Building Philosophy
Winterwood Timber Frames is a five-person crew operating out of a large shop space where we have lots of room for joinery, wood storage and wood processing. We also operate a kiln to dry our lumber that we process into flooring, roof decking and siding.
We buy logs from local farmers and loggers who practice sustainable forestry techniques, milling the logs into specific timbers for each building. We also have close relationships with local subcontractors to finish our buildings, allowing us to concentrate on the timber frame itself.
In addition, we are:
- Committed to local natural resources (logs/sustainable forestry/green economics/rural landscape).
- Dedicated to and skilled practitioners of the art and craft of timber framing.
- Builders of homes and other structures that will last for generations with care.
- Concerned for our local, rural economy. We try to encourage a "buy local" concept with our purchases.
- Believers in using hand tools and ancient methods of building, not in using highly automated and mechanized equipment.
- Employers of local craftspeople.
- Committed to our clients needs, easy to work with, flexible and open-minded.
- A small company able to address clients’ particular needs in designing their custom home.
- Offering design services, CAD drawings, and project management to make the job of home building as smooth as possible.