Home Design Workbook
Goshen’s home design workbook will help you begin the journey of planning and building your timber frame home.
An Overview of Timber Framing
An Overview of Timber Framing Okay, so you’ve researched and ruminated. You’ve determined that timber frame homes are much more energy efficient, more beautiful, and more enduring than either conventionally stick-framed houses or log homes and have made your decision. It will be a timber frame for you — nothing less. Timber framing is an…
Featured Home
A Timber Frame Home Tribute They began their timber frame journey with Goshen Timber Frames in 2007 when they purchased a beautiful lot in Macon County, North Carolina. A few years later, they were ready to move to the mountains and began work with Team Goshen to design the perfect home. The end result, a…
Timber Frame Home Plans
Timber Frame Home Plans The decision to build your timber frame home wasn’t a snap decision. You’ve read books and magazines, watched television shows and did lots of research. Timber frame homes are built not only with chisels and mallets, but with dreams and heart. Your timber frame home plan is the most important piece…
Craftsmanship – A Timber Frame Tradition
Craftsmanship – A Timber Frame Tradition Goshen Timber Frames – Post & Beam Craftsmanship The old expression “Raise high the roof-beam” regains its meaning when the structure in question is a timber frame. As the crane lifts the oversized timbers and swings them into place, the crew taps the hand-cut mortise and tenon joints together…
Green Building and Timber Frames
Green Building and Timber Frames Green Building / Sustainability “Today, more than ever, it is more important to build an energy efficient, sustainable home.” A Goshen timber frame home defines green, energy efficiency, and sustainability. These homes, with exposed timbers and open floor plans, provide living space that has exceptional character, extraordinary beauty,…
Energy Efficiency
Timber Frame Energy Efficiency Why timber frame? Energy efficiency is yet another reason. Want to save money on your energy bills to help pay off your mortgage? Conserve valuable resources? Reduce pollution? Be more comfortable in a draft free home? All of these are reasons to make certain that your new timber frame home is…
Goshen Timber Frames – FAQ
Goshen Timber Frames – FAQ Goshen Timber Frames • Frequently Asked Questions What’s included with a Goshen Timber Frame Package? What’s not included with a Goshen Timber Frame Package? Do I need a General Contractor or can an Owner/Builder complete my Goshen Timber Frame Home? How do I choose a builder? How long will it…