Frame design

So this is what our timber frame looks like. The posts are 10" thick and all the posts and beams will be visible on the inside of the house. The frame provides the support for the whole house so that none of the walls are actually structural, they just keep the weather out and sub-divide the house into rooms, although it's mostly open plan. The posts and beams are joined with traditional mortice joints and oak pegs, no metal brackets or nails etc. The wood will be of mixed species (yet to be decided) depending on what is available locally at the time. The wood is also used green which means that it will take 10 years to fully dry out. The oak pegs and traditional joints allow for shrinkage and there will also be some cracking. This is basically the way they built houses in medieval times in most of Europe. The frame, walls, roof and insulation will all be built and constructed by Hamlet Heavy Timberwork a local company based just a few miles away down the road in Riagud. They will build the frame and walls etc. in their workshop over Winter and then assemble it all on site in Spring as soon as the weather allows. The insulation will be cellulose and recycles the equivalent amount of paper that a person uses in 40 years. It is treated with a flame retardent coating to minimise fire hazards. The roof will be made of metal which is highly durable, and is good for shedding snow.