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Designer's Office - Updated

comments (2) January 20th, 2009 in Project Gallery        
jmwyman jmwyman, member
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Pre-engineered trusses make up the exterior walls.
A red pine column will support the roof beam.
The fir roof beams are bolted to steel branch brackets and stress skin panels are supported by fir purlins.
The completed shell.
The interior showing finishes and built in perimeter shelving.
Pre-engineered trusses make up the exterior walls.Click To Enlarge

Pre-engineered trusses make up the exterior walls.
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These construction images show the framing and structure for this 650 square foot designers office.  Manufactured trusses frame the sloped exterior walls and create space for recessed bookcases at the office perimeter.  Red pine trees were stripped of their bark and used as structural columns and custom steel branch brackets support the roof carrying beams.  For finish images, see:

http://finehomebuilding.taunton.com/item/3762/designers-office


Design or Plan used: My own design - Jon Michael Wyman
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jmwyman jmwyman writes: Zoning bylaws only allowed an in-home office on the property at 1/2 the square footage of the existing residence. I was able to add to the space with the cantilevered floor joists and truss walls allowing the built-in perimeter bookcases outside of the exterior wall line.
Posted: 9:11 am on February 5th

Chramiec Chramiec writes: I was wondering what the trick was to the leaning walls... I'm glad you posted these before I got around to trying my idea.
Posted: 11:09 pm on January 24th

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