I'd run up against the fact that timber framing was by its nature communal work, requiring the help of many hands.

In the days before the railroad, timber framing depended on an ample supply of trees too large to be transported any great distance.

It involves the use of galvanised steel joists and studs that assemble like timber framing but which are strong enough to support concrete flooring.

Ninety percent of the timber framing looked at in the Kidz First hospital is decaying, the wood soaked at up to 98 percent moisture levels.

The buildings, some of three stories, were all heavy timber framing with whitish plaster between and had high-peaked roofs of thatch and tall stone chimneys.