Mason Farmhouse — 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 × 8 | 15 | 1 | 100 | wing sill, porch wall (wide: porch joists, studs and floor joists on it) |
| 8 × 8 | 20 | 2 | 213 | wing sill, gable end |
| 8 × 8 | 17 | 2 | 181 | sill, gable end |
| 8 × 8 | 16 | 2 | 171 | ell sill, gable end |
| 8 × 8 | 15 | 4 | 320 | sill, front wall · sill, rear wall |
| 8 × 8 | 14 | 8 | 597 | wing sill, front wall · wing sill, rear wall · ell sill, front wall · ell sill, rear wall |
| 8 × 8 | 10 | 2 | 107 | wing porch column, square (8 in as drawn) |
| 8 × 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | wing sill, porch end wall |
| 7 × 9 | 24 | 2 | 252 | wing first-floor girder (summer), lengthwise · ell first-floor girder (summer), lengthwise |
| 7 × 9 | 16 | 1 | 84 | summer beam |
| 7 × 9 | 15 | 2 | 158 | first-floor girder (summer), lengthwise |
| 7 × 7 | 17 | 3 | 208 | gable end girt, south-west gable · gable end girt, north-east gable · cross girt at a bent |
| 7 × 7 | 16 | 2 | 131 | wall girt, bay 1 (front and rear) |
| 7 × 7 | 15 | 6 | 368 | wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) |
| 7 × 7 | 11 | 2 | 90 | wall girt, bay 2 (front and rear) |
| 7 × 7 | 10 | 13 | 531 | wing wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) · wing post, porch wall (at its ends) · ell wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) |
| 7 × 7 | 8 | 1 | 33 | cellar post under the girder |
| 7 × 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | cellar post under the girder |
| 6 × 6 | 20 | 1 | 60 | wing gable top girt at the plate line, south-east gable |
| 6 × 6 | 16 | 2 | 96 | wing plate, porch wall · ell gable top girt at the plate line, north-east gable |
| 6 × 6 | 15 | 4 | 180 | wall plate |
| 6 × 6 | 14 | 8 | 336 | wing wall plate · ell wall plate |
| 6 × 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | wing plate, porch end wall |
| 5 × 7 | 11 | 1 | 32 | stairwell header |
| 3 × 7 | 11 | 21 | 404 | floor joist, girt to girt · stairwell trimmer, front and rear of the opening · wing first-floor joist, half span |
| 3 × 7 | 9 | 60 | 945 | first-floor joist, half span · floor joist, wall girt to summer · ell first-floor joist, half span |
| 3 × 7 | 7 | 5 | 61 | stairwell tail joist, cross girt to header |
| 3 × 7 | 6 | 13 | 136 | wing first-floor joist, porch-wall sill · wing porch joist, front sill to the porch-wall sill |
| 3 × 6 5/8 | 14 | 1 | 23 | ell valley rafter (15.7°), inside corner to the ridge's end |
| 3 × 6 5/8 | 13 | 1 | 21 | ell valley rafter (15.7°), inside corner to the ridge's end |
| 3 × 6 | 13 | 17 | 332 | wing common rafter (21.7°, 4.77/12) · wing rafter cut to a valley |
| 3 × 6 | 12 | 30 | 540 | common rafter (28.1°, 6.42/12) · wing valley jack, from the valley to the ridge |
| 3 × 6 | 11 | 22 | 363 | ell common rafter (21.7°, 4.77/12) |
| 3 × 6 | 10 | 6 | 90 | wing valley jack, from the valley to the ridge · ell rafter cut to a valley |
| 3 × 6 | 8 | 4 | 48 | wing valley jack, from the valley to the ridge · ell valley jack, from the valley to the ridge |
| 3 × 6 | 6 | 4 | 36 | wing valley jack, from the valley to the ridge · ell valley jack, from the valley to the ridge |
| 3 × 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ell valley jack, from the valley to the ridge |
| 3 × 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | wing valley jack, from the valley to the ridge |
| 3 × 4 | 11 | 43 | 473 | wall stud, front and rear, first story · opening jamb stud, full story · gable stud |
| 3 × 4 | 10 | 64 | 640 | opening jamb stud, gable (to the rake) · wing wall stud · opening jamb stud, full story · ell wall stud |
| 3 × 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | gable stud from the floor-2 girt, top cut to 6.42/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 8 | 4 | 32 | gable stud from the floor-2 girt, top cut to 6.42/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 7 | 4 | 28 | gable stud from the floor-2 girt, top cut to 6.42/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | gable stud from the floor-2 girt, top cut to 6.42/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 5 | 24 | 120 | wall stud, front and rear, second story · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 4.77/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 4 | 69 | 276 | opening header · window rough sill · cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 4.77/12 |
| 3 × 4 | 3 | 17 | 51 | cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 4.77/12 · opening header |
| 3 × 4 | 2 | 21 | 42 | cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header · gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 4.77/12 |
| 2 × 6 | 22 | 12 | 264 | wing ceiling joist, on the plates beside a rafter |
| 2 × 6 | 18 | 12 | 216 | ell ceiling joist, on the plates beside a rafter |
| 2 × 6 | 7 | 12 | 84 | collar (none on the two gable pairs — the gable studs stiffen them) |
| 3 × 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | knee brace, corner post to plate (45°), inner half of the wall |
9,603 board feet of green timber in 550 pieces.
13 members are longer than a 24 ft stick and are scarfed.
Pegs: 212 of dry oak, 1 in by 10 in, estimated joint by joint — order a tenth over. Keys: 1 dry oak key for the tusk tenons.
Boards: floors about 1,558 sq ft at 1 in thick (≈1,558 board feet); roof boards about 1,564 sq ft at 1 in (≈1,564 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellar post under the girder | 3 | 7 × 7 | 20 – 82 3/8 | A6-22 foot on a stone pad · head under the girder, A6-02 tenon |
| Sill, front wall | 1 | 8 × 8 | 313 1/2 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner; scarfed A2-16 |
| Sill, rear wall | 1 | 8 × 8 | 313 1/2 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner; scarfed A2-16 |
| Sill, gable end | 2 | 8 × 8 | 191 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| First-floor girder (summer), lengthwise | 1 | 7 × 9 | 297 1/2 | pocket in the gable cellar wall: its stone brought up under the end, beside the sill · pocket in the gable cellar wall, the same; on 8x8 cellar posts at the bents; scarfed A2-16 |
| First-floor joist, half span | 24 | 3 × 7 | 96 | A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the sill · A3-16 dovetail into the girder |
| Wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) | 6 | 7 × 7 | 166 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) | 2 | 7 × 7 | 180 | A6-05 housed tenon into the post, 2 pegs · same |
| Wall girt, bay 2 (front and rear) | 2 | 7 × 7 | 112 1/2 | A6-05 housed tenon into the post, 2 pegs · same |
| Knee brace, corner post to plate (45°), inner half of the wall | 4 | 3 × 3 | 45 3/8 | A6-03 foot on the post · A6-03 head under the plate |
| Wall stud, front and rