS_Y3pBmWPAzaIRnj1b_VhkhZtd_0vut5ABc26rMFhSXxQ5MTz0mslUJwjhF6Ak-98xs94rJCTkqQRye6vX7nFomal8H6snfpRaiZRx5id2s/s1600-h/P1000347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWtaKFcASnt-rp0DM73iqf1EZ2FRfLMyUS_Y3pBmWPAzaIRnj1b_VhkhZtd_0vut5ABc26rMFhSXxQ5MTz0mslUJwjhF6Ak-98xs94rJCTkqQRye6vX7nFomal8H6snfpRaiZRx5id2s/s320/P1000347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114587647552992946" border="0" /></a><br />Lois, of the ever wonderful and intrepid Lois and Louis, getting down and dirty with the bench seat-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfPld4OOZaED77TpH7aplqGKIM56_9PlmLE2m2u3gTDaO1fjKuDcSMsgbpLCbgML3_VUcMh0KXTksbgbSkR917unTF2-D2Mx2pPA25HZihB6M89ngwutUhpf-AuVfAA7_ss3KZIHtDT0/s1600-h/P1000365.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfPld4OOZaED77TpH7aplqGKIM56_9PlmLE2m2u3gTDaO1fjKuDcSMsgbpLCbgML3_VUcMh0KXTksbgbSkR917unTF2-D2Mx2pPA25HZihB6M89ngwutUhpf-AuVfAA7_ss3KZIHtDT0/s320/P1000365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115614243520984818" border="0" /></a><br />This insulative layer was made of clay slip (planer shavings and wet clay) and some donated beer bottles laid flat to create air spaces.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCed5rwwEHxz9NIbpir2PrzJ329XMZeo_ZooTyKdqwofkHdZoFAIbealmWsyflzwYTuyPJTwthJON_Zn7EplucFV4fxz3Rmtgj8HJX94W-fSrq2otF2BMK3Per_9daMafIAsfJf-S9a6M/s1600-h/P1000353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCed5rwwEHxz9NIbpir2PrzJ329XMZeo_ZooTyKdqwofkHdZoFAIbealmWsyflzwYTuyPJTwthJON_Zn7EplucFV4fxz3Rmtgj8HJX94W-fSrq2otF2BMK3Per_9daMafIAsfJf-S9a6M/s320/P1000353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117412928579909586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEqCRF5WKwPD4MxkbLYLXn2CVb3htzWzMXS78d773d2vSbofKZH7IrYH0jdJpbbJ3pLu0-767oeDmNuOx8wfVhK0A1jsgyhmlbpoTsGg_noVQQ5_jGnLL8myOjBzVIl1o0OT1qULR52s/s1600-h/P1000360.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEqCRF5WKwPD4MxkbLYLXn2CVb3htzWzMXS78d773d2vSbofKZH7IrYH0jdJpbbJ3pLu0-767oeDmNuOx8wfVhK0A1jsgyhmlbpoTsGg_noVQQ5_jGnLL8myOjBzVIl1o0OT1qULR52s/s320/P1000360.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117412950054746098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A flat and level layer of normal firebrick creates the floor of the oven, laid dry into sand that covered the insulating layer of beer bottles...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdvq_LUvTzlVG898M_ip_3mNZAZk6XVX7-tAlNaIjlCc89jDF7eIDS9_BZoOYczUrYp3gdzTr1zooQWkMEgBwAZAChEGLKduV2n86s2bF5dELb2iNqsLn_Xr1bdRsQPCMMypE9edb-E8/s1600-h/P1000369.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdvq_LUvTzlVG898M_ip_3mNZAZk6XVX7-tAlNaIjlCc89jDF7eIDS9_BZoOYczUrYp3gdzTr1zooQWkMEgBwAZAChEGLKduV2n86s2bF5dELb2iNqsLn_Xr1bdRsQPCMMypE9edb-E8/s320/P1000369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115614256405886722" border="0" /></a>One of the astounding parts of building this deceptively simple oven was the dome of sand we used to form the oven cavity itself. Wet sand was formed to a certain dimension (agreed upon by oven builders as the ideal shape and size for a flueless-firing and maximum heat retention) and then we built another layer of insulation and cob over it, eventually removing the sand when everything had pretty much set.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlj348M6L0RWgPxGXsQ8NNYduOA_0RW2uR99y2iiT72i1l2J_F3RNY7G8G3EZHfvRP2AtS75wmZtHkFa-oxSmYyzSU_LPk5tqBYR5bQLDGqz2_jKd-MsBncv53ym7pb1py-QYCnLLOCzg/s1600-h/P1000382.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlj348M6L0RWgPxGXsQ8NNYduOA_0RW2uR99y2iiT72i1l2J_F3RNY7G8G3EZHfvRP2AtS75wmZtHkFa-oxSmYyzSU_LPk5tqBYR5bQLDGqz2_jKd-MsBncv53ym7pb1py-QYCnLLOCzg/s320/P1000382.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115614264995821330" border="0" /></a>The furry dome of insulation with a field stone lintel set up to delineate the doorway; one more layer of cob and we will be getting closer to pizzas- depending on the weather- note the tent over the site...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRNCbN892gUEprpHdROaPpu54nKmFXO0AVoSWYXXJHg3EmCQSp5z2pTPobL93-8EulsRx5KQlVhEEd5TINv7FmKDqgYCFgh4UQUw_xBY-I3U3E5alPSxLgD14PBUl-ZhN0Rtt4pORI8c/s1600-h/P1000385.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRNCbN892gUEprpHdROaPpu54nKmFXO0AVoSWYXXJHg3EmCQSp5z2pTPobL93-8EulsRx5KQlVhEEd5TINv7FmKDqgYCFgh4UQUw_xBY-I3U3E5alPSxLgD14PBUl-ZhN0Rtt4pORI8c/s320/P1000385.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115614277880723234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fired up! In an attempt to speed things up and combat the very damp weather, we have removed the sand and lit a fire in the dome to try and harden the cob layers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3sP4y3MDmBwSOnfcUlwsJXEglY77O8wzWgnItzukjM69Mtrej5HSzld7XtEpt7KgHckHUlYC1SBQDqmzL8__JZr9RlWm_lsB7l64rt-sp1ZihP7UsoOCFuYmvK-jzW2iqsZb2JBjNoI/s1600-h/P1000404.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3sP4y3MDmBwSOnfcUlwsJXEglY77O8wzWgnItzukjM69Mtrej5HSzld7XtEpt7KgHckHUlYC1SBQDqmzL8__JZr9RlWm_lsB7l64rt-sp1ZihP7UsoOCFuYmvK-jzW2iqsZb2JBjNoI/s320/P1000404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122731554086271970" border="0" /></a><br />We've added the final coat of clay plaster and natural paint tinted with iron oxide-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkroPOv-UaIFaRadMoRlL7l6Wu9z0DL2_HMJU4qcheDkjWzvNbqV0EnL9PvS9RkE-QdAjOgPMgBODwhKzXPikxlpGoljc29jaobxmY9u1hbZDp-Q8Z-zGjvXLDrKbJNQwycNqFasEj9s/s1600-h/P1000407.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkroPOv-UaIFaRadMoRlL7l6Wu9z0DL2_HMJU4qcheDkjWzvNbqV0EnL9PvS9RkE-QdAjOgPMgBODwhKzXPikxlpGoljc29jaobxmY9u1hbZDp-Q8Z-zGjvXLDrKbJNQwycNqFasEj9s/s320/P1000407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122731566971173874" border="0" /></a>The wet weather and hasty schedule result in a slump in the back of the oven- highlighting the advantages of the material; some students more familiar with braiding hair use straw to shore up the spot and we plaster over it...