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How were old Timberframe buildings attached to foundations?

Started by Flekoun, April 14, 2021, 12:43:01 AM

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Flekoun

Hi guys. I am trying to figure out how were the old timberframe buildings attached to the stone wall they were usualy sitting at. 
Today the most common way is to drive steel bolts through the sills into the concrete foundations. 
However I am thinking of ignoring this step and simply lying the sills onto the stone wall. I am thinking of the frame beign heavy enough to hold in place thanks to gravity. 
Then I though about how at medieval times there was no steel bolts available so they had to do this some other way. However I am not sure which technique they used or they also simply does not fasten the sills to foundations in any way. Thanks for your ideas!

barbender

I don't know about timber frames specifically, but most old buildings I've seen were connected to their usually inadequate (by today's standards) foundations only by gravity. Now, we have cheap and abundant steel so I would probably bolt mine down.
Too many irons in the fire

Tom King

Of the 18th, and 19th Century houses that I've worked on, they're just sitting there.

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