A Buying Guide to companies specializing in the construction or restoration of timber frames and other timber structures for period-style homes.
Manufacturer of all-wood & clad-wood windows & doors: round top, oval, casement & double hung; custom shapes & historic window replication; dual durometer, bulb & leaf weather stripping; storm windows; numerous design choices & glazing options.
Supplier of 18th- & 19th-century building materials salvaged from old houses & barns: columns, doors, shutters, mantels, sinks & bathtubs; antique & resawn flooring; antique heart pine, ancient oak, chestnut, white pine & hemlock; radiators; since 1960.
Designer of early New England Cape-style home-building system: engineered plans, detailed construction diagrams & framing package; unique timbered ceiling system.
Custom fabricator of cupolas, steeples & domes: surveying, design, structural & ornamental work & rigging & installation services for historic structures; timber framing, flooring, doors & columns; cabinetry, paneling & woodwork.
Supplier of wood flooring, paneling, roofing, fencing, new & recycled timbers & decking: hand-split, machine-cut & fancy-cut butt fire- & rot-retardant-treated shakes & shingles; quartersawn clapboard & siding; post & beam.
Manufacturer of New England-style post-&-beam carriage houses, garden houses, sheds & country barns: pre-cut & -engineered for assembly by either the firm or a professional carpenter.