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6oj4RP4y0aFxKSGgqJ7E-d7YBpQsf14_ib8qeeYX_h7NoOPOfN5DcAuig1MdFSDoau7Neo5CwuaWb7UnlOmuJc2zpyuk-cXjITvnhuB6xqMlJFcMRN4MDJEpht2Xvgx6D10aKaNLxVQ/s1600-h/P1000408.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6oj4RP4y0aFxKSGgqJ7E-d7YBpQsf14_ib8qeeYX_h7NoOPOfN5DcAuig1MdFSDoau7Neo5CwuaWb7UnlOmuJc2zpyuk-cXjITvnhuB6xqMlJFcMRN4MDJEpht2Xvgx6D10aKaNLxVQ/s320/P1000408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122731575561108482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Carved and scribed door and handle; the apprentices were respectively psyched to do something with wood again finally...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aJ_H4bPkGZaJuL2UF2KbVG8tj_VxUw_jGbmtjG_nNMaMDPNUSOKH5tfCGNPz2M_IEW8AsvHEJTlXP3idYyu-FWh3bLP19MX6ZFE_Xz6f6fsOYRkQAK761uVk0eX_8PoGiuDZtVOY_d4/s1600-h/P1000410.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aJ_H4bPkGZaJuL2UF2KbVG8tj_VxUw_jGbmtjG_nNMaMDPNUSOKH5tfCGNPz2M_IEW8AsvHEJTlXP3idYyu-FWh3bLP19MX6ZFE_Xz6f6fsOYRkQAK761uVk0eX_8PoGiuDZtVOY_d4/s320/P1000410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122731584151043090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1_CyMXahlP3J0eZoNE7J2F7kQYVbewqUIzALgmddmk0t7UYDUp3ybEPEQRsujSo2LF7iKzWgKkEldgGnOzUXPd5r1WYkMrfedaegYE3VSPGCEbQmcphUtflwsnDDngn5BxzyOJfhYlw/s1600-h/P1000413.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1_CyMXahlP3J0eZoNE7J2F7kQYVbewqUIzALgmddmk0t7UYDUp3ybEPEQRsujSo2LF7iKzWgKkEldgGnOzUXPd5r1WYkMrfedaegYE3VSPGCEbQmcphUtflwsnDDngn5BxzyOJfhYlw/s320/P1000413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122731592740977698" border="0" /></a>The final product getting warmed up for its first batch of pizzas-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5frWz2QOetkz4yn6_cvqG_60KEOcOupkjiJS697kasGLfduHvzRYRyth2vGK-itzP0g42BHOLYU1uM84RJRfoTGW2NixrLALFr1bjEqJEgjFq9BSbJkhK5qhQs86lpUELoBcXQ_JoEOw/s1600-h/P1000420.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5frWz2QOetkz4yn6_cvqG_60KEOcOupkjiJS697kasGLfduHvzRYRyth2vGK-itzP0g42BHOLYU1uM84RJRfoTGW2NixrLALFr1bjEqJEgjFq9BSbJkhK5qhQs86lpUELoBcXQ_JoEOw/s320/P1000420.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122739701639232562" border="0" /></a>Each student made a 'peel', what for you slide the pizzas in and out with- an great time and delicious dinner was had by all- the first dozen pizzas cooked quickly about 2-3 minutes each at approximately 575-625 F.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O9ZiN61DnRUb923peEBTpsmnciZpHYXC9f1PDXeHmLbuQlv9N1jwOP1uaICr_2GkTiC87_xEv2JtxodYOVlegf3AgArbbrc9Jt0mSopSnHL1rmPz2thfm7GruJCOo6r8E2WlT93J28M/s1600-h/P1000431.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O9ZiN61DnRUb923peEBTpsmnciZpHYXC9f1PDXeHmLbuQlv9N1jwOP1uaICr_2GkTiC87_xEv2JtxodYOVlegf3AgArbbrc9Jt0mSopSnHL1rmPz2thfm7GruJCOo6r8E2WlT93J28M/s320/P1000431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122739710229167170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aJ_H4bPkGZaJuL2UF2KbVG8tj_VxUw_jGbmtjG_nNMaMDPNUSOKH5tfCGNPz2M_IEW8AsvHEJTlXP3idYyu-FWh3bLP19MX6ZFE_Xz6f6fsOYRkQAK761uVk0eX_8PoGiuDZtVOY_d4/s1600-h/P1000410.JPG"><br /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-51293429699348540932007-08-20T07:12:00.000-07:002007-08-29T06:33:58.061-07:00Heartwood week 1: Intro to Timberframing, or Square rule Rules!What a great experience.<br />I have been trying to get my thoughts together about this for a while. I am two weeks back in Holland and the false alarms about the impending arrival of child <span style="font-style: italic;">deux </span>have petered out for the moment (again) so I suppose there is no excuse for putting this off until I come up with the perfect description of every moment.<br />My first week at Heartwood was a workshop on square rule timberframing. I have posted a little bit about it <a href="http://maierbaby.blogspot.com/2007/07/first-frame.html">here</a>, but I promised myself when I had the chance I would make the time to expound.<br />The <a href="http://www.heartwoodschool.com/">Heartwood School</a> was set up in the late 1970s to provide instruction to people who were interested in building their own homes- be it to save money and construct more energy efficient structures (anyone remember waiting in long lines to get gas?) or to invest one's own energy into creating a beautiful hand-built home to live in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oYrGyk-kc2jl6jNHjtWWakt7ltm3clYFlFdeid4YPf0jpFK88Fs5vgIkXuWBZ0_f9Vo08sIotGOD41LI60kwssqMHjGpAjNA1T0rlfeHlB6dhia_uG-53AfbAK1pJLnw0BaBB743pCw/s1600-h/P1000206.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oYrGyk-kc2jl6jNHjtWWakt7ltm3clYFlFdeid4YPf0jpFK88Fs5vgIkXuWBZ0_f9Vo08sIotGOD41LI60kwssqMHjGpAjNA1T0rlfeHlB6dhia_uG-53AfbAK1pJLnw0BaBB743pCw/s320/P1000206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103737520660407698" border="0" /></a>The south side of the schoolhouse showing the porch off the main classroom and the greenhouse.<br /><br />When interest in timberframing took off in the area in the 1980s, Heartwood began to incorporate more classes in this traditional joinery technique. The first week for me was a workshop building a small cabin from locally milled eastern white pine using the square rule method of cutting joinery. Basically, this means that intersections on timbers of varying size are reduced to a common dimension at the joint allowing one to make structural connections without milling every piece to a standard. Its an ingenious way that traditional builders dealt with material before modern milling. This <a href="http://www.connecticutbarns.org/3923">site</a> has a nice overview of the differences between the two main methods of cutting timberframe joinery.