The downside to stress-skin panels is… well… they don’t make a house look any better, at least not a timber-framed home. What was a piece of art on the landscape is then quickly converted into a new wood box.
It always saddens me a bit when we reach that wonderful moment of having completed the assembly of a vintage timber-framed home and then we immediately start to cover it up.
I have built timber-framed homes for clients who never saw the finished product “standing for the world to see”. It seems that everyone is always in a hurry to witness the finished product and so many fail to enjoy the wonderful fleeting moments along the way.
Originally posted 2015-07-10 14:30:24.