Timber Framing – using large timbers and woodwork joints to build structures – is an ancient building art that is very different from the dimensional lumber world of modern light framing. Where traditional light frame structures use 2×4 and 2×6 studs nailed in place, timber frame buildings, also known as post & beam structures, use larger and fewer timbers that are held in place by wood joints, such as the classic peg-in-the-hole technique of mortise & tenon joinery.
No nails here; timber framing relies on joinery to attach and affix beams.