<br />There is more to it than that of course- and for me that is really part of the great appeal of traditional building; to my mind these methods deserve to be studied and practiced for their value in creating beautiful, living structures <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> because learning and teaching them requires requires people to invest in and commit to making better, healthier places to live. If you are interested in how people made (and make) these amazing and soulful buildings, you have to appreciate the personal investment in the craft; it is really <span style="font-style: italic;">hand-</span>crafted- the real skill and knowledge can't be bought.<br />Just moving the timbers around the yard that first day- organizing everything into some logical order for the week- was such a relief after weeks and weeks of reading about the framing process. You don't get splinters from books, but nothing beats seeing the grain of the wood and imagining what you can do with it...<br />Before we did anything, Will Beemer (our fearless director) gave us a primer on keeping our tools sharp- apart from knowledge about materials, the most critical part of successful cutting.<br />The first week's workshop was an introductory course; our project was a 12'x18' cabin with a small 9'x8' shed-roofed ell to provide for a small kitchen. The basics of cutting joinery for the frame were deceptively simple but provided everyone a chance to become familiar with all the joints you would need to build almost any sort of timberframe. One of the very cool things was the hand tool training. We eventually broke out <a href="http://www.mafell.com/produkte/prod_saegen_mks145e_i.htm">this big dog</a>, as well as <a href="http://www.mafell.com/produkte/prod_fraesen_ls103_i.htm">this productive monster</a>; but for the most part we used only hand tools. Chisel and mallet, handsaw, rabbet plane, spokeshave- it was amazing how quiet and calm a site can be when everyone is working by hand. No compressor noise, no cords everywhere, no dust kicked up by high rpm blades- you could actually hear the wind and the birds! After a while you realize that in many cases you can work just as fast, and safer with sharp hand tools. Plus you get the joy of cutting housing waste with an <a href="http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html">ax</a>- surely a most underrated tool for most modern carpenters!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW7LbUcOTm729K5WxkhxF4Hb0xU-FbOOBH8S9VfRokP-o7PSS3pNxiEl5bSMsmnvRqo917H0Fs81Srqc_wN2elaB0ToSSn2SVXeJnoH0uMq3a3JiD4k3bhN0d_DRRL4bQMnD95foPwbE/s1600-h/P1000234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW7LbUcOTm729K5WxkhxF4Hb0xU-FbOOBH8S9VfRokP-o7PSS3pNxiEl5bSMsmnvRqo917H0Fs81Srqc_wN2elaB0ToSSn2SVXeJnoH0uMq3a3JiD4k3bhN0d_DRRL4bQMnD95foPwbE/s320/P1000234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103737537840276898" border="0" /></a>The essence of square rule- the diminished haunches and housing of a tie beam (if I remember correctly its position...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifld_2tQmXUYljdO_QZLNN-G0ESRQslL__-1jKh05_En04LwNSddB_WdwIYXNu5qOd8SIWTjR0tVNUgJNY3wUPHXePRwl9uXTzYHYxBnb3EcFWQHVcfddvlhWUQ6FCbM1RNviKQ4GiJCA/s1600-h/P1000237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifld_2tQmXUYljdO_QZLNN-G0ESRQslL__-1jKh05_En04LwNSddB_WdwIYXNu5qOd8SIWTjR0tVNUgJNY3wUPHXePRwl9uXTzYHYxBnb3EcFWQHVcfddvlhWUQ6FCbM1RNviKQ4GiJCA/s320/P1000237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103741055418492386" border="0" /></a>One of the larger members of the frame- a top plate that will land over the posts and couch all the rafters as well. This was a stick that you had to really keep oriented in your head. one of the most important skills is being able to visualize the 'castle in the sky' - being able to orient yourself by looking at one piece and knowing where it fits in the whole frame.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4yOK8Q4eVsJytHw5PgiXVIjc8iNAvPlpJECYYCFuEkbQYksb9hmdCNrGdWrtwEZg7P7klRpJc_idCSivQv-OjxS4__q2LoDfBi5lzq6MSoBKj57IU6FgxTsPhYb8TPSt4SKio4v45-0/s1600-h/P1000245.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4yOK8Q4eVsJytHw5PgiXVIjc8iNAvPlpJECYYCFuEkbQYksb9hmdCNrGdWrtwEZg7P7klRpJc_idCSivQv-OjxS4__q2LoDfBi5lzq6MSoBKj57IU6FgxTsPhYb8TPSt4SKio4v45-0/s320/P1000245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103741098368165394" border="0" /></a>Stick by stick, after four days of laying out and cutting, on Friday the frame grows on site in Connecticut about an hour and a half south of the school...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiolmmB_OkOw8W7t_Z7kyxssycwYFIqqVVM8f-ngHwoeNtJajXvLbDgGQ4ChfKVRroVnkDdC4OG_CDRomaKohevCe1PP4rG5W3QR7tQFMBcRjw1Tn48OdJXwcpBR5VTAHtKgJOlpKHkQU/s1600-h/P1000249.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiolmmB_OkOw8W7t_Z7kyxssycwYFIqqVVM8f-ngHwoeNtJajXvLbDgGQ4ChfKVRroVnkDdC4OG_CDRomaKohevCe1PP4rG5W3QR7tQFMBcRjw1Tn48OdJXwcpBR5VTAHtKgJOlpKHkQU/s320/P1000249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103741068303394290" border="0" /></a>A critical juncture- the more joinery coming into one spot means less room for error, and more to keep track of when laying out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF-pR0teuRf0Obb_TaUFKNdJFaPzc2MjamYf_PTlmGwyzQp9mMtSnYfs0UTVqSk-fX_vDIGQcCQSo4fiSd_srueFD-884_xPg1XilWfSUF6DxRa0jCKzx67KM129HmvS-jcXJSDeBPjw/s1600-h/P1000258.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF-pR0teuRf0Obb_TaUFKNdJFaPzc2MjamYf_PTlmGwyzQp9mMtSnYfs0UTVqSk-fX_vDIGQcCQSo4fiSd_srueFD-884_xPg1XilWfSUF6DxRa0jCKzx67KM129HmvS-jcXJSDeBPjw/s320/P1000258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103741085483263490" border="0" /></a>No ridge beam in this frame, sheathing will eventually tie the roof to the rafters. Everything in the frame is pinned to together with hardwood pegs. Since it was a relatively small frame we even had time to mortise and tenon the rafter peaks. An interesting note about pegs- they don't function like a nail or other fastener in timberframe joinery- each joint is designed to function on its own, holding members in tension or compression without a fastener- the pegs make raising easier, draw joints together (by a very clever technique of offsetting peg holes to create 'drawboring'), and fix the wood during shrinkage.