Since then, staff numbers have grown from 14 to 35 and the company has delivered 270 timber frame kits across Scotland.This has led to the creation of new, energy-efficient homes, built with ...

In Colonial times, they did it the old-fashioned way. They built houses with massive skeletons of wooden beams–and no nails. This type of construction–called timber framing–was an… ...

A timber-frame home is a celebration of wood on a massive scale. Tall posts grow from the floor and connect overhead in a soaring network of beams, rafters and braces joined with glovelike precision.

FabCab has a line of four different models ranging in size from a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom home at 550 sq ft up to a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home at 1,337 sq ft. The homes are built from renewable and ...

When Bruce and Susan Bundy decided to build their dream home, they wanted something different -- a house that made a statement. At first, they said, they thought long and hard about a log cabin.

Many styles of homes can be built from kits: domes, timber-frame homes, log homes and panelized houses. This house was made from a steel frame kit.

Using timber to build houses is relatively new here, so you may be in trouble if the man on the site putting timber-frame kits together doesn't know what he's doing.

Q What’s your opinion on timber frame construction for a home compared with traditional stick-built designs? A “Stick-built” refers to the studs, joists and trusses that are used to build ...

Visible timber frame elements can be combined with conventional stud frame construction, offering a simpler way to get the timber look in new houses or renovations.Photo by Photo Steve Maxwell ...

DEDHAM — What's believed to be the oldest timber-frame house in North America is a national historic landmark on East Street known as the Fairbanks House.Its construction began in 1637, a year ...