Timber Frame gazebo

[Den_Kompaniets]

It's almost done

 

[Den_Kompaniets]

The mortices for the allthreads are covered from the elements

 

[Den_Kompaniets]

We finished the roof - and here's how it came out.

I'd like to thank Konstantin, who worked with me on this structure - it was hard, but it was worth the effort. Actually he did all of the cutting, I did the layout and chiseled out the mortices.

Konstantin is an architect, and I'm a structural engineer - we decided to get some hands on experience to design better structures.It was a big project, and I learned a lot from it.

Thank you for your attention, I hope that you enjoyed this build along with me, and see you in new projects!

 

[MikeG.]

Great to see, and thanks for posting. I'm all for encouraging architects and engineers to do hands-on work so as to learn how things go together in the real world.

Those joints are rather different from our traditional ones here. Are they traditional designs from your area, or have you made them up? You could have easily avoided using threaded rods to hold those joints together, with more pegs and differing joint designs.

 

[Den_Kompaniets]

Thanks for your reply. The mortice and tenon joints are traditional, I think. As for the joints of the posts and beams - we used the threaded rod to simplify our work a bit, and mostly to simplify the assembly, as we had to raise the thing by hand. Also I wanted to test this joint in real life to use it in further projects, where it is necessary because of the acting forces. It could have been substituted by tusk tenons, which are great for tension too.

..and, you know, those pesky engineers just love to put steel everywhere

 

[AndyT]

That must be so much fun!

Please reassure me that it's white sand in the photos and that you aren't doing all this in the snow...

 

[Den_Kompaniets]

Indeed, sand it is You're right, it was fun, and we also saved on the gym, as we had some heavy lifting to do

Here, found another nice picture.

 

[DTR]

Very impressive =D>

 

[skipdiver]

Would make a good beach bar.

 

[pollys13]

Quite something, interesting read, well done and look forward to seeing your future projects.

 

[Flynnwood]

=D>

Nice job, well done.

Thanks for sharing the story

 

[Den_Kompaniets]

Thanks to everyone for your replies, it's really encouraging for me, I'll certainly keep sharing my work here

 

[HOJ]

Well done, I like the use of traditional and modern construction methods in the connections and joints, if I use metalwork on my projects I try to make it a feature of the design, rather than hide it.

Intrigued to know more about your ground posts, if you could share with us?

 

[Den_Kompaniets]

Those ground posts are steel screw piles and are screwed inno the ground. I don't really like them, because they aren't solid enough, they move in the sand. I think a concrete foundation would be much better.

 

[MikeG.]

I'm about to use those on a big tree-house project*. Do you have any photos of the process of getting them into the ground?

*2 bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, lounge, kitchenette, dining platform.....attached to 9 trees.

 

[Harbo]

Nice work, thanks for sharing.
Is that sand by the sea, river or lake?

Rod

 

[Den_Kompaniets]

to MikeG. : Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of screwing in the piles, but it's nothing fancy - on the top of each pile there is a through hole, in which two guys insert a long pipe (they use it as a lever) , and walk around the pile, as it sinks into the ground. They use a magnetic level to keep it plumb. After the piles are on the desired depth, or when they can't be driven any further, because of soil conditions, the workers level all the piles with a laser level, and cut them off. Then they weld caps on according to the project. Also sometimes they use machines to drive the piles in.

to Harbo: The sand is by a river, which is like 20 meters away, a really nice site.

 

[squib]

Very nice work, thanks for all the photos.

 

[MikeG.]

to MikeG. : Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of screwing in the piles, but it's nothing fancy - on the top of each pile there is a through hole, in which two guys insert a long pipe (they use it as a lever) , and walk around the pile, as it sinks into the ground. They use a magnetic level to keep it plumb. After the piles are on the desired depth, or when they can't be driven any further, because of soil conditions, the workers level all the piles with a laser level, and cut them off. Then they weld caps on according to the project. Also sometimes they use machines to drive the piles in.......

Thanks. We were expecting that this would be done hydraulically, but as our site is also sandy (well, ballast) I'll get the engineer to look at the chances of working them manually.