TTRAG Historic Timber Frame Structures
Short Survey Form

 

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________

Phone: ___________________________ Date Survey Done: ______________

Please feel free to use additional sheets for sketches and details. We recommend using the Historic Wooden Structures Archives Survey Checklist (available from the Guild office or downloadable as a PDF) as a reference to help you fill out this form. If you are not sure of your information, do not include it on this form.

Building Type: (circle one)

Barn   House   Church   Mill   Other ________

Circa _____________________________

Location:
Country _____________________________

State/Prov. __________________________

City/Town _____________________________

Street/Road _____________________________

Picture of Exterior or Main Bent

 

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Please Draw: (to scale with dimensions if possible)
  1. Plan (post and bent locations)

     

     

  2. Elevations of bent types

     

     

  3. Elevations of wall framing

     

     

Piece of Frame Size Hewn or Sawn? Species
Post      
Sill Plate      
Eave Plate      
Purlin      
Main Tie Beam      
Girt      
Rafter      
Joist      
Brace      
Length of brace leg ___________________

Type of Roof Framing: (check one)
____ Common rafters (no purlins)
____ Common rafters with principal purlins

Queen Post Orientation: (check one)
____ Canted
____ Vertical
____ Principal rafters with minor purlins
____ Principal rafters with major purlins and common rafters
____ Other (truss, mixed, etc.)

Type of Pegs:
____ Octagonal ____ Round
____ Peg Diameter

Layout System:
____ Square rule ____ Scribe rule

Are any timbers tapered (or cambered)? ____

Is any joinery nailed or bolted? ____

Sketch Roof Framing:

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials: (closure system)

Walls ___________________________________________________

Roof ___________________________________________________

Foundation ________________________________________________

Condition, status, and current use of building: