Lake Simcoe Timber Frame, Barrie, Ontario
Essa Homes & Contracting
- Essa Homes Project: On this project, the designer-builder was required to produce a large open uncluttered space with recycled fir. He found the Stavebolt device particularly useful because it resolved many of the engineering problems associated with the traditional mortise and tenon approach. The result, more open space, more efficient use of the timber with lower production costs.
Courtesy: Essa Homes and Contracting, Angus, Ont, Canada.
Custom Log Home near Midhurst, Ontario.
Building With Logs, Limited, Midhurst, Ont. - Design & General Contracting
Timbersmith Log Construction, Ltd. Hillsdale, Ont. - Log & Timber Framing
- Custom Log Home at Midhurst: On this Swiss-style project, exposed to high winds on a hillside, the designer was required to produce a low pitched timber roof system with substantial overhangs. The Stavebolt connector was utilized in much of the timber roof framing because of its proven strength and ductility. All gable posts, clear-story timbers and truss tension members incorporate the device at both ends. Gable panels were keyed and screwed to splines on the sides of the gable posts to produce an effective shear wall. SIP roofing was attached to wall plates and purlins with 14" panel screws.
Log truss project, Port Carling, Ont.
Winterwood Custom Builders
- Winterwood Project: On this log truss building project, the structural engineer specified the Stavebolt to deal with the tension loads at the bottom of the king post and the solid attachment of the ridge log at the top. Note that the stitch bolt ends are hidden in the top and bottom of the king post while the end of the 3/4" tension bolt is countersunk and hidden in the bottom of the lower chord. Future adjustment for shrinkage in the large lower chord is possible by removing the c/s plug and tightening the 3/4 bolt or nut on the end of the 3/4" T-rod.
Courtesy: Winterwood Custom Builders, Port Sydney, Ontario.
Midhurst Stavebarn Project
Building With Logs, Limited
- Stavebarn at Midhurst: This implement shed, office and work shop, framed with recycled 12" x 12" Douglas Fir boom timbers, was designed to take full advantage of the Stavebolt connector and the Stavehouse design concept. Project economics and engineering rendered the use of mortise and tenon and knee-bracing out of the question. The use of the Stavebolt in conjunction with wall in-fill panelling, resulted in superior bracing and permitted the exposure of the wall posts (the staves) on both the inside and outside.
Collingwood, Ontario Stavehouse Project
Building With Logs, Limited, Midhurst, Ont. - Design & General Contracting
Timbersmith Log Construction, Ltd. Hillsdale, Ont. - Log & Timber Framing
- Stavehouse at Collingwood: This post and beam with cantilevered balcony and large roof overhangs, exposed to high winds on a Georgian Bay hillside, was the focus of some unusual engineering, largely resolved with the Stavebolt. The effective attachment to the concrete foundation was accomplished by extending the 3/4" anchor rods into the bottom of the posts. Stavebolts in the tops of the wall posts were utilized to provide a similar tie through the wall plates and into the glue-laminated roof trussing. SIP roofing was screwed to the trussing. The outboard knee bracing hides enclosed steel tension rods. Wall in-fill SIP's brace the structure, leaving the wall posts (staves) exposed both inside and out.
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