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The Benefits of Timber Framing
When you design a new home or modify your existing space, deciding on a building method is one of the first—and most important—choices you’ll have to make. If you’d rather avoid the standardized look of conventional construction, then the handcrafted…
Timber Frame Tree House Kits
Search for “problems with tree houses” and Google will serve up 37,100,000 results: it’s impossible not to harm the trees, trees grow over time, trees die, there aren’t the right trees where you’d really like to have a tree house… Our…
Build a Party Barn!
A timber frame barn can be much more than a space for animals or equipment storage. Thanks to their honest aesthetic and open space, these structures are gaining popularity as party barns and entertainment venues. What Are Timber Frame Party…
Nature’s Carbon Fiber: Wood in a Renovo Badash 29er
Two of the Prettiest Oak Trees on the Blue Ridge Parkway…and the Carolina Timberworks Renovo Badash 29er Carbon Fiber Wood Bike Most people stop for a closer look when they see our wooden mountain bike, and have questions. “Is it…
Differences Between Decorative and Structural Timber Framing
A homeowner building in the Outer Banks emailed a great question this week: “I was wondering if people typically use your trusses as structural members or just as decorative members attached to the existing frame structure?” We build and install…
Is Timber Framing Sustainable?
Timber framing often uses less wood and resources, making it the most sustainable way of building out there. Timber framing is one of the best ways to conserve our resources because post and beam homes are special places that people…
When You Buy Quality You Only Cry Once
I bought the boots pictured above 20 years ago. At the time, they seemed expensive. What do the old boots pictured above have to do with building? Please bear with me. I bought the boots pictured above 20 years ago. …