William Hadwen House — materials
A rough list to take to a sawmill. The frame is cut green — full-sawn timbers straight from the log — and pinned with dry oak pegs: as the timbers dry they shrink onto the pegs, and the drawbored joints pull tighter. The mill cuts every stick to its section and length; the framer cuts the joints.
Each length is the piece’s cut length plus 10 in for tenons and trimming, rounded up to the foot. A piece longer than 24 ft is ordered in two or more lengths joined by a scarf (A2-16), except a post or a rafter is not scarfed. Board feet are full-sawn: width × depth × feet ÷ 12. Sizes follow the model, which is proportioned from measured drawings, not engineered — a frame that will carry a load is sized by an engineer first.
| Section (in) | Length (ft) | Pieces | Board feet | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 × 12 | 16 | 2 | 320 | portico architrave beam, across the columns |
| 10 × 12 | 8 | 2 | 160 | portico architrave beam, return along a side |
| 9 × 12 | 21 | 2 | 378 | purlin ring, end plate |
| 9 × 12 | 15 | 4 | 540 | purlin ring, long plate |
| 9 × 9 | 26 | 8 | 1,404 | wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) |
| 8 × 10 | 22 | 16 | 2,347 | gable end girt, north-east end · gable end girt, south-west end · cross girt at a bent |
| 9 × 8 | 24 | 8 | 1,152 | sill, front wall · sill, rear wall · wall plate |
| 9 × 8 | 22 | 12 | 1,584 | sill, gable end · bent sill, on a cellar cross wall · gable top girt at the plate line, north-east end · gable top girt at the plate line, south-west end |
| 9 × 8 | 15 | 6 | 540 | portico sill, gable end · portico end plate, the pediment's base |
| 9 × 8 | 9 | 4 | 216 | portico sill, front wall · portico sill, rear wall · portico wall plate |
| 8 × 8 | 18 | 8 | 768 | wall girt, bay 1 (front and rear) · wall girt, bay 3 (front and rear) |
| 8 × 8 | 10 | 4 | 213 | wall girt, bay 2 (front and rear) |
| 8 × 8 | 8 | 10 | 427 | purlin-ring post |
| 6 × 10 | 18 | 2 | 180 | portico purlin under the pediment's rafters, run back into the house |
| 6 × 10 | 8 | 3 | 120 | first-floor chimney header · chimney header |
| 6 × 10 | 7 | 6 | 210 | first-floor chimney header · chimney header |
| 6 × 10 | 6 | 3 | 90 | first-floor chimney header · chimney header |
| 6 × 6 | 7 | 2 | 42 | portico purlin post, in the house's attic |
| 3 × 10 | 18 | 144 | 6,480 | first-floor joist, along the ridge, sill to sill · first-floor chimney trimmer · floor joist, girt to girt · chimney trimmer, either side of the stack |
| 3 × 10 | 15 | 51 | 1,912 | first-floor tail joist at a chimney · chimney tail joist, girt to header |
| 3 × 10 | 11 | 29 | 798 | first-floor joist, along the ridge, sill to sill |
| 3 × 10 | 10 | 58 | 1,450 | hall joist between the cross girts |
| 3 × 10 | 8 | 20 | 400 | portico floor joist, gable sill to gable sill |
| 4 × 6 | 14 | 1 | 28 | portico header between the purlins, under the house's commons |
| 4 × 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 | opening header |
| 4 × 6 | 5 | 24 | 240 | opening header |
| 4 × 6 | 4 | 7 | 56 | opening header |
| 3 × 7 | 22 | 48 | 1,848 | portico column stave, 12 glued up hollow to a column and turned, 25 in at the foot and 20 at the neck |
| 3 × 6 3/8 | 32 | 4 | 202 | hip rafter (19.5°), plate corner to the ridge's end |
| 3 × 6 | 24 | 5 | 180 | common rafter (26.6°, 6/12) · king common, end plate to the ridge's end |
| 3 × 6 | 21 | 6 | 189 | jack rafter, side plate to a hip · jack rafter, end plate to a hip |
| 3 × 6 | 18 | 7 | 189 | jack rafter, side plate to a hip · jack rafter, end plate to a hip |
| 3 × 6 | 17 | 11 | 280 | common rafter headed off on the pediment's header · portico common rafter (26.6°, 6/12) |
