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• Timber framing — (German: Fachwerk literally framework ), or half timbering, and in North America Post and Beam construction is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden… …   Wikipedia

• Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …   Wikipedia

• timber — noun 1 trees grown for building VERB + TIMBER ▪ cut, fell, harvest ▪ sell TIMBER + NOUN ▪ company, industry, product …   Collocations dictionary

• timber — timberless, adj. timbery, adj. /tim beuhr/, n. 1. the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses. 2. growing trees themselves. 3. wooded land. 4. wood, esp. when suitable or adapted for various building purposes. 5. a single piece of wood …   Universalium

• timber — tim•ber [[t]ˈtɪm bər[/t]] n. 1) the wood of growing trees suitable for construction purposes 2) growing trees themselves 3) wooded land 4) wood, esp. when adapted for various building purposes 5) a single piece of wood forming part of a structure …   From formal English to slang

• Hammerbeam roof — Westminster Hall in the early 19th century …   Wikipedia

• Glued laminated timber — Glulam frame for the roof of a building. Glued laminated timber, also called Glulam, is a type of structural timber product composed of several layers of dimensioned timber bonded together with durable, moisture resistant adhesives. This material …   Wikipedia

• Jack frame — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Jack timber — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Modern Timber Homes — was an Irish business established in 2004 by Shaun McColgan .[1] It built timber frame homes, roof trusses and door systems from a 30,000 square foot (2,800 m2) premises, where it employed twenty people.[2] The business was located in… …   Wikipedia

• Crook frame — A Crook Frame or Cruck is the timber framing or ‘structure’ of a building which consists of long, generally bent, timber beams that lean inwards and form the ridge of the roof. These posts are then generally secured by a horizontal beam which… …   Wikipedia