A timber frame offers you more…

• Architectural Style
  Timber framing provides for wide expanses of exterior windows allowing natural light to flood the home. Heavy Douglas fir timbers arrayed across open living spaces engage the mind with sensations of visual strength and unrestricted space. There is a sensation that some people describe as “just feeling right” about living in a timber framed home.
• Design Flexibility
  A timber frame can be incorporated into almost any type of home. As a Timber Frame is a self-supporting structure, it does not rely on interior load bearing partition walls. This allows great flexibility in floor plan layout as interior walls are non-load bearing and can be removed or re-located quite easily…
• Energy Efficiency
  A Structural Insulted Panel or “SIP” enclosure system offers the highest level of energy performance in a home. For example, 6" insulated panels have a 58% higher whole wall R-value than that of 2x6 stick framing through the reduction in thermal bridging and increased air tightness of the building envelope…visit www.sips.org to learn more about the advantages of building with SIPs.
• Long-Term Durability
  Used traditionally as a building method in both Eastern and Western cultures there are many examples of timber frame structures that have been standing for 300 years or more. These structures stand today as a link to our past and a testament to the durability of this form of construction.
• Value-Added Home Equity
  How much value is there in a timber frame home? Typically, timber frame homes are appraised 25% higher than conventionally constructed homes. When building a timber frame home you need not worry about the value of your investment.