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT271E7LwNcrBHSDgeoFDgovrqpPczHsF0QPZgRX0lF9v5zMPm7hdDzb7UMWVkasEsTr9eVETwFNG7VedB4stZ4sBg_9OhpRayvEPAwMxKyivWos_vWIjKg-SOYmC4cyJnkwvPXDg_yPE/s1600-h/P1000250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT271E7LwNcrBHSDgeoFDgovrqpPczHsF0QPZgRX0lF9v5zMPm7hdDzb7UMWVkasEsTr9eVETwFNG7VedB4stZ4sBg_9OhpRayvEPAwMxKyivWos_vWIjKg-SOYmC4cyJnkwvPXDg_yPE/s320/P1000250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103737576494982594" border="0" /></a>Bringing the shed joists together with truck straps; the undersides of the joists are reduced and then tapered to strengthen the members without having to make everything larger to carry the joinery- they also look very cool when exposed. We used an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adze">adze</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokeshave">spokeshaves</a> to make these curves.<br />The raising itself is a crucial process in timberframing- not only for the fact that this may be the first time you fit all the elements together (a real test of your layout and cutting prowess) but also because it has to be a cooperative effort getting everything in place safely by hand. The experience of every frame is unique- the knowledge and skills to do this right have to be learned by doing; there are manuals and treatises of a sort to gain some of the background, but the spirit of the craft is honest involvement in the process.<br /><br />It was a lot packed into a single week, and more than I can wrack from my melon at the moment, but I hope this is a start to sharing some of my thoughts on what became a very intense seven week trip through timberframing.Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-18318768703508727002007-04-27T11:40:00.000-07:002007-04-27T11:45:47.749-07:00Snob waterI'm not sure how long it will be accesible but <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2165124?nav=tap3">this</a> is a great look at sustainablilty and fashionable restaurants, food trends, and consumer choices as regards drinking water.<br />I like the convoluted logic it takes for people to realise that shipping <span style="font-style: italic;">water around the globe is ridiculous, </span>as well as the Chez Panisse admission that they would still import wines from the best regions of the world. I admit, I would miss the thrill of having access to the finest things in the world (even shipping Japanese saws to cut dovetails in Georgia...) but it does make you think about what sorts of shipping and imports are really critical.Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-88203431683432654322007-04-18T00:59:00.000-07:002007-04-18T01:11:52.726-07:00On the way to HeartwoodI recently found out that I'll be one of four apprentices this sumemr at the <a href="http://www.heartwoodschool.com/index.html">Heartwood School for Building Arts</a>. I am really stoked; I'll be taking seven weeks of classes: <br />06/25-29 Timber Framing<br />07/02-06 Natural Building: Making an Earth and Straw Bake Oven<br />07/09-13 Converting Trees to Timbers<br />07/16-20 Raising & Rigging, Site Safety, Knots and Ropework<br />07/23-37 Scribing<br />07/30-08/10 Homebuilding<br />It will be an intense period but I hope I'll be able to make some good contacts in the area and make some headway into learning about joinery and sustainable building. I'll keep track here of things as they unfold.Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-75771588605327975382007-03-02T01:13:00.000-08:002007-03-02T01:37:48.256-08:00Trip to Pioneer ValleyI recently flew over to the States to look at the Heartwood School and meet with Will Beemer about a possible apprenticeship this summer. I was pretty excited as I have been really focusing on finding a niche in timberframing since I began researching it a year or so ago. The area is the place to be- after four years in crowded Northern Europe I am more than ready to be back where you can take a walk in the woods; where there are actual stands of trees. <br />The school looked like a great place to make connections and get some great training. I should hear back from them in a couple of weeks. I stayed with my cousin in Northampton and had a great time exploring the area a bit and eating some awesome sushi (something I have desperately missed). The whole area really felt like it would be a pretty ideal place for us to move next year. We'll see. <br />One of many interesting things I got to do was check out the incredibly well stocked <a href="http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/">Smith College Museum of Art</a>. Especially cool was the exhibit on Beyond Green: toward a sustainable art. My easy favorite was an idea called <a href="http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/003936.php">paraSITE shelters</a>. I love the ingenuity and practicality of them. A lot of the rest of the ideas were okay- some were a bit hokey, and it seems everyone has to write these immensely wordy statements to explain every thought that went into the conception of anything. A bit much to stand there and read the walls. <br /><br />A church steeple in Northampton; they are turning this old church into a music club-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlvXciAPQvIxynHQ99mWOgt0dtouUE40H5pN4gShvJLwRGkVfRGCyl45tzQ_vnCiZTk4jtb8nGm7A8qTeG31Cz_KR8kcwMWFf2U4VfUZI6T7Drr7Qc0Q1v7Ey64Kn4RhoTzz4seZ6Xl4/s1600-h/IMG_4252.