Main Frame (part three)

Raising the main frame and shed extension part three:

Wherein we see remainder of the two story frame and the shed addition being erected.
I'm assisted by Timber Framer Bryan Felice and his friend Marty at the beginning of the slideshow and hired man Travis K. at the end.

The Volvo excavator is operated by Howard Lethbridge with additional assistance provided by his son Greg. The red extension boom was fabricated locally and greatly facilitated getting the top plates, attic joists and rafters up 2+ stories.

Our camera person is none other than ravensky23. http://youtube.com/user/ravensky23

Music:
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams performing "Call to the Mystic".
From the album "Flapjacks from the Sky"
http://www.youtube.com/user/Slambovia
http://www.slambovia.com
http://cdbaby.com/cd/gandalf2

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• TimberGeek
• Raising
• Timber
• Frame
• House
• Gandalf
• Murphy
• SCOD
• Slambovia

[WAITES1234]

looks stunning, are you near a lake ....is that canada???

[TimberGeek]

It's actually a beaver pond, we're in Connecticut on the southern edge of the Berkshire Mountains.

Thanks for watching.

[precisiontimberworks]

Hi,

Nice structure. What kind of timber was the main frame cut from? Did you reclaim an old barn? Thanks for watching my video.

[TimberGeek]

And thank you for watching mine. The main frame is from Canada, an incomplete owner/builder house project cut from Jack Sobon's book "Build a Classic Timber Frame House". That part is spruce with oak knee braces, except a few hardwood replacement pieces harvested and milled locally here in CT. It stood ~3/4 complete and exposed over a year up in Snow Lake Manitoba then spent another 2 years here before our project began.

[wpltreetv]

Great stuff.

I have a boom like that for my tractor/loader

timber framing rocks

[LumpyRevolution]

It's identical. Political, corrupt, bipolar, treasonous. Septic, insulation, foundation, frame, roof, historic district, preservation, conservation, variances, appeals, add infinitum.

It can be expensive, and it certainly slows real progress, and individual freedoms, and what used to be out constitutional law which protected out natural rights and property rights... Not here. No longer.

[TimberGeek]

I've heard a few war stories from a friend who spent a summer renovating houses on Martha's Vineyard. I can imagine the Cape doesn't make things any easier. CT is a bit bipolar when it comes to making law, sometimes we take the motto "the Constitution State" seriously and other times it's out the window.

[LumpyRevolution]

That was the best class for the money (free on the currently free, but soon not to be, internet). It was actually the best class I've ever had. FYI he's got a new radio show on 5 days a wk from 7-9 CST on WTPRN. com radio, archived 30 minutes post show daily. I'll bet that your experience is nothing compared to the conditions here on Cape Cod. Builders hate it here and for good reason. No freedom whatsoever. Way overstepping the intent of the constitution. NH state constitution is the best!

[TimberGeek]

Thank you... I really like your YT page, you've got the same Michael Badnarik playlist I've been meaning to compile for my other account.  Nothing like building your own home to bring you face to face with the lack of constitutionality in the way our laws are written and applied. ;-D

[LumpyRevolution]

Beautiful!