Timber Frame Blog

Why is the TFEC Report Essential for Designing Timber Trusses? The sexiest TFEC* report ever. When a timber frame truss is designed as a collaboration between a talented architect, an experienced timber engineer, and an experienced timber framer, the result…

When you admire the majestic beamwork and intricate joinery of a timber frame structure, you might wonder just what it takes to build something like that. Although it’s possible to lay out and cut a timber frame with surprisingly few…

Are you considering building a timber frame home but wonder if there might be a simpler approach than designing a custom plan? At Carolina Timberworks, we get a lot of questions about timber frame home kits. While we don’t offer…

Driving up to the shop for the first time, quite impressive, understated and perfectly done to create the right environment exuding the extraordinary craftsmanship inside. First Impressions: Safe, Clean, Orderly and filled with incredibly focused craftsmen working busily…

Where Google Fiber chose to put their Charlotte office was a surprise: they re-imagined the typical high-tech office space by repurposing a more than 100-year-old historic post and beam building in an incredible adaptive reuse project. North Carolina-based Carolina Timberworks…

When we built a new shop, we set out to up our game. And then we said to ourselves, let’s not just up our game, let’s go for best in class.

“I’ve never been in a timber frame home.” Joe Pinciotti’s words stopped me in my tracks. This post is an attempt to convey the experience of living in a timber frame using quotes and observations collected over the…

The idea for this solar panel carport arose from something on our wishlist: powering our timber frame shop from renewable energy.

Answering the question everybody is afraid to ask: “What the hell is a timber frame, anyway?”

The timber frame construction process is important, regardless of how well the finished product turns out—just ask someone who endured a terrible process to obtain their timber frame. There is neither a shortcut, nor any secret to designing a timber frame….

How to make a grand entrance and enjoy unloading groceries in the rain We always enjoy driving into a porte cochère: there’s a certain sense of making a grand entrance, of feeling important, tinged with our nostalgia for more elegant…

Why West Jefferson is home to Carolina Timberworks.