What's New at Sweet Timber Frames ?

pine built-ins

pantry

pantry door

copper flashing

copper cap for solar flat panel flashings

Carl at work

solar flat panel roof mounting bracket flashing

installing 2X6 spruce sub-flooring

concrete base for raised fireplace

installing big French doors

carpenters at work

Franklin Maine area granite hearth stone

red cedar dormer trim

Maine white cedar entry timber framing

windows, trim, and Maine white cedar shingles

second floor 2X6 spruce sub-flooring

hand nailed wood floors

hearth stone installed at the fireplace

winter working conditions

barn complete

Sal and Blackie ready to play ball

how to build a house in a Maine winter

ten dustpan dormers

barn second floor stair landing

handrail

retaining walls and masonry stair well pump house for the hot tub

trench drain and barn behind

barn entry framing and light

Tarm wood gasification boiler and 806 gallon water tank for heat storage

second floor balusters, newel posts, and handrails

kitchen cabinets, gas stove, and pantry

reinforced poly blocks the cold northwest wind

Freshwater Stone, granite caps for the retaining walls

southwest corner

Jan on the roof

dormer sidewall cedar shingles

copper step flashings

south side of the barn

shower tile work and maple flooring

radiators and tub

east bedroom shower

barn stair well

barn living room

kitchen gas stove

second floor maple flooring

Glen finishing maple floors

hot tub piping

dustpan dormer build-out

hot tub

antique granite veneer stones cut in Franklin, Maine over 100 years ago

barn first floor bathroom and shower

pedestal sink

barn master bedroom

barn master bathroom

Priscilla

Jim and Jeff

Mark

Freshwater Stone granite slabs vertically positioned to conceal concrete retaining walls

antique granite veneer stones on the northwest corner of the house

full walkout basement

4.5 inches of Dow Styrofoam insulation on the house and barn roofs

pipe staging to the cupola

fan in the barn master bedroom

maple floor sanding in the barn

barn chimney bricks and thimble for wood stove connection

main entry door for the barn

cypress on mahogany door

barn main entry door

Frenchman's Bay looking south

ready for stormy weather

Craig tiling barn shower in the master bedroom

enclosed house

main house with the barn house behind it

pipe staging and planks for a safe work place

main house basement floor beam, post, and plate

main house second floor

barn house through main house dormer window

2X6 spruce tongue and groove vertical boarding

enclosed timbers

post and second floor tie beam for the main house

twenty dustpan dormers

basement post, floor joists, and girder beam

window well from the basement of the house

Freshwater Stone Pearl granite slabs conceal the retaining walls

cupola timber framing

dustpan dormer header

cupola corner post and Sullivan harbor

main house roof ridge and cupola

all eastern hemlock timbers from the Maine woods

main house enclosed

Sal and Blackie doze on the porch.

Lowering the dormer to the timber frame.

The entire timber frame crew is pictured in the new timber frame home.

A crane lifts the first dormer onto the timber frame.

This is the southeast corner of the timber frame home.

Pegging the bents during timber frame construction.

Pex heat tube over rigid insulation

Comelong pulls the post onto the tie beam.

This post, tie beam, and diagonal braces will be used in the timber frame construction.

Pictured here is an example of a housed mortise and tenon that will be used in the timber frame.

An adjacent 36-foot by 60-foot timber frame barn has a completed exterior.

A poly tent protects the timber sill of this timber frame home in Sorrento, Maine.