Okanagan Timber Frame http://www.oktimber.com We are a full service Canadian timber frame home builder specializing in the timeless art and craft of timber frame home construction. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:09:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Crane Truck! http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/crane-truck/ http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/crane-truck/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:01:47 +0000 Ok Timber http://www.oktimber.com/?p=1018 We, at Okanagan Timber Frame, are continually expanding and updating our infrastructure to better serve our clients needs.  And to those ends, we are now the proud owners of our own certified crane truck!

We have already found it extremely helpful, and cost effective on the job site.  Cranes can be a healthy part of the raising budget for a timber frame. By having our own on site, that only gets charged out when it is actually working, we aim to work more efficiently and pass along some serious savings to our clients.  So far so good…

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]]> http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/crane-truck/feed/ 0 Our Show Schedule for this season…. http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/our-show-schedule-for-this-season/ http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/our-show-schedule-for-this-season/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:00:58 +0000 Ok Timber http://www.oktimber.com/?p=860 Please drop by and visit!  Always looking to meet more people / reconnect with people that are in love with Timber Framing.


The 8th Annual Global Buyers Mission in Whistler – September 8th to 10th, 2011

The 17th Annual CHBA Home and Renovation Show in Penticton – February 10th – 12th, 2012

The BC Log Home, Timber Frame and Country Living Show in Abbotsford – March 10th and 11th, 2012

The 21st Annual CHBA “Real” Home Show in Kelowna – March 30th – April 1st, 2012

The Edmonton Log and Cottage Show – in Edmonton – April 13th – 15th, 2012


]]> http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/our-show-schedule-for-this-season/feed/ 0 Raising Season! http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/raising-season/ http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/raising-season/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:48:31 +0000 Ok Timber http://www.oktimber.com/?p=839 timber staging pre built 2 x 6 wall panels wall panels assembled trusses bents ready to lift flying timber flying deck support IMG_2810 IMG_2803 Princeton project foundation Kamloops nice concrete basement timbers great room great room creative rigging nice shot great room decking another nice shot looking good water side nice detail

timber staging pre built 2 x 6 wall panels wall panels assembled trusses bents ready to lift flying timber flying deck support IMG_2810 IMG_2803 Princeton project foundation Kamloops nice concrete basement timbers great room great room creative rigging nice shot great room decking another nice shot looking good water side nice detail

We’re off to a wonderful start to our raising season this year.  Here a  few pictures…. This is the life.


]]> http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/raising-season/feed/ 0 Kiln Dried Timber! http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/kiln-dried-timber/ http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/kiln-dried-timber/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 17:31:52 +0000 Ok Timber http://www.oktimber.com/?p=710 Okanagan Timber Frame is very pleased to announce that we are now offering our clients in house kiln dried timbers.
Utilizing our own, on site, dehumidification kiln we can offer a Kiln Dried product with a cost premium not significantly more than our traditional standing dead timber (which is in limited supply).
This will become the new standard for Okanagan Timber Frame.
The advantages of a kiln dried timber are plain to see. Kiln dried timbers show less checking than other timbers. The carefully staged conditioning and drying of the timbers is a controlled environment minimizes the checking of the timbers.
Tighter joints. Because the entire frame is brought to a similar moisture content levels, and essentially pre-shrunk before the final planing and before any joinery is cut, we see less joint separation over the life of the frame.
Pitch is crystallized during the final stages of drying the timber. This prevents this sticky substance from seeping to the surface of the timber…. or out of the timber onto your furnishings. This can be a problem associated with the first years of a timber frames life.
Take a look at some of our Kiln Dried timbers.
Contact us and let us share with you how we can bring affordable kiln dried timbers into your home.
Okanagan Timber Frame, striving to be the best every step of the way.
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For a little more information about our Kiln Drying please visit our Services/Kiln Drying page.

]]> http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/kiln-dried-timber/feed/ 0 Okanagan Timber Frame New Website Launched http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/okanagan-timber-frame-new-website-launched/ http://www.oktimber.com/whats-new/okanagan-timber-frame-new-website-launched/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:32:44 +0000 navigator http://www.oktimber.com/?p=336 Okanagan Timber Frame is pleased to announce the launch of its new website created by Navigator Multimedia Inc. of Kelowna, B.C.

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