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  • Timber Frame Fishing Lodge 2

    Another amazing day in Labrador!  We assembled and raised three trusses today (two before lunch).  We spent some time sorting through the various piles, preparing for the next few days. We’re pleased with our progress, considering we have to man-handle every timber into place.  The main pile is slowly disappearing and the smaller piles are
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  • Timber Frame Fishing Lodge – Part 1

    We’re up in Central Labrador, assembling and erecting a timber frame for a fly-in fishing lodge.  Because of the nature of the site, we’re assembling and raising the frame by hand – all 25,000 lbs of timber! The float plane flight in was amazing, and everyone on the local crew have been incredibly generous and
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  • Western Newfoundland Project

    We have been very busy bees, and the shop is humming with activity.  Timbers are coming and going all the time.  We recently completed a hybrid timber frame home in Western Newfoundland.  The centre section is a 22’x32′ fully-structural timber frame, while the kitchen/dining and master bedroom areas have timber posts, beams and ceiling joists
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  • Wedding Pergola

    It’s wedding season again, and we have just helped our friends Jeremy and Jen prepare a beautiful, custom pergola for their wedding chapel.  Jeremy helps us out in the shop and on site from time to time, and he and Dave designed and built this beautiful pergola just in time for their wedding this past
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  • CaGBC Trade Show This Week

    Gillis & Company Timber Frames will be exhibiting at the Canadian Green Building Council’s BuildGreen Atlantic Conference and Trade Show this coming Friday (May 31).  This is our third year exhibiting at BuildGreen Atlantic, and we’re looking forward to meeting more designers, architects, engineers and builders who are interested in working with the most sustainable
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  • First Raising Complete

    Well, our first raising for 2013 is finished, and we have some preliminary photos to share.  The fog made for some anxious hours, but in the end I think the results speak for themselves.  The frame is pristine (yes, those timbers are Douglas Fir), and everything turned out awesome.  The general contractor is working on
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