Lives and Legacies

Tag: joiner

  • Photos: Building George’s House – Timber Framing Finished

    Expert craftsmen from Blue Ridge Timberwrights recently completed constructing the timber frame of the Washington house interpretive replica at Ferry Farm.  This collection of photographs documents the their work and begins a week into the process. You can see photos from the first week of work here.  What’s next? Shingles!

    Adding rafters.
    Sunlight between posts.
    Wooden pegs.
    Chiseling a peg.
    Tools.
    Joists above and below.
    Sawing.
    Second floor rafters in place.
    Visitors hear about the timber framing work.
    Rafters and shed roof beams all in place.
    Placing roof sheathing.
    Framing and roof sheathing complete. Shingles will come next.

    Learn more about constructing the Washington house interpretive replica here, here, and here.

  • Photos: Building George’s House – First Week of Timber Framing

    Expert craftsmen from Blue Ridge Timberwrights arrived last Tuesday, September 6 to build the frame of the Washington house.  This collection of photographs documents the first week of their work and begins with pictures of the finished concrete cradle and Aquia sandstone blocks ready to serve as the foundation for the timber frame. Over the past several months, the wood for the frame was carpentered in the Blue Ridge Timberwrights’ shop before being brought to Ferry Farm and pieced together to form the house.  Timber framing work will continue for another few weeks.

    The concrete cradle and stone foundation…
    …awaits the timber frame.
    Hand-carved sandstone blocks
    Inside the Washington House cellar, new foundation stones rest on top of the original stones.
    Timbers arrive from Blue Ridge Timberwrights in Christiansburg.
    Unloading
    Staging materials.
    Placing a beam.
    Checking the plans.
    Placing a floor joist.
    Refining a cut.
    A section of completed floor joists.
    Placing the first vertical post.
    Checking a measurement.
    Wood shavings
    Wall framing for the front portion of the house is nearly complete.
    Early in the timber framing process.
    Taking measurements.
    Marking the measurement.
    Chiseling.

    Learn more about constructing the Washington house interpretive replica here, here, and here.