Jeff Johnson Timber Frames, Inc. is a design build company.
Our Timber Frame services include:

Planning your Timber Frame Home

Developing a plan should always begin with your access or how you and your guests will enter the home. Things such as, how easy will it be to bring groceries or supplies in to the kitchen, should also be considered. Of course building in the mountains with lakes and rivers being other features capturing that all important view is a very important consideration in the layout and location of the home.

We offer free site visits to establish a point of reference for the homes location. Determining the scope of work needed whether using structural timbered trusses for a particular room or designing the entire home to be timber framed are other considerations that should be weighed prior to drawing any floor plan. Usually our homes are a combination of timber frame and conventional construction, which is also know as a hybrid timber home. This method of design enables the owners to have the beauty and strength of the timber frame in a room such as their great room and/or kitchen/dining rooms.

Exterior features such as porches or entries can also be incorporated in to the design to add a unique first impression as you approach the house. Much consideration will be given to the natural characteristics of your building site. Timber species selection is a vital choice for your satisfaction with your home.

We will discuss the pros and cons of each species in regard to strength, color, cost and cosmetic characteristics. We will help you make the selections that will work best for you and your budget.

Timber Frame Home Design

Jeff Johnson Timber Frames offers a collection of established timber frame designs which we call our “Watershed” series. These designs are simple, beautiful and strong. There is a great deal of versatility in each of these timber frames. Floor plans can be oriented in various ways within any given frame design. If our standard timber frame designs do not suit your desired floor plan, modifications may be made to create your own custom home design. Custom timber frame designs may be created by our staff to include your own ideas or your home design may be created by others and then converted by us to a timber frame structure to suit your design.

Construction of Your Timber Frame Home
  • Milling or planing is established on all of our frames. If you would like to see the “saw marks” we can leave them “rough”. Planed timbers are smooth and soft to the touch. 98% of our frames are planed. We also do a first sanding to help clean any knife marks created during the milling process. All timbers are joined with mortise, tenons, and trunnels or wooden pegs.
  • Tongue and groove boards 1 x 6 and/or 2 x 6 are used in the ceilings, decks and loft floors of our timber frames. Our standard timber frame prices include tongue and groove boards of Spruce or Eastern White Pine. Other widths and species are available upon special request. We install the tongue and groove boards if desired.
Specialized Timber Frame Options
  • Hand hewn beams – “New timbers, old look.” A craftsperson will come to our shop and with all hand tools (and a strong back) hand hew each timber. This is only offered in the white pine frames.
  • Hand hewn or distressed timbers
  • Cove champfers
  • Live hip and valley system if needed
  • Embellished joinery, pendants, dutch tenons & revealed free splines
  • Custom floor joist system to match your floor plan
  • Structural Engineering – If your local officials need to see or keep a “set” of approved plans, we can provide them.
  • Stairs – if you need stairs in your timber frame home, we can provide very uniquely designed stairs to match your frame.