Post-and-Beam Timber Framing Illustrated
A Complete Guide to Wood-Frame Walls, Floors, Roofs, and Code-Compliant CraftsmanshipBy Marcus Holt
Length12h 25m
About this audiobook
You can cut a clean mortise and still end up with a frame that racks, sags or fails inspection. This book closes that gap.
Most timber framing books stop at the joint. This one carries you from the wood itself all the way to the inspection checklist, keeping the layout drawing and the capacity check side by side. You will learn why moisture content moves your joints, how to lay out by scribe rule and square rule, and how to size a tie beam so the frame performs the way the drawing promises.
Working upward through sills, bents, braces, floors and roofs, Marcus Holt shows you how to set drawbore offsets that actually pull a joint home, resolve forces in a queen post truss, detail a knife-plate connection, and build an enclosure that dries. Rigging, permit drawings and a final inspection checklist finish the job. Every chapter pairs traditional craft with the engineering that keeps it standing.
What you will learn:
• How moisture content and wood movement affect joint fit and long-term frame performance
• Scribe rule and square rule layout systems, and when each is the right choice
• Cutting joinery that assembles cleanly and stays tight
• Scarf, splice and lap joints for extending and connecting timbers
• Pegs, drawboring and fastener capacity calculations
• Sills, foundations and anchorage details that keep the frame tied down
• Designing the bent, plus braces and lateral stability for wind and seismic loads
• Floor systems, roof framing geometry, trusses and long spans
• Steel hardware, engineered connections, enclosure, insulation and moisture control
• Codes, inspection and raising day preparation
Written for timber framers, carpenters, builders and building-science students who want craft and engineering in the same book. If you are ready to move beyond cutting joints and start building frames that pass inspection and last, this is your guide.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (11)
Includes Amazon
GenreTechnology
Length12 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Post-and-Beam Timber Framing Illustrated
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Important Safety Notice
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6Chapter 1: Wood as a Structural Material
71.1 Species Groups and Structural Suitability
81.2 Grading Rules and Visual versus Machine Grading
91.3 Moisture Content, Shrinkage and Movement
101.4 Reading Allowable Design Values
111.5 Adjustment Factors and Load Duration
121.6 Durability, Decay and Preservative Treatment
13Chapter 2: Layout Systems and Tools
142.1 Scribe Rule versus Square Rule
152.2 Story Poles, Story Sticks and Reference Lines
162.3 Framing Squares, Bevels and Angle Layout
172.4 Chalk Lines, Inking and Accuracy Control
18Chapter 3: Cutting Joinery
193.1 Mortise-and-Tenon Proportions
203.2 Boring, Chain Mortising and Chisel Work
213.3 Tolerance Control and Fit
223.4 Cutting Braces, Girts and Common Joints
23Chapter 4: Scarf, Splice and Lap Joints
244.1 Bladed Scarf Joints
254.2 Tabled and Stop-Splayed Scarfs
264.3 Half-Lapped Girts and Ledger Joints
274.4 Which Joints Carry What
28Chapter 5: Pegs, Drawboring and Fastener Capacity
295.1 Peg Shear and Bearing Capacity
305.2 Relish, Edge and End Distance
315.3 Drawbore Offsets and Joint Closure
325.4 Peg Material, Seasoning and Driving
33Chapter 6: Sills, Foundations and Anchorage
346.1 Sill Detailing and Capillary Breaks
356.2 Anchor Bolt Layout and Sill Anchorage
366.3 Continuous Uplift Load Path
37Chapter 7: Designing the Bent
387.1 Post Design: Compression and Buckling
397.2 Tie Beam Design: Bending and Shear
407.3 Bent Spacing and Load Distribution
417.4 Sequencing and Raising the Bents
42Chapter 8: Braces and Lateral Stability
438.1 Knee Brace Design and Layout
448.2 Diagonal Sheathing and Shear Walls
458.3 Calculating Racking Resistance
46Chapter 9: Floor Systems
479.1 Summer Beams and Girder Design
489.2 Joist Spans, Spacing and Deflection
499.3 Floor Vibration and Comfort
509.4 Notching and Boring Rules
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