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Poverty Ridge

We recently visited the construction site for a home we designed last year. The project is a true team effort with a lot of direction from the timber framer, contractor, window supplier, and other consultants.  We made sure to visit while the timbers were being raised.

Very early rendering of what the completed house will look like, sort of.

The timber frame is not the only unique aspect of the project - the home will also use passive heating and cooling and will be enclosed using SIPS panels. To achieve passive heating and cooling, the structure is oriented to take advantage of the sun for heating, insulated to minimize heat loss in winter or heat gain in summer, and shaded to keep the house cool in summer and warm in winter. 

The house is sited on a ridge overlooking Rapid Creek, so the crane was parked as close as possible to the edge of the dropoff.

A perfect day for raising beams.

Framing the main living spaces.

Awesome.

The Master Builder, and our tour guide for the visit.

You can follow the project through the builder's (Todd Erskin Construction) Facebook page, and you can learn a little more about the timber framers (Bodensteiner Beamworks) on their website. We will be sure to share the progress…steady as she goes.