| 3 × 6 | 15 | 8 | 180 | jack rafter, side plate to a hip · jack rafter, end plate to a hip · jack rafter, the chimney to a hip |
| 3 × 6 | 14 | 2 | 42 | jack rafter, the pediment's header to a hip |
| 3 × 6 | 12 | 9 | 162 | jack rafter, side plate to a hip · jack rafter, the chimney to a hip · jack rafter, end plate to a hip |
| 3 × 6 | 9 | 12 | 162 | jack rafter, side plate to a hip · jack rafter, end plate to a hip · portico rafter behind the house wall, purlin to ridge |
| 3 × 6 | 6 | 10 | 90 | jack rafter, side plate to a hip · jack rafter, the chimney to a hip · jack rafter, end plate to a hip |
| 3 × 6 | 3 | 8 | 36 | jack rafter, side plate to a hip · jack rafter, end plate to a hip |
| 4 × 4 | 7 | 8 | 75 | ring brace, post to plate |
| 4 × 4 | 6 | 8 | 64 | ring brace, post to plate |
| 4 × 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | knee brace, corner post to plate (45°), inner half of the wall |
| 2 × 8 | 16 | 1 | 21 | portico ridge board, on edge |
| 2 × 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ridge board, on edge |
| 3 × 4 | 13 | 79 | 1,027 | wall stud, front and rear, first story · opening jamb stud, full story · gable stud, first story |
| 3 × 4 | 11 | 80 | 880 | wall stud, front and rear, second story · opening jamb stud, full story · gable stud, second story |
| 3 × 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 5 | 26 | 130 | window rough sill · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 4 | 130 | 520 | cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header · window rough sill · wall stud, front and rear, story 3 · opening jamb stud, full story · gable stud, story 3 · portico frieze stud, architrave to plate · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 3 | 43 | 129 | cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 2 | 23 | 46 | cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 |
28,587 board feet of green timber in 975 pieces.
24 members are longer than a 24 ft stick and are scarfed.
12 members are longer than a 24 ft stick — a post or a rafter is not scarfed, so these are a special order at full length.
Pegs: 218 of dry oak, 1 in by 12 in, estimated joint by joint — order a tenth over. Keys: 18 dry oak keys for the tusk tenons.
Boards: floors about 5,064 sq ft at 1 1/4 in thick (≈6,330 board feet); roof boards about 2,258 sq ft at 1 in (≈2,258 board feet). Add for waste.
Not in this list: stone, brick and mortar; siding, trim, windows and doors; roofing; nails. Nothing here is priced.
Cut list, piece by piece
| Piece | Qty | Section (in) | Cut length (in) | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sill, front wall | 1 | 9 × 8 | 536 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner; scarfed A2-16 |
| Sill, rear wall | 1 | 9 × 8 | 536 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner; scarfed A2-16 |
| Sill, gable end | 2 | 9 × 8 | 467 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Bent sill, on a cellar cross wall | 2 | 9 × 8 | 467 | A6-17 tenon into the front sill · A6-17 tenon into the rear sill |
| First-floor joist, along the ridge, sill to sill | 19 | 3 × 10 | 204 1/2 | A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the gable sill · lapped on half the bent sill |
| First-floor chimney trimmer | 4 | 3 × 10 | 204 1/2 | A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the gable sill · lapped on half the bent sill |
| First-floor chimney header | 4 | 6 × 10 | 60 7/8 – 77 3/8 | A2-08 tusk tenon into the trimmer · same |
| First-floor tail joist at a chimney | 17 | 3 × 10 | 169 – 169 1/2 | on the gable or bent sill · A3-16 dovetail into the header |
