Timber Frame Terminology

Basic Timber Terms

• ”Post”

  A vertical timber that supports a beam or rafter.

• ”Beam”

  A horizontal timber that joins into or rests on a post or another beam.

• ”Brace”

  An angled timber, used to stiffen the frame, that joins into a beam and a post.

• ”Rafter”

  A beam which defines the slope of the roof.

• ”Bent”

  A section of the timber frame, which includes posts, beams, and rafters, that frames the pitch of the roof and walls.

• ”Bay”

  The area between two bents.

• ”Raising”

  The raising is a period of time in which we arrive on-site and raise the frame that we have fitted in our shop.