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlvXciAPQvIxynHQ99mWOgt0dtouUE40H5pN4gShvJLwRGkVfRGCyl45tzQ_vnCiZTk4jtb8nGm7A8qTeG31Cz_KR8kcwMWFf2U4VfUZI6T7Drr7Qc0Q1v7Ey64Kn4RhoTzz4seZ6Xl4/s320/IMG_4252.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037257474474282898" /></a><br /><br />On the way to Heartwood-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI_zDPNIjc6OIGcK6DBLSBqQyUGyT4Tnp7-U3bk-4DhBDAFjw4Mq3ZChyDSGbAwXNL8Lx1XdRsZR91Eb4v0Es5eH2uWOM3UYhyKMfOL7A9unHJAXMXK5UwpRxPHIC6_tRu_nt6CVMyd8/s1600-h/IMG_4259.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI_zDPNIjc6OIGcK6DBLSBqQyUGyT4Tnp7-U3bk-4DhBDAFjw4Mq3ZChyDSGbAwXNL8Lx1XdRsZR91Eb4v0Es5eH2uWOM3UYhyKMfOL7A9unHJAXMXK5UwpRxPHIC6_tRu_nt6CVMyd8/s320/IMG_4259.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037257478769250210" /></a><br /><br />Woodshed-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnYlrdRdX08XxUMCECZ-18ry9oJR40eysGKE3VDv7ZV8dkaYz4GzAxmmfyhxNileHcgkv5hxw2kKypA83tmrBml-zV968lJ_Tn6cxtkXiegix2jxxOoLfCNnCG8zyYX6AUDistoZNCB0/s1600-h/IMG_4265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnYlrdRdX08XxUMCECZ-18ry9oJR40eysGKE3VDv7ZV8dkaYz4GzAxmmfyhxNileHcgkv5hxw2kKypA83tmrBml-zV968lJ_Tn6cxtkXiegix2jxxOoLfCNnCG8zyYX6AUDistoZNCB0/s320/IMG_4265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037257487359184818" /></a> <br /><br />School greenhouse-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimusoVL2R9IEOXPmzWaLaSZhfpn3iGoaIgrhI9P2OAZhQmb7Gaep-T8rMv0zOCtGfcGGUqp1pmh47uZ1xEaSSdBkcmFC0UsHYalkNUo68aTRCdSlrxH0Vs2kafSvJeSHcc8yVC_smE24Y/s1600-h/IMG_4269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimusoVL2R9IEOXPmzWaLaSZhfpn3iGoaIgrhI9P2OAZhQmb7Gaep-T8rMv0zOCtGfcGGUqp1pmh47uZ1xEaSSdBkcmFC0UsHYalkNUo68aTRCdSlrxH0Vs2kafSvJeSHcc8yVC_smE24Y/s320/IMG_4269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037257491654152130" /></a><br /><br />Another woodshed, a potential project this summer-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTPEJtt5Y1d2Hv7YJOX5q2Oij9rnCwNyZbgQntLFmwT0zjSU-aBYjMEEkX-NRJd67VjgtKEXoFx6hyphenhyphenqMaQX5KOHlKEZkkHe-BjXKy2SZGbdB6kW56hPzvmVdtGjVHFXKnAyHW8ZJ2Kts/s1600-h/IMG_4274.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTPEJtt5Y1d2Hv7YJOX5q2Oij9rnCwNyZbgQntLFmwT0zjSU-aBYjMEEkX-NRJd67VjgtKEXoFx6hyphenhyphenqMaQX5KOHlKEZkkHe-BjXKy2SZGbdB6kW56hPzvmVdtGjVHFXKnAyHW8ZJ2Kts/s320/IMG_4274.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037257500244086738" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-82214862130751612872007-01-17T12:12:00.000-08:002007-01-17T12:27:02.907-08:00Local TimberframingThis is an article I wrote last November for the local paper (there is an english language section for international students and proffessionals in the area).<br /><br />"Cultural spotlight: Traditional farmhouse architecture in Twente<br /><br />From the unique style of the Amsterdam School to the modernism of Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architecture is world famous. But you don’t have to go far to find some very interesting examples of historic vernacular architecture here in the Twente area.<br /><br />Some excellent examples of interesting structures that speak directly to the local culture and history of the area can be found in many surviving timber framed farm buildings, some dating back to the 12th century. The oldest can be found between Enschede and Hengelo in the Twekelo area. Het Mensink, het Baardink, and het Kotman were all established sometime in the 12th century. Some of these ancient buildings are still in use as farms and living spaces today.<br /><br />The open air museum in Ootmarsum (http://www.openluchtmuseumootmarsum.nl/) is also a great place to see examples of this construction as well as an interesting view into life on a farm reaching back to the Middle Ages. Another example, from the 18th century, is the ‘Groot Bavel’ los hoes which stands behind the Rijksmuseum in Enschede. Los hoes translates roughly as ‘open house’ and denotes a type of farm building/barn that was divided into sections for people and animals. Today this farmhouse contains a museum exhibit dedicated to the victims of the firework explosion of 2000 in the neighbourhood bordering the museum. The timber frame construction, along with the fact that these buildings have stood the test of time and are made of renewable resources, has become a popular subject for specialty homebuilders today in America and England. The simple but elegant joinery and construction techniques in these old (sometimes ancient) farm buildings is proving to be a valuable cultural resource as well as the inspiration for new sustainable building practices.<br /><br />One distinctive hallmark of Twente farm buildings can still be seen in many forms today on the gable ends of houses as well as hanging next to front doors. Called a gevelteken or stiepelteken, these ancient signs marked a building for its owner, showed the faith of the family, and were meant for good luck and protection. The oldest surviving in Enschede can be seen as a fragment placed in the entrance gallery of the Groot Bavel. It shows one of the oldest and most popular motifs, the zandloper or hourglass figure. Simplified to two triangles, this motif can also be seen in the ubiquitous red and white window shutters on many buildings in Twente. These older signs were simply carved into the face of a vertical beam in some prominent location. A more elaborate form eventually evolved, carved from a tall flat piece of wood into a group of symbols standing on each other- something like a totem pole. These can be seen at the peak of the main gable of the barn or farmhouse, or sometimes next to the front door of more contemporary homes. Each stylised part of the carving represented something about the family; properly informed, one could read a lot about the inhabitants. Some are easily discernible- a heart for love, a cross for Christianity; while others are more abstract-an anchor (symbol of hope), a blooming tulip, the Catholic host, stylised wheat stalks or the moon symbolising fertility, a circle pierced seven times representing the sun and seven days of the week, and the status symbol of local farmers- the double horse head or ‘Twentse ros’."