What if it rains on my frame?
This is a good question, and one that could cause you a lot of worry. One of the reasons for this blog as well as for our Owner’s Manual is to help share important information with you that can both save you money and alleviate a lot of worry. We treat barns and sheds differently;
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Brooks Post & Beam Owner’s Manual
Building a new timber frame home is not a job to be undertaken lightly. To help guide you through the many decisions with which you will be faced, we have written the Brooks Post & Beam Owner’s Manual. Whether you plan to contract out the work, be your own general contractor, or do it all
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Commitment to Our Customers
When Phil Brooks first began building new timber frame homes he quickly recognized that contractors all too frequently misunderstood the owner’s wishes which resulted in frequent delays and costly changes. As former teachers, both Phil Brooks and Paul Freeman are committed to helping you learn everything you need to know in order to build your
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Why Buy a Timber Frame Kit Home?
Every potential client we talk with has their own reasons for wanting a timber frame home kit, but the most common are cost savings, the satisfaction of doing it yourself, flexible scheduling, and minimizing waste. Cost savings: You can save thousands of dollars in labor by building your own home. Some of our customers want
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Carpenter Ants
In an apparent ongoing bug theme, here is an interesting article submitted to us by Chris Pestana, founder of JP Pest Services in Milford, NH. There are two things that every homeowner in the Northeast needs to grasp about carpenter ants (and about ten more things that would be helpful to know): Just about every
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