House moving prep

These are the beams the house mover uses to brace and then move the house.

These are the beams the house mover uses to brace and then move the house.

This was our garage.  Now with those beams in it.

This is what we came home to after work last week.  Our office moved out and 2 large beams through the walls!

And the mess begins!!

What is a Timber Frame house?

These are examples of a Timber Frame houses.  It's not exactly what ours will look like.  Just an example since many people ask us what is a Timber Frame house anyway?!

Garage interior torn out

Today Sam, our nephew, and his friend Teddy helped Mark tear down the inside of the garage/laundry room.

All this insulation was in the ceiling!

 

The laundry room is still standing behind Mark in this pic.

This is at the end of the day.  The pile of metal on the floor was our garage door!  Later this week they'll finish taking down the roof and walls.  Mark's taking the house down slowly to re-purpose as much material as possible.  Sam will take the garage material and maybe even the entire house!

First bent near completion

Our timber frame house will be made of five bents. These pictures are of one bent. It will be stood up with the point at the top which will support the roof. The timbers will be on the inside of the house so we'll be able to see them. The walls will be framed around the outside of the timbers.

Timber cutting begins

This is Jon Bachmann from Toad River Timber Frames.  He'll be cutting each timber to fit together to create the frame of our home.  These are the first beams being cut.

Moving one garage into another

Today we began cleaning out the attached garage. Mark had emptied the new garage earlier this week. Then putting everything we're keeping into the new garage.  The new garage will also hold most of the contents of our home...hopefully.
He's also taking down the OSB and insulation then putting them up in the new garage.

Last load of White Pine

Mark dropped off the last load of White Pine Friday.  Now just 1 more load of Red Pine to pick and deliver to the Timber Framer, Jon Bachmann, next week.  These timbers are 8"x10" and 10-24' long.