<br /><br />This is the back (sunny) side of the <span style="font-style:italic;">Los Hoes</span> building. Its been moved- I wonder how it was originally oriented?:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeQbxu-9_x8c3EEuHuiVj4Ul54vlfRk4TCQ3y6fjJuaVl_7arOUyWbRnODZGrPIMNvKBEPfKJ7HgeHi0uZvfSdt1MFyH9r-3VIZ3dCwsc1AYEQ1XiOFED7Ncx5TJQToj9IslALE-scaM/s1600-h/IMG_4055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeQbxu-9_x8c3EEuHuiVj4Ul54vlfRk4TCQ3y6fjJuaVl_7arOUyWbRnODZGrPIMNvKBEPfKJ7HgeHi0uZvfSdt1MFyH9r-3VIZ3dCwsc1AYEQ1XiOFED7Ncx5TJQToj9IslALE-scaM/s320/IMG_4055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021095893056770450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The 'hourglass' <span style="font-style: italic;">stiepelteken</span> by the front entrance:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kYOeANRlajwWAxahUb0oUvdxTiwB-8MEzjVSPAvrpgiKy7-IKp1Fl3p03gH6wwTKSxjL_ysC0PMPkiR4yTKUJBfSjF5mXyOeea1cs094ClK2nPcLa9f-x4D-3qBngT_I812VpbEeQRI/s1600-h/IMG_4048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kYOeANRlajwWAxahUb0oUvdxTiwB-8MEzjVSPAvrpgiKy7-IKp1Fl3p03gH6wwTKSxjL_ysC0PMPkiR4yTKUJBfSjF5mXyOeea1cs094ClK2nPcLa9f-x4D-3qBngT_I812VpbEeQRI/s320/IMG_4048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021095897351737762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Joinery inside:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReqBkNel8UzuUUtvPBScgS1UNL7eJC3uY9fzYuwS7DE6BqyPQ9Y3cj0hW5PRbXAPaFcNGZsbVaI1GmWChRBl8L0IZ67AJ4F2gxbphq_yxeqD4pjc3WnDxt9yNG-CdIC9nY0h6SRwYReM/s1600-h/IMG_4050.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReqBkNel8UzuUUtvPBScgS1UNL7eJC3uY9fzYuwS7DE6BqyPQ9Y3cj0hW5PRbXAPaFcNGZsbVaI1GmWChRBl8L0IZ67AJ4F2gxbphq_yxeqD4pjc3WnDxt9yNG-CdIC9nY0h6SRwYReM/s320/IMG_4050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021095905941672370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And from outside:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuU439RK6H63Jb3JBa9EocRCJmyXt8QQ1niOxt_99szKTWTTONv0cG5GEAgyETnybQQv1EBhyphenhyphenW8auA9jX26468MWCJ2c2GivInGxoCH4HIMekqSTfTY_J0Mxc9LiYIZvgTDyPhRSJkQy0/s1600-h/IMG_4043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuU439RK6H63Jb3JBa9EocRCJmyXt8QQ1niOxt_99szKTWTTONv0cG5GEAgyETnybQQv1EBhyphenhyphenW8auA9jX26468MWCJ2c2GivInGxoCH4HIMekqSTfTY_J0Mxc9LiYIZvgTDyPhRSJkQy0/s320/IMG_4043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021097907396432338" /></a><br /><br />Detail of roofing, thatch covered with tiles: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJLSA8GCJ4O3ZL1D32CVJRHrs6h3yxcg_Jn3wnqd8Ik4CXk3IwxY8OBtox8N47HPXKL0Ybe9CCK5q6lzRzQgdkOVk3WzJT6_1vdPW9orBYt2SDaDii_NStG-3GbiOkUapaN5ONWfSDjo/s1600-h/IMG_4051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJLSA8GCJ4O3ZL1D32CVJRHrs6h3yxcg_Jn3wnqd8Ik4CXk3IwxY8OBtox8N47HPXKL0Ybe9CCK5q6lzRzQgdkOVk3WzJT6_1vdPW9orBYt2SDaDii_NStG-3GbiOkUapaN5ONWfSDjo/s320/IMG_4051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021097911691399650" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Los Hoes</span> from the frontside: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocbVKfENtyl4vsnzMDSiPtd-ClhD3rViZtvp0-fPnRaHT3szb4lejmEdtrYGxsmwbIFj4T6hprkInmS3gLmzJGhWFLbKYR7AbYAQZ6_nYRX9nJDESPQyfUVRlqO8MsGUkoDyccKdUSGA/s1600-h/IMG_4053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocbVKfENtyl4vsnzMDSiPtd-ClhD3rViZtvp0-fPnRaHT3szb4lejmEdtrYGxsmwbIFj4T6hprkInmS3gLmzJGhWFLbKYR7AbYAQZ6_nYRX9nJDESPQyfUVRlqO8MsGUkoDyccKdUSGA/s320/IMG_4053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021097941756170738" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-82795282067085968612007-01-04T08:52:00.000-08:002007-01-05T05:05:07.630-08:00Permeable roadsI'll just say that one resolution for this year is to post here more frequently. I promise to finish going through the ideas and examples in 'How Buildings Learn', but I'll have to wait until I have a bit more free time. For the moment there are a couple of things I've been thinking about over the last months; differences in building conventions between Europe and the States.<br />As you ride your bike around the Netherlands (itself another great sustainable<br />habit that is reinforced by the necessary infrastructure,) you immediately notice the unique quality of the roads. Though the main roadways and highways are paved, most residential streets and certainly the town centres are all paved in brick, cobblestone or 'pavers'. Cobblestone is actually pretty rare except for really old sections where there is mostly foot traffic. The whole art of laying brick streets is a respected tradition here- there are even competitions for speed and artistry held regularly. The greenest part of these roads is that you have an integral drainage system (the whole design is aggragate, a layer of compacted sand, and bricks or pavers) that avoids the runoff problems of conventionally paved surfaces. There are still sewers but you rarely have the accumulation that you can get with paved surfaces, even after the (frequent) heavy rains. It is also much simpler to make repairs or access buried services; the pieces covering the area are just removed and replaced without a huge amount of effort or resources. The streets do need occassional maintenance as things settle and move over the years. They recently came and pulled up our entire street brick by brick and re-graded it for drainage and then relaid each brick.