The raising of a timber frame
Once we completed the floor deck above the basement we set to work assembling the timber-framed wall sections.
All was going like clockwork.
We scheduled for a crane to come in the following day. Within 24 hours we would have a completed standing frame for the world to see!
As fate would have it, when the morning came to raise the timber-frame that the sky opened up and poured upon us.
The forecast called for the rain to pass quickly so we held to our schedule.
The crane was on the way.
Within minutes of the crane’s arrival the assembled timber-frame walls began to rise.
The heavy duty forklift begins hauling the trusses to the area where the crane can lift them into place. Each of these trusses weighs about the same as a small car so without all of this heavy equipment we would be assembling this frame one piece at a time… or be calling in a hundred of our closest Amish friends.
The first of four timbered trusses floats down onto the top plates. I’ve always loved these moments when men reach out as far as they can and first touch a timber as it is set into place.
One after another the trusses are set in place.
Originally posted 2015-07-19 16:07:01.