| First-floor joist, along the ridge, sill to sill | 29 | 3 × 10 | 117 1/2 | lapped on half the bent sill · lapped on half the bent sill |
| First-floor joist, along the ridge, sill to sill | 21 | 3 × 10 | 205 | lapped on half the bent sill · A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the gable sill |
| First-floor chimney trimmer | 4 | 3 × 10 | 205 | lapped on half the bent sill · A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the gable sill |
| Wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) | 8 | 9 × 9 | 296 3/4 | A6-22 foot on the sill · A6-02 head tenon into the plate; A6-05 girts housed and pegged |
| Wall girt, bay 1 (front and rear) | 4 | 8 × 8 | 195 1/2 | A6-05 housed tenon into the post, 2 pegs · same |
| Wall girt, bay 2 (front and rear) | 4 | 8 × 8 | 108 1/2 | A6-05 housed tenon into the post, 2 pegs · same |
| Wall girt, bay 3 (front and rear) | 4 | 8 × 8 | 196 | A6-05 housed tenon into the post, 2 pegs · same |
| Knee brace, corner post to plate (45°), inner half of the wall | 4 | 4 × 4 | 32 1/4 | A6-03 foot on the post · A6-03 head under the plate |
| Wall stud, front and rear, first story | 27 | 3 × 4 | 138 1/2 | A2-07 stub tenon into the sill · A2-07 stub tenon into the girt |
| Opening jamb stud, full story | 64 | 3 × 4 | 28 1/4 – 138 1/2 | A2-07 stub tenon · A2-07 stub tenon |
| Opening header | 32 | 4 × 6 | 32 – 75 | A2-07 into the jamb · same |
| Window rough sill | 31 | 3 × 4 | 32 – 46 | A2-07 into the jamb · same |
| Cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header | 80 | 3 × 4 | 4 1/2 – 34 3/4 | A2-07 stub tenon · butts the rough sill or header |
| Wall stud, front and rear, second story | 30 | 3 × 4 | 114 | A2-07 stub tenon into the girt · A2-07 stub tenon into the girt |
| Wall stud, front and rear, story 3 | 40 | 3 × 4 | 28 1/4 | A2-07 stub tenon into the girt · A2-07 stub tenon into the plate or top girt |
| Gable end girt, north-east end | 2 | 8 × 10 | 467 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Gable top girt at the plate line, north-east end | 1 | 9 × 8 | 467 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Gable stud, first story | 22 | 3 × 4 | 136 1/2 | A2-07 stub tenon into the sill · A2-07 stub tenon into the girt |
| Gable stud, second story | 22 | 3 × 4 | 112 | A2-07 stub tenon into the girt · A2-07 stub tenon into the girt |
| Gable stud, story 3 | 34 | 3 × 4 | 28 1/4 | A2-07 stub tenon into the girt · A2-07 stub tenon into the plate or top girt |
| Gable end girt, south-west end | 2 | 8 × 10 | 467 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Gable top girt at the plate line, south-west end | 1 | 9 × 8 | 467 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Cross girt at a bent | 4 | 8 × 10 | 467 | A6-05 into the front post · A6-05 into the rear post; A6-32 summers, A3-16 joists |
| Floor joist, girt to girt | 80 | 3 × 10 | 196 1/2 – 197 | A3-16 into the girt · same |
| Chimney trimmer, either side of the stack | 16 | 3 × 10 | 196 1/2 – 197 | A3-16 into the girt · same |
| Chimney header | 8 | 6 × 10 | 60 7/8 – 77 3/8 | A2-08 tusk tenon into the trimmer · same |
| Chimney tail joist, girt to header | 34 | 3 × 10 | 165 – 165 1/2 | A3-16 into the girt · A3-16 dovetail into the header |
| Hall joist between the cross girts | 58 | 3 × 10 | 109 1/2 | A3-16 into the girt · same |
| Wall plate | 2 | 9 × 8 | 536 | A6-02 on the post heads · same; scarfed A2-16 over a post |
| Common rafter headed off on the pediment's header | 3 | 3 × 6 | 185 3/4 | A2-08 seat on the header, spiked · A6-48 butted to the ridge board, nailed |
| Common rafter (26.6°, 6/12) | 3 | 3 × 6 | 273 | A6-20 seat on the plate, 0 in tail · A6-48 butted to the ridge board, nailed |
