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How to Build a Home on an Island: Challenges, Solutions, and Lessons Learned
Building on an Island: What You Need to Know Building a home on an island is a dream for many—but the logistics can quickly turn into a nightmare if you’re not prepared. From transporting materials by barge to dealing with unpredictable weather, island construction presents unique challenges. As a timber frame subcontractor specializing in complex builds, Carolina Timberworks recently completed an island project, and we’re sharing what we learned to help you plan your own…
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Our New Combilift: The Strong, Silent Type
https://vimeo.com/carolinatimberworks/combilift We can’t all be sexy. Sometimes it’s about getting the heavy lifting done. Safely, efficiently, and without damaging the timber. Our new Combilift does that in spades. It has all the power and lift of an old fashioned forklift, but without all the drama—less work stoppage while the load goes past, fewer pieces of equipment and operators to bring in the long and heavy loads, less gagging on the fumes and shouting over the…
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We’re Timber Frame Subcontractors Working with Timber Frame Builders
If you’re in the market for a timber frame builder, we’re happy you found us. But there’s something we should clarify. Technically, we aren’t builders—meaning we don’t usually fill the general contractor role. Put another way, we do build timber frames, but we don’t build houses. (That’s what general contractors and builders do.) Carolina Timberworks is a North Carolina-based timber frame subcontractor, meaning we specialize in: Timber frame design Timber frame engineering Timber frame fabrication…
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Timber Frame Barn Homes
The beauty and charm of timber frame barn homes have captivated property owners seeking a private getaway worlds apart from busy cities and suburban sprawl. What’s so ideal about a barn home? There’s something about the drama of the open interior space and the coziness of the barn structure. In recent years, timber framing has become increasingly popular in barn homes. We might be a little biased, but it’s easy to see why. Known as…
Timber Frame Barn
https://vimeo.com/carolinatimberworks/timberframebarn A big timber frame barn out of oak really does show off what timber framing is all about. Within the confines of a 5 minute video, the essence of a timber frame raising: the bent assembly, the manhandling and futzing to fit up, the excitement of the first bent going vertical. Dropping the posts over the hardware. Pulling timbers together and that audible/visible jolt when they finally fit together. The mud.
Reclaimed Hand Hewn Beams
Hand hewn beams or: putting old wood back to work this started with a question A builder who purchased reclaimed wood trusses for his client asked if we’d send some information on the original source of old hand hewn beams. He acknowledged we probably wouldn’t know exactly which building or where the beams came from. But he wanted to know some general information—the approximate age of the reclaimed hand hewn beams; what they might have…
What Is Sustainability?
For nearly two decades, Carolina Timberworks has pursued sustainable building practices. Today, our passion for contributing to a sustainable future only continues to grow. Curious why we’re so invested and what this pursuit means to us? Let’s talk sustainability. What Is Sustainability? In a nutshell, sustainability is the concept that we can meet the needs of the current generation without compromising future ones. It’s a big idea that spans economic, social, and environmental concepts. But…
It’s called trees.
Construction (and operation of buildings) has a dirty secret: together they account for nearly half of the U.S. fossil fuel emissions. The good news is that there is a vast amount of room for improvement, and building with mass timber can be part of the solution.