Building a Timber Frame Home

A wise man once said "Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it*." This has been a guiding principle through out this building project. We are the Trimble Family. We live in Eagle River a small town outside of Anchorage Alaska where we are building our new home. This is a chronicle of our progress.

This is how things looked on April 7, 1998 after excavating the foundation.

Here is how the completed frame looked from across the valley.

And this is how our house looked on December 23, 1998.

A Chronicle of our progress

Digging the Foundation

Building the Footer

Drilling The well

Building the Quadlock

Pouring the Basement walls

Assembling the Bents

Raising the Frame

Raising the Frame part 2

Placing the Panels

The Great Windstorm

The Great Windstorm part 2

Aaron Has reciently made two movies using Apple® iMove software. Take a look!

NOTE: These movies require QuickTime. You probobly have QuickTime, but if the movies do not play, QuickTime is availible as a free dowload.

ALERT Basic Training (1.2 MB)

Grace in a Storm (3.8 MB)
 

 Note this page is still under construction. Last updated 6-3-00

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