A cruck or crook frame is a curved timber, one of a pair, which support the roof of a building, historically used in England and Wales. This type of timber framing consists of long, generally …

2019年12月1日 · Crucks are made quite simply by selecting an oak (or occasionally an elm) with a stout lower branch, felling the tree and squaring off the trunk, then sawing it in two vertically. …

Timber framer Jack Sobon built this cool little cottage in western Massachusetts using cruck framing, a medieval technique that probably originated in Britain. The idea is to use a curved …

2007年11月30日 · A cruck frame is one where the structure of the building depends on two or more 'A-frames' which go from the top of the building down to the ground. These frames are …

Timber framing (German: Fachwerkbauweise) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully …

The predominant feature of a cruck frame building is the structural A-frames that carry the whole weight of the roof and the walls. These A-frames, also known as crucks, consist of two …

2012年2月17日 · “A cruck frame is one where the structure of the building depends on two or more ‘A-frames’ which go from the top of the building down to the ground. These frames are …

2013年11月21日 · Crucks, or couples as they were often called in Scotland, comprised pairs of curved timbers joined at the top to carry the enormous weight of the roof (built of timber, turf …

The traditional "A" shape, for a cruck framed structure, consists of two long, naturally curved timbers, secured by a horizontal beam which supports the roof of a building. A box frame is the …

5 天之前 · Building his cruck castle, which he calls Angelcyn Heall (pronounced Anglecoon Hall), has been a lifelong journey, one that, in some ways, started before he was even born. ... While …