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvTZk81wxaO7EDyDQ8Q2Soypd-2j0CS5JCLZaLWlc_5u039QeZxv9mGCTLuvmKq8wtUn7rRCJ8R4o3RH1R5B0TCN2podjfZ2FLpSf9ehYhpHYpZENBDT8MKxNJApGPiVvzlfHjrRWhJk/s1600-h/121_2185_1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvTZk81wxaO7EDyDQ8Q2Soypd-2j0CS5JCLZaLWlc_5u039QeZxv9mGCTLuvmKq8wtUn7rRCJ8R4o3RH1R5B0TCN2podjfZ2FLpSf9ehYhpHYpZENBDT8MKxNJApGPiVvzlfHjrRWhJk/s320/121_2185_1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016529079468239762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the funniest things was the way they worked around this guy's car one day- everyone else had moved their car off the street by then but I guess he didn't need to go anywhere. They eventually moved it and redid the street in that spot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG7H6p8skJ03nCzqZ-IsxERYb1ouEDVGrmkclsXj01Dbfoc4HObG-qtrYLr6ibsjhGFt0W8FDAaQtPimK9apR_4zjOKjkfV6V36XcvK4hSsuaJd7IjhDTmSsDaN22zpVALrkelHNzF30/s1600-h/121_2200_1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG7H6p8skJ03nCzqZ-IsxERYb1ouEDVGrmkclsXj01Dbfoc4HObG-qtrYLr6ibsjhGFt0W8FDAaQtPimK9apR_4zjOKjkfV6V36XcvK4hSsuaJd7IjhDTmSsDaN22zpVALrkelHNzF30/s320/121_2200_1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016529560504576930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Months later, my neighbor's water line from the street broke and after he called the utility company, they quickly came, located the valve in the street and pulled enough bricks out to shut it off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fj6bO2jLgOc2O63m6TuXppywE_NzZDCiCZB4y88ZFNbzj-BscEzpYXIoGCCzreAmzKZ84TL-UUQVNYL5tl0fbNpHqPw_isDSukh5s4HBNidLcfQbXECu_z6IH9nc2nsFtu1wZFE3E3I/s1600-h/IMG_2833.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fj6bO2jLgOc2O63m6TuXppywE_NzZDCiCZB4y88ZFNbzj-BscEzpYXIoGCCzreAmzKZ84TL-UUQVNYL5tl0fbNpHqPw_isDSukh5s4HBNidLcfQbXECu_z6IH9nc2nsFtu1wZFE3E3I/s320/IMG_2833.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016530440972872626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7R7WvquaP-Aaa6nDiU-0wBOlR2WU9TyMGssbYrAM4LxnafUtKcU8qMHsL3WwMcHcFlYlV15Nup_8iuP_m69OM6rbBFKHW81D5xZLZDDfod5yy-hAYpEihbmnm6k2ox1ODdnU-QNq_AP0/s1600-h/IMG_2834.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7R7WvquaP-Aaa6nDiU-0wBOlR2WU9TyMGssbYrAM4LxnafUtKcU8qMHsL3WwMcHcFlYlV15Nup_8iuP_m69OM6rbBFKHW81D5xZLZDDfod5yy-hAYpEihbmnm6k2ox1ODdnU-QNq_AP0/s320/IMG_2834.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016530445267839938" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-27591073379960306562006-10-16T09:42:00.001-07:002006-10-17T12:08:10.560-07:00How buildings learn, part 1Well, I have been reading, if not consistently posting. With all of the other things that fill a life, it is difficult to make a coherent review of everything I've been thinking about, but I'll start to stab at it here. Everything on the reading list has to do in some way with what you might call the reality of the built environment. That is to say, if you could examine the entirety of existing structures standing today, how much of it was even designed by an architect? Well, not that much actually.<br />What are the most successful designs through history? And in the interest of sustainability, what lasts?<br />I'm beginning with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand">Stewart Brand's</a> book '<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140139966?v=glance">How Buildings Learn</a>' (1994) because it is the most accessible and pertinent look at what I think should be a basis for thinking about making 'green' buildings.<br /><br />Brand is a proponent of what is called 'the long view'. That is, taking into account what today's choices may mean not just in the short term, but over lengths of time that most people are unused to thinking about.<br />According to Brand, the illusion of architecture is that buildings <span style="font-style: italic;">seem</span> permanent<span style="font-style: italic;">, </span>but that they are for the most part actually designed, financed, constructed, maintained, and remodeled <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> to adapt.<br /><br />His findings, in studying how buildings survive through time, is that they all adapt anyway- or they don't last- which is usually a sad waste. Brand, and later we will see Habraken, question the idea and the traditions- of how and why and for whom, we design and build and encourage designers to take into account the end user in a more intelligent manner.<br />Brand's goal in this book is to provide a study of what really happens to buildings and ideas about construction, through time.<br />What building is never adapted by it's eventual inhabitants? What structure is ever actually 'finished' for that matter? In the Middle Ages, scaffolds were left up around the great cathedrals because only God could ever 'finish' a building to perfection...<br />Anyway, Brand encourages us to embrace this inevitable change when we are building, and to that end seperates what makes a building into a hierarchy of form and function in degrees of permanance:<br /><br />-First is SITE. This is the most permanant aspect of a building and is, barring catastrophe, nearly permanent. It's parameters are paramount in considering the type of building possible.<br /><br />-Next is STRUCTURE. This is the frame, the bones. it's where timberframing comes in (not exclusively); its possible to build this element to last hundreds of years.<br /><br />-SKIN. What bears the elements- with a limited lifetime, it is a shell designed to protect the structure and eventually be replaced.<br /><br />-SERVICES. Dependent on technology, always upgradable with a finite lifetime- should be designed to be easily maintained/replaced.<br /><br />-SPACE PLAN. Interior partitioning; adaptable to changing needs.<br /><br />-And finally, STUFF. What is inside, the least permanant fixtures.