Timber Frame Roof on Kusa Addition

The Timber Frame Roof on our Kusa Addition is underway. The ridge beam and rafters were sawn from pine logs at a local Amish saw mill.

The 4"x7" rafters are notched to fit the 4"x11" ridge beam.

Completed Porch at Clear Creek

We have completed the porch at Clear Creek Cottage. The 2"x8" rafters are rough sawn pine from an Amish sawmill. The roof is exposed on the underside and was constructed from T-111 plywood over-laid with oriented strand board to prevent the roofing nails from coming through.

Clear Creek Progress

The dry wall has been completed at our remodel at Clear Creek Cottage. The deck is also finished with the post and beam porch and the roof is underway.

Clear Creek Cottage Remodel

We've began to work on a new Remodel project at Clear Creek Cottage, a cabin in the Hocking Hills area.
The project entails building a new front deck with a post and beam roof, shingling the porch and house, and completing drywall repairs throughout the house.

Completed Porch

The porch on Kusa is nearly complete. We installed the tongue and groove pine ceiling, covered it with plywood , and laid the fiberglass shingles.

Porch Remodel

Today we started a Porch Remodel on Kusa Lane in Hide-A-Way Hills. Like some of our other trademark porches, we're building it using post and beam construction with timbers which were custom sawn at an Amish saw-mill.

Screen Porch

Recently, I've received increased interest in building porches similar to the one I built at our Nelsonville new build. To offer my potential customers more ideas, here a few photos of the first post and beam porch I built. The screened porch measures 12'x16' contains Hemlock timbers and is roofed with mill finished galvanised steel roofing.

Back Porch Roof

We installed the Roof on the Back Porch of our Nelsonville new build. We wanted to use the same tongue and groove pine that we had used throughout the project. Because the pine would be both the ceiling and roof, we installed it from above. Before the metal roofing could be applied, the pine had to be covered with a layer of plywood. With this process, we were assured the screws would not show through the ceiling.

Back Porch

We have begun work on the Back Porch in Nelsonville. To continue the theme from the post and beam front porch, we again used rough cut lumber from an Amish sawmill. 2x8 rafters along with a tongue and groove pine ceiling will be completed with the same green metal roof as the rest of the house.

Collar Tie and King Post

Finishing the Collar Tie and King Post was one of the final things we had to complete before we removed the scaffolding from the living room of our Nelsonville new build. The Collar Tie is a beam located about halfway up in the cathedral ceiling. The King Post connects the center of the Collar Tie to the ridge beam of the roof. By covering the structural lumber of the beam with rough-sawn ply wood then staining we were able to match the beams in the kitchen.

Kitchen Beams

Today we applied the stain finish to the rough-sawn pine beams in the kitchen of our Nelsonville new build. Before we stained the beams we wanted to distress them to give an older hand-hewn look. Carving on them randomly with hand planes, chisels and sandpaper gave the pine more character, and will make them look like they've been there a long time.

Porch Ceiling

We have not been truly satisfied with the look of the post and beam porch ceiling since it was built. The design called for the underside of the metal roof to show between the purlins, but the underside of the green metal is white and does not fit with our color scheme.

The tongue and groove pine on the inside exceeded our expectations so we decided to use the same material on the porch.

Porch Completed

The photo above shows a view of the completed porch before the metal roof was installed.

Start of post and beam porch

In this picture you can see the start of the post and beam front porch that we built a couple of months ago. We ordered all the lumber custom from at an Amish sawmill. While all the major connections are made with mortise, tenons, and dowel pegs, we did use pneumatic nail guns to speed the job along.