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A Guide to Understanding, Documenting, and Repairing Historic Timber Framed Buildings

Beginning with a brief history of the craft of timber framing and an understanding of historic joinery and traditional layout systems, participants will learn methods for documenting and dating historic structures with both traditional methods and high-tech gadgetry. The course will address the evolution of preservation philosophy and the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

The repair of timber framed buildings will be addressed for both in-situ and in-shop work, including shoring, dismantling, types of repairs, hardware, and appropriate structural considerations. Classroom presentations will cover topics including jacking,cribbing and temporary stabilization, repair joinery and joinery decisions.

This course is geared to contractors, architects, engineers, timber framers, and owners of old timber framed buildings.

INSTRUCTORS:

Instructors for this course are Michael Cuba and Dan Boyle. See navigation for instructor bios.