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  • Re-Jigged Festival Sponsor

    Once again, Gillis & Company Timber Frames will be sponsoring the Re-Jigged Festival in beautiful Downtown Dartmouth this coming October 24 & 25 (www.rejiggedfestival.com).  Re-Jigged is a unique festival that focuses on new and emerging talent in Celtic music and dance.  The festival hopes to encourage new art and performance, thereby continuing the centuries-long tradition
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  • Timber Frame Covered Entry

    We installed a timber frame covered entry for a medical clinic last week.  The timbers are Eastern White Pine, and the covered roof area is 22′ wide x 21′ deep.  The timber eaves plates and ridge beam are supported by inserted wood blocking at the Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) gable wall.  We’ve used this hybrid
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  • Barn Raising – Owner Photos

    We received a number of shots of the recent barn raising from the client.  In addition to being a great guy, it turns out that he’s also a great photographer!  The frame and the crew look amazing in every photo.  I’ve selected a few to show you how good his shots are.
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  • Forest Lakes Update

    Things are nearing an end at the Forest Lakes Greeters Cottage project.  We’ve touched up some stain on the exterior timbers, and are getting ready to install the last few interior components.  The other trades are busy finishing the last few details, and the multi-purpose building will soon be ready for private functions, open house
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  • Barn Raising

    As noted in our last post, we are very busy these days – too busy to post regularly to the blog it seems! One of the things that has been keeping us busy is this simple, but beautiful Douglas Fir barn frame.  The client was looking for a basic, but attractive structure for storage and
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  • Winter Is Over!

    Actual signs of spring are popping up all over the place, and it looks like winter is finally gone!  It has been a while since we last posted, but we certainly were not hibernating over the winter.  In fact, we have been very busy beavers. First, we have been working with Avondale Construction on the renovation
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  • PEI Update

    It has been a while since we last saw the home on Tracadie Bay in PEI, but we recently received some new photos from one of the other trades people.  Andrew MacPhail of A & R Cabinetry Ltd. contacted us about another project and graciously sent along some of his photos. As you can see,
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  • Timber Frame Cottage in Weymouth

    We’ve recently completed the assembly and erection of a beautiful new timber frame for a cottage in Weymouth, Nova Scotia.  The frame measures 26’x34′, and has a gable dormer upstairs, on the south side.  The entire upper floor area is used – there is no open cathedral space on the ground floor in this compact
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  • Timber Frame Fishing Lodge Part 8 – Day 10 Review

    We finished placing the last timber purlins before hot breakfast today – yes, we have two breakfasts each day.  The first is just before work begins at 6:00am, and consists of cold cereal or toast, and coffee/tea for those who want it.  Hot breakfast is at 9:30am, and today’ plate was loaded with 2 very
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  • Timber Frame Fishing Lodge Part 7 – Day 9 Review

    Oh, so close – we only have nine jack purlins to drop in (the smallest, trickiest pieces), and we’ll be finished with the timber framing!  We had just about everything for weather; we started with a rainbow (I missed the chance to photo it), then driving rain and dark and menacing clouds, followed by bright
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