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TIMBER FRAMING
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Timber frame construction is very important and inspirational to everyone at MoreSun. It is a building technology that goes back thousands of years to a time before sawmills and nails. Each timber is cut and notched to interlock using mortise and tenon joinery held tight with wooden pegs, thus creating the structural post and beam skeleton of your home, barn, porch, etc. What is Timber Framing?It is the the method of creating structures utilizing heavy timbers jointed via pegged mortise and tenon joints. The process of turning a stack of timbers into a beautiful building is in many ways the same as it would have been years and years ago. Each timber in the frame is designed and engineered to perform a specific task in the structure of the building. The sills hold the floor and the posts, the posts hold the girts and the plates, the plates hold the rafters and the rafters hold up the roof. |
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When the timber frame design is complete and the rough timbers arrive at the shop, each is hand selected for qualities of appearance, strength and location in the structure. Each joint is drawn in great detail onto the surface of each timber according to the plans. All of the layout is carefully checked by another joiner before cutting begins. |
 Carlton working on layout & checking |
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The joinery is then cut and cleaned with saws, chisels, mallets and planes. At this stage, peg holes are laid out and drilled. We use an old technique called “draw boar” in which the holes are offset slightly to one another so that when the peg is driven in, the joint becomes even tighter. |
 Chiseling a housed mortise |
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| Once the joinery has been cut, all of the timbers are test fit to verify accuracy and tight joinery. |  Test fitting a roof section |
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| When fit up is complete, the frame is surfaced to the specifications of the client. Some frames are sanded and oiled for a fine finish, some are left rough and some are distressed and hand hewn for an older look. |  Katie sanding timbers |
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Now the frame is ready to be shipped to site to be assembled and lifted into place with a crane. |
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With the development of new energy efficient enclosure systems and appliances, the timber frame structures of today are some of the finest buildings ever built.
MoreSun is proud to offer you such homes.
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