The soaring wood ceilings and exposed post and beam frame are not only beautiful but extremely strong and versatile.
House post and beam framing.
This is the second video in the post beam construction series.
Floor ceiling joists rest on the tops of those beams rather than being nailed into the sides of the balloon studs.
A timber framed building uses traditional joinery like mortise and tenon dovetails and tongue and fork to name a few to form the connections.
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The posts are nominal 2 4 studs and the beams are double top plates across the tops of those studs.
Something that is commonly confused is the difference between timber framing and post and beam construction.
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This makes sense as the weight of the house is a series of point loads where the posts are.
Unfortunetly i ll have to split it up into two parts because winter has come and it s slowin.
While post and beam construction can be used for just about any foundation type it really does lend itself to a system that relies on piers rather than a continuous footing.