Eager to entertain outdoors, but lacking an outdoor structure to give shelter and elegance to your backyard? Brookside Timber Frame crafts backyard structures from Douglas Fir wood, using old-world mortise and tenon techniques for an astonishingly long-lasting backyard paradise.
Carry on an Old-World, timber-frame tradition in your backyard.
You’re out of the sun and out of the rain but still outside.
Enjoy a backyard structure that matches nature’s aesthetic.
With shelter and shade, you can live up those balmy June days and spicy September evenings.
A museum to showcase your collections or your private tinkering haven—the options start there and keep going.
One of the most ancient outdoor architectural styles that we still use today. It hasn’t lost its allure.
If you love working with your hands and have people who will help you handle the big beams, build it yourself with a Brookside Timber Frame kit.
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A. Brookside Timber Frame recommends FOHC (Free of Heart Center), #1 Appearance Grade lumber. FOHC wood is straighter, stronger, and sturdier than other grades.
A. The mortise is a hole cut into one piece of wood, while the tenon is a projection on the other piece that fits into the mortise. When correctly crafted, a mortise and tenon joint is among the strongest and most durable of wood joints.
A. Brookside recommends Douglas fir over pine or cedar. With its high-density grain, Douglas fir is the best quality wood with the least maintenance. A Douglas fir structure can last for hundreds of years.
A. Douglas fir is a first cousin to cedar and contains the same tar, making it a very weather-durable wood.
A. We source our mill-run Douglas fir from central Colorado. Our premium #1 Appearance Grade timber comes from the west coast of Oregon, Washington, and Canada. Eastern white pine is sourced from southern Indiana and Ohio.
A. Brookside recommends installing a concrete footing at least 36” deep beneath each post. Brookside provides poly 1” stand-off plates on the bottom of each post to prevent the wood from contact with concrete and moisture.
A. Brookside must have the exact measurements ahead of time. Brookside pavilions and pergolas are completely pre-cut with notches for post and brace tenons in the headers. It is next to impossible to change anything on-site. The structures would need to be re-cut at the shop. To prevent mistakes, a project manager will assist you in double-checking all measurements on the drawing.
Brookside Timber Frame is based in Richmond, IN and builds authentic timber frame structures within a 2 hour radius of our location. Our service area includes Eastern Indiana, and Western Ohio, including but not limited to the following towns:
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