<br /><br />Considering these categories in the process, the design process can avoid waste and put initial energy and investment into systems that can make a building last generations. Consider that today, more money/time/energy is spent on changing existing buildings than creating new ones; if the design process recognises this heirarchy, we cna begin to see a path to sustainable building.<br /><br />Next time: more thoughts on 'How buildings learn'...Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-15565448000195467392006-09-29T12:35:00.000-07:002006-09-29T12:44:52.317-07:00InspirationBuilt in 1636? That's old. And it's in the <span style="font-style: italic;">New</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">World.</span> The <a href="http://24.128.211.50:6001/thehouse.asp">Fairbanks house</a> in Dedham, Massachusetts is the oldest timberframe home in America.<br /><br />Another example: This is called <a href="http://www.maxeiner-miersch.de/future_of_life_e.htm">foresight</a>.Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-42548820107200275802006-09-29T09:57:00.000-07:002006-11-11T02:35:32.592-08:00Open Building ExposureI hope to have more to say than periodically reviewing articles in FHB, but the latest issue does contain a detailed article on exactly what this blog is about. 'Reinventing the House' by Bensonwood company steward Andrew Dey is a summary of how that company understands and applies the principles of open building.<br />I should say first of all, that I was drawn to these concepts in the search for a real definition of 'sustainable development' i.e., how can one improve the industry of building- an industry constantly evolving in every part of the world, from remodeling suburbs to developing countries, from restoration of historic city districts to the most modern skyscrapers- with the realisation that just the scale of construction today is a great part of the unprecedented impact that modern humans have on our environment. I'm not sure exactly when I first thought that even considering responsibility for this impact was important at all, but certainly having a child recently has given me cause to push further ahead with being part of the solution. Who doesn't want their children's children to at least have the chances we have? Living <a href="http://www.nps.gov/dena/">here</a> for four summers didn't hurt my appreciation for the sanctity of pristine ecosystems.<br />So why be concerned at all about changing the way we build our environment (that is what we are creating, a 'built environment')? What is 'green' or 'environmental' anyway? Yurts?<br /><a href="http://www.buildingbiology.net/emrshcato.html">EMR shielding canopies</a>?<br />What about just thinking about what our present course may mean for future generations? How much evidence does it take to stop pretending our impact on global ecology and biological systems is negligible or harmless, doesn't exist, that we are helpless to take action in any case, or that technology alone will solve any problems we cause to the planet's vitality?<br />I'm sure most of this isn't new or news to most of you, but watching the slow, complex, and convoluted workings of environmental policy closely (through my wife's work in the relatively liberal European Union), has forced me to conclude that the real message is still passing many of us by.<br /><a href="http://www.bensonwood.com/whoweare/press/fhb-oct.pdf">'Reinventing the House' </a>is a comprehensive look at open building as practiced by one U.S. timberframing company. As far as focusing on sustainability (basically just trying to leave things at least as good as you found them), the concept of open building (with it's roots in commercial building techniques) is a strategy that reduces waste through efficient use of resources and sytem design; incorporates a long term view through adaptability and seperating the 'use' layers of a building; and takes advantage of off-site fabrication, cutting edge technology, and a respect for tried and true craftsmanship. In the interest of conserving my own resources- here are some better explanations and great resources:<br />-Dutch architect N.J. <a href="http://www.habraken.com/html/open_building.htm">Habraken</a>'s informed take,<br />-International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction <a href="http://www.open-building.org/ob/concepts.html">definition</a>,<br />-Bensonwood's <a href="http://www.bensonwood.com/prodserv/openbuilt/whitepaper2003.pdf">white paper</a>.<br />It's not cohesive or foolproof or adapted for every climate, clientele, or society, yet- but it is a significant step in the right direction.Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035655338354593732.post-33486610709945308892006-09-26T08:52:00.000-07:002006-09-26T09:14:16.170-07:00Old Danish stairsWe visited the town of Haderslev, Denmark recently for a friend's wedding. While there, we took a day trip across Jutland to the town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribe">Ribe</a> where we climbed a great number of stairs in the Ribe Cathedral. An amazing old building, I had never before seen timber stairs cut like this.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4036/370563395795238/1600/IMG_3643.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4036/370563395795238/320/IMG_3643.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oddly enough, I was watching British kid's programming today with my son and I saw another set in an old half-timbered house that the puppets of 'Tweenies' were visiting...<br /><br />Here is a pair of half-timbered houses leaning towards each other in Haderslev-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4036/370563395795238/1600/IMG_3526.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4036/370563395795238/320/IMG_3526.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mike Maierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566223147849612467noreply@blogger.com0