BERKELEY - CHATSWORTH | ECO LOG HOME & TIMBER FRAME

Feb 14

Written By Christian Bender

Berkeley - Chatsworth | Eco Log Home & Timber Frame. We were contracted to come be a part of this Eco Log Home build. The home owner had taken on this project himself and contracted us to build his timber frame porches and complete the roof assembly.

Eco Log Home trusses installed and ceiling boards being installed — 4” x 10” roof trusses all set @ 4’-0” on centre. This is covered with 1” x 6” Hemlock boards to complete the interior ceiling. The ceiling boards are then covered with a synthetic roofing membrane ready for the insulation layers to go on.

Eco Log Home trusses set and ceiling boards going on

Sophie the Carpenter dog, red fawn boxer

Scenic shot of Eco log home, trusses set and ceiling boards going on with synthetic roofing membrane

Makita chain mortiser cutting mortises in Hemlock beam — John Bender cutting mortises on site with our chain mortiser for the assembly of the post and beams to build the porches

Trimming back subfloor to be flush with rim board — Cleaning up the sub floor to allow for the install of Blueskin flashing tape and aluminum flashing prior to installing the porch deck frames.

Prepping Blueskin flashing tape to protect rim board around home — Rolling out Bluesking Flashing Tape to waterproof the rim joist around the home.

Cutting mortise with Makita chain mortiser

Close up of Makita chain mortiser making wood chips

Carpenter in training Jude Bender — Jude Bender

Jude Bender and Christian Bender in front of Log Home

Using a chisel to fine tune tenons to fit mortises — Fine tuning the mortises by hand to fit perfectly into the tenons we cut.

Using a large dead blow to drive the tenons into mortises of the beam and posts — Driving the tenons on the posts and knee braces into the mortises of the beams.

Adding a ratchet strap to post and beam assembly to create pressure to draw mortise and tenons tight

Using dead blow and mallet to drive the post and beam together

Red Oak dowels cut are ready to peg the mortise and tenons together — Red oak dowels used to peg the mortise and tenons together.

High fiving after the mortise and tenons have drawn perfectly tight

Drilling through mortise and tenon to peg with oak dowels — Drilling holed through the assembled mortise and tenons to receive the red oak dowel pegs.

oak dowels installed through mortise and tenons

Trimming the tenons with a 10" beam saw — Adjusting a tenon to fit perfectly into the mortises with a 10” beam saw.

first snow with erected timber frame and new decks built — First snow of the season.

erected timber frame and deck

Eco log home and timber frame deck

8" x 8" knee brace with tenon — 8” x 8” Hemlock knee brace with tenon.

Porch post with cut tenon and mortise for knee brace — Porch post with tenon on top and mortise for knee brace on the side.

mortises in porch beam for post and knee braces

Finished scarf joint — Scarf joint to make the beam pieces long enough to support the porch deck assembly.

Porch posts and beam all pegged together and ready to be erected

steel plate installed on bottom of porch posts — Steel plates are screwed to the bottom of the posts which will sit on top of a threaded bold and nut allowing for adjustment as the log home wall shrink with time.

zoom boom lifting completed porch post and beam assembly up to finish position — Using a Genie Zoom Boom to lift the post and beam assemblies into their final place to support the porch roofs.

zoom boom lifting second porch post and beam assembly up into finished position

completed porch post and beam assemblies erected and snowing now

Eco Log Home with all ceiling boards on and roof membrane down and completed porches — All the hemlock ceiling boards on and covered with synthetic roof membrane. Porches completed. Ready for dormers to go on the home and insulation board.

Eco Log Home with completed ceiling boards on trusses roof membrane installed and completed timber frame porches

Christian Bender

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