Contains a comprehensive illustrated guide to timber frame construction and includes the basics of timber framing, designing and assembling, and instructions for building a garden toolshed.
Illustrations and text provide information about seventeenth and eighteenth-century construction techniques and tools, discussing every aspect of home building, from choosing trees to finishing work.
Explains how houses are made from trees, in simple text with illustrations, from loggers cutting down trees, to machines digging holes for the foundation.
