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Post & Beam Log Homes
This type of building showcases the form and function of a structure; vertical posts supporting horizontal timbers. Post and beam can feature very simple or complex joinery, and adapts well as a hybrid by including several rounds of scribe-fit or chinked logwork at the base of the structure. Our own home is a "hybrid" post and beam structure (you can see it in the image below and left).
Piece-en-Piece Log Homes
LOGS USED FOR POST AND BEAM AND PIECE-EN-PIECE STRUCTURES ARE APPROXIMATELY 18" - 24" IN DIAMETER. OUR SPECIES OF CHOICE ARE WESTERN RED CEDAR AND DOUGLAS FIR.
Nicola LogWorks, Box 1027, Merritt British Columbia, Canada V1K 1B8 Tel: 250/378-4977 Fax: 250/378-4611 E-mail: logworks@uniserve. |
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Post
& Beam Log Homes and
Piece-en-piece Log Work
We
have a passion for post and beam structures. Post and Beam log
homes offers a great deal of design flexibility and are also adaptable
to a wide range of budgets.
Post
and beam uses fewer logs while maintaining the strength and appeal of a
traditional log home. Exposed timbers are flattened to accept
stress-skin infill panels or conventional wall framing, while the
interior and exterior of the timbers retain their natural shape. Infill
panels can be finished with stucco, tongue and groove or board and
batten. Interior walls are typically finished with drywall or plaster.
A
common building style where long logs were less available. Short log
in-fill panels made it possible to handle materials without the lifting
systems we know today. This style of construction can be very simple, or
as detailed and complex as the building shown on the left. The
structural integrity of the piece-en-piece building is in the post and
beam frame, the in-fill material between posts are horizontal log
panels. In-fill logs can be scribed or chinked, round or square cut.