| Ridge board, on edge | 1 | 2 × 8 | 54 | A6-48 flush with the end pair · same |
| Hip rafter (19.5°), plate corner to the ridge's end | 4 | 3 × 6 3/8 | 363 3/4 | A6-40 notched over the plate corner · A6-40 head against the last pair of commons |
| Jack rafter, side plate to a hip | 26 | 3 × 6 | 19 3/4 – 231 3/4 | A6-20 seat on the plate · cut to the hip's side, nailed (A6-40) |
| Jack rafter, the pediment's header to a hip | 2 | 3 × 6 | 147 1/2 | A2-08 seat on the header, spiked · cut to the hip's side, nailed (A6-40) |
| King common, end plate to the ridge's end | 2 | 3 × 6 | 272 3/8 | A6-20 seat on the end plate · against the last pair of commons, nailed |
| Jack rafter, end plate to a hip | 24 | 3 × 6 | 23 1/8 – 235 1/8 | A6-20 seat on the end plate · cut to the hip's side, nailed (A6-40) |
| Jack rafter, the chimney to a hip | 4 | 3 × 6 | 55 3/4 – 161 3/4 | against the chimney, on a header (A2-08) · cut to the hip's side, nailed (A6-40) |
| Purlin ring, long plate | 2 | 9 × 12 | 304 | A6-50 let down under the hip, over the corner post · same; scarfed A2-16 over a post |
| Purlin ring, end plate | 2 | 9 × 12 | 235 | A6-50 tenon into the long plate's side, pinned · same |
| Purlin-ring post | 10 | 8 × 8 | 79 1/2 | A6-30 stub tenon into the attic floor · A6-30 tenon into the ring plate |
| Ring brace, post to plate | 16 | 4 × 4 | 50 7/8 – 67 7/8 | A6-03 tenon into the post · A6-03 tenon into the ring plate |
| Portico sill, front wall | 1 | 9 × 8 | 92 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Portico sill, rear wall | 1 | 9 × 8 | 92 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Portico sill, gable end | 2 | 9 × 8 | 317 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Portico floor joist, gable sill to gable sill | 20 | 3 × 10 | 83 | A4-14 on the inner half of the sill · same |
| Portico column stave, 12 glued up hollow to a column and turned, 25 in at the foot and 20 at the neck | 48 | 3 × 7 | 243 5/8 | glued to its neighbours; the column on the floor over the sill (A6-22) · the capital's block under the architrave (A6-02) |
| Portico architrave beam, across the columns | 1 | 10 × 12 | 335 | on the corner column · same; scarfed A2-16 over a column |
| Portico architrave beam, return along a side | 2 | 10 × 12 | 82 | spiked to the house's wall frame · lapped onto the front beam over the corner column |
| Portico frieze stud, architrave to plate | 23 | 3 × 4 | 29 7/8 | nailed to the architrave · nailed to the plate |
| Portico end plate, the pediment's base | 1 | 9 × 8 | 317 | A6-05 into the side plate · same |
| Gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 6/12 | 13 | 3 × 4 | 10 3/4 – 80 1/2 | A2-07 stub tenon into the top girt · birdsmouthed under the end rafter |
| Portico wall plate | 2 | 9 × 8 | 92 | A6-02 on the post heads · same |
| Portico rafter behind the house wall, purlin to ridge | 6 | 3 × 6 | 91 5/8 | A6-11 foot notched over the purlin · A6-48 butted to the ridge board, nailed |
| Portico common rafter (26.6°, 6/12) | 8 | 3 × 6 | 189 1/8 | A6-20 seat on the plate, 0 in tail · A6-48 butted to the ridge board, nailed |
| Portico ridge board, on edge | 1 | 2 × 8 | 170 1/2 | A6-48 flush with the end pair · same |
| Portico purlin under the pediment's rafters, run back into the house | 2 | 6 × 10 | 204 | on the pediment's gable studs · A6-30 on a post in the house's attic |
| Portico purlin post, in the house's attic | 2 | 6 × 6 | 65 3/4 | A6-30 stub tenon into the attic floor · A6-30 tenon into the purlin |
| Portico header between the purlins, under the house's commons | 1 | 4 × 6 | 154 | A2-08 tusk tenon into the purlin · same |