Stavebarn at Midhurst, ON
- This farming implement shed, work shop and office space, was framed
with recycled 12" x 12" Douglas Fir boom timbers, salvaged from an
old logging operation on the Ottawa river. The structure was designed
to take advantage of the Stavehouse design concept and the Stavebolt
timber connector. Project economics and structural engineering
rendered the use of traditional timber-frame joinery to be
impractical and too costly.
The use of the Stavebolt connector in
much of the post and beam framework, along with wall panel infilling,
resulted in greater structural capacity, along with the exposure of
the wall posts (the staves) and the timber wall plates, etc, on both
the inside and exterior of the building.
SIP panels were also
utilized over the ceiling of the central office area and to provide
heavily insulated loft flooring in the storage area above. The
exposed timber trussing over the central entry area, uses hidden
Stavebolt hardware and split rings, along with timber washers, bolts
and threaded rods for assembly and attachment to the frame. Thermapan
Ltd of Fort Erie, Ont, supplied all of the SIP’s, cut to size.
Stavehouse Cabin on the Blue Mountain Escarpment, ON
- This rural post and beam cabin, built on a high windy sight
overlooking Georgian Bay on the Blue Mountain escarpment, was the
focus of some unusual engineering, largely resolved with the
Stavebolt connector. Affective attachment of the wall posts to the
concrete foundation, was accomplished by extending 3/4" threaded
steel anchor rods from the concrete up into the bottom of the posts.
Stavebolts and 3/4"
T-rods in the tops of the wall posts, were
utilized to provide a steel connection through the wall plate timbers
and into the glue-laminated roof trussing. SIP panels were fitted
between the clasping truss top-chords at both gables. SIP roofing was
screwed to the double top truss chords. The outboard knee bracing
also utilizes hidden steel tension rods. Wall in-fill SIP’s brace the
structure, leaving the stave-posts exposed.
Stavehouse Residence in the Slocan River Valley, BC
- This post & beam residence near Nelson, BC, because of its proximity
to an active river system, utilized a foundation and first floor area
built of solid reinforced concrete. The Stavehouse frame was then
attached to the concrete with steel anchor rods projecting through
the wall sill timbers and up into the bottom of the wall stave posts.
The cantilevered decking is supported with laser-cut steel brackets,
bolted to the concrete walls. The modular frame utilizes Stavebolt
hardware for all foundation-to-post and post-to-wall-plate and truss
attachments. SIP panels, pre-cut to size at the Insulspan factory in
BC, in-fill and enclose all wall sections, including gable trussing,
roof framing and loft flooring, etc. Structurlam Ltd of Penticton BC
manufactured the glulam frame and pre-fitted all of the Stavebolt and
other assembly hardware at their shop. The owner did much of the
assembly and finishing work himself.
Muskoka Wharf Stavehouse project at Gravenhurst, ON
- This two-story 6000 sq. ft. commercial building, located on the
waterfront of Lake Muskoka, comprises several restaurant facilities
on the lower level, with commercial office space and a viewing
gallery overlooking the lake, on the 2nd floor. The installation and
assembly of the post and beam structure was undertaken by the
owner/builders, Golden Muskoka Developments, Inc. Hidden Stavebol
hardware was utilized throughout the glulam frame assembly, including
direct attachment of the stave posts to the concrete foundation,
through the sill timbers.
SIP panels, pre-cut to size including all
window RSO’s and the upper level structural floor panels, were
supplied by Plasi-Fab of Kingston Ont. The Douglas Fir glulam timber
components and the timber frame assembly hardware were supplied by
Structurlam Products of Penticton, BC. Kent Truss of Barrie, Ont,
supplied of the pre-fabricated stick-framed roof truss-work, which
was attached directly to the upper level timber wall plate members.
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