Timber Framing & Timber Construction Books
Welcome to the Boulder Creek Bookstore's catalog page for books about timber frame construction.
The nearly forgotten art of timber-frame construction is again flourishing throughout North America. Timber framed homes are strong, comfortable and cost effective. This building construction method is highly evolved,
very traditional, and lends itself to affordable and practical techniques for the contemporary owner-builder or for the professional.
Timber-framed buildings have a strong skeleton of large wooden structural members fastened to one another primarily with wood-on-wood joinery techniques. While a timber-framed home might look like a typical stud-framed house from the outside, the two building systems are actually quite different. By using this ancient building craft
combined with contemporary building concepts, the builder can make the timber framed home a feasible alternative to
the normal stud-frame house. The resulting structure is a home that is strong, stylish, comfortable and practical.
These books cover working with timber and wood working tools, timber framing, and timber construction in building.
They were chosen for builders, do-it-yourselfers, designers, architects, engineers, and contractors.
The following list of books were carefully selected for the do-it-yourself timber framers and woodworkers by our
research staff. These books were selected because their text material is clearly written, easy to follow,
and usually are accompanied with instructive photographs and detailed illustrations. And that if followed closely
by the reader, the reader should be able to perform the work required to complete a successful project.
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Timber Framing Books
- Roofing Ready Reckoner: Metric and Imperial Dimensions for Timber Roofs of Any Span and Pitch
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- -Ralph Goss, C. N. Mindham, Chris N. Mindham / Paperback 192 pages 3rd Edition / Published June 2001
This book from Blackwell Science, provides 118 tables, in metric and imperial, for those constructing roofs for new buildings and extensions, using cut roof or truss rafter construction
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- Masterpieces of Medieval Open Timber Roofs
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- -Raphael Brandon, J. Arthur Brandon / Paperback 104 pages / Published August 2005
This book contains full-page illustrations and construction details that reveal a wealth of information on major roof styles of
Medieval English churches. Coverage includes the magnificent cover of Wymondham Church in Norfolk, in which projecting
beams have been exquisitely carved into angels with expanding wings. Includes more than 50 illustrations of 34 major
and minor English cathedrals and churches. Several illustrations are used as is background information on the religious and secular
concerns addressed by artisans.
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- Recording Timber-Framed Buildings
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- -N. W. Alcock / Paperback / Published July 2003
Publisher: Council for British Archeology
Edition Number 2
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- The Medieval English Domestic Timber Roof: A Handbook of Types
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- -M. R. Bismanis (Author) / Paperback 314 pages / Published July 1987
Language: English
: Peter Lang Pub Inc (
(American University Studies IX : History, Vol 25) (Paperback)
This work is an analysis of a relatively little known aspect of medieval English architecture: the open roof. The Medieval English Domestic Timber Roof will serve both as an introduction to this aspect of medieval architecture and as a handbook for further comparative study. The medieval open timber roof is of importance to the understanding of 19th-century English and North American architecture because its form was used in many ecclesiastic and secular buildings. This book is a helpful guide in 19th-century studies as it provides sources, nomenclature and a type guide.
Contents
Contents: A survey of English medieval open secular timber roofs from the 13th century to the 16th century. The text is fully complemented with comparative tables of line drawn sections. An illustrated vocabulary and guidelines for dating make this a helpful introduction to the study of this aspect of medieval architecture
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- Discovering Timber-Framed Buildings
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- -S Richard Harris / Paperback 96 pages, 3rd Edition / Published August 1997
Publisher: Shire Publications Limited
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- The Open Timber Roofs of the Middle Ages
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- -Raphael Brandon, Arthur Brandon, J. Arthur Brandon / Paperback 116 pages / Published March 2003
This magnificent book was originally published in 1849, and covers the four main church-roof styles of the Middle Ages, using 34
different British churches as examples. These church-roof styles are tie beam, trussed rafter, hammer beam and collar-braced roofs.
The full-page engravings of each roof interior are spectacular and are frequently accompanied by engravings of cornice details, ribs,
purlins, rafter cross sections, etc. For each roof, details such as total span, timber dimensions and key construction details are given.
In those cases where the roofs had painted ornamentation, color plates of the ornamentation accompany the four-color full-roof views.
It is a beautiful book for anyone interested in timber framing or architecture in general.
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- Medieval English Domestic Timber Roof: A Handbook of Types
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- -Maija R. Bismanis / Paperback 314 pages / Published July 1987
This work is an analysis of a relatively little known aspect of medieval English architecture: the open roof. The Medieval English Domestic Timber Roof
will serve both as an introduction to this aspect of medieval architecture and as a handbook for further comparative study. The medieval open timber roof
is of importance to the understanding of 19th-century English and North American architecture because its form was used in many ecclesiastic and secular buildings.
This book is a helpful guide in 19th-century studies as it provides sources, nomenclature and a type guide.
A survey of English medieval open secular timber roofs from the 13th century to the 16th century. The text is fully
complemented with comparative tables of line drawn sections. An illustrated vocabulary and guidelines for dating make
this a helpful introduction to the study of this aspect of medieval architecture
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- Precision Framing
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- -Mike Guertin, Joseph Williamson / Paperback 218 pages / Published January 2002
This book was developed and written as a guide for the authors' crews, enabling them to achieve speed, efficiency and high-quality results.
Covers the basics to finishing framing combines common sense, good engineering, and craftsmanship. Custom framers who strive for excellent results
and labor efficiency can utilize these procedures as is or adapt them.
Their full coverage of professional tools, techniques and shortcuts can allow even the beginning framer to produce
straight walls, squeak-free floors and proper allowances for the needs of sub-contractors such as the plumbers and electricians.
More than 200 color photographs and detailed drawings, together with numerous tips to avoid having to learn the
hard way, make this an essential text for both the beginning and the professional framer.
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