Tuesday, October 23, 2007

T-Burg Timber Frame: Weeks 3-7

This is the 3rd in a series of posts about a Woodhouse timber frame project on Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate NY. The photo to the right was taken on the 60th day of the project and shows the big jump in progress that has occurred since the Woodhouse package was completed at the end of week three (I've been traveling, etc. and haven't taken photos since then). Specifically, a 2-car detached garage has taken form on the left of the photo (its twin will be constructed on the far right of the photo creating an auto court and four-car capacity). All windows have been installed. We use 3 different window brands -- this home was designed with Eagle brand windows. The roof of the house has been covered with a product called Triflex 30 which acts like 30# felt but will not rip in the wind. The walls are covered in 15# felt and all of the exterior timbers (in white oak because it can handle weather (it's what barrels are made from)) have been installed. The chimneys are framed (you can see one on the front of the house to the right of the entrance) and exterior trim work has begun.

This is a detail photo of the primary entrance to the house. It is a white oak king post truss porch with curved braces. As you can see, the quality of the white oak is very high and, as with all Woodhouse custom projects, all of the joinery is housed which creates a very tightly fitted timber frame in a beautiful cream color. Above the timbers you can see the fascia trim. All of the exterior trim on this house is made from a product that looks like pressed OSB (oriented strand board) with one side formed to look like rough-sawn cedar. This is a relatively weather resistant product that is being used in conjunction with a cementatious siding.

The piers under the timbers are unfinished concrete block which will be faced with a cultured stone product to match all of the chimneys.




On the left side of the house we have built a "stick-built" florida room which will not be insulated and will essentially be a glass structure with french doors that will open to the deck on the lake side of the home. This is a convenient part of the design process at Woodhouse where we will do the design work for non-Woodhouse portions of a project to ensure a unified design while helping the client to manage cost.

It is difficult to see in this photo but there is another entrance just to the right of the Florida room on the front of the house which enters in to a mud room behind the kitchen. This entrance is nicely set off by a white oak truss which you can barely see under the eave.

Moving to the lake side of the home, this photo shows the deck (supported by a white oak timber frame underneath) made from pressure treated joists being covered by a composite decking (stable, weatherproof, black walnut finish). The newel posts were supplied pre-cut by Woodhouse and, above it all is a white oak timber frame covered deck. This area will have a large harvest table for al fresco dining and, at the very end of the deck, set in to the hill, will be an outdoor kitchen.

On the left of the photo you can see the large window wall facing the lake from the great room inside.

On the inside things are progressing as well. This photo shows the timber frame staircase installed by the Woodhouse crew. Behind it you can see that interior wall framing has begun.
This week, as I write, the roof is being shingled and trim continues to progress while, on the inside, the interior walls are bing finished.





7 comments:

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