Timber Frame Finish Options Bear Creek Timberwrights offers many choices to our clients on wood finishes and treatments. The treatment varies according to the owners' personal preference and the architectural style of the home and is limited only by the imagination.
Some projects call for different treatments in different areas of the same home.
The mill, using a large four-sided planer, accurately planes all four sides of a timber before shipment to our shop. Because the timber has been accurately sized at the mill, our task in the shop is made simpler as we are working with material that is square, of known dimensions, and whose surfaces are flat. Rough Sawn - Rough sawn timber, as the name implies, is received by Bear Creek Timberwrights bearing the rough finish from the mill. Rough sawn timbers are most often used for areas of a home such as porches, for barns, and for outdoor structures such as bridges. Hand Hewn - Many clients desire to capture the rugged look of buildings built before the advent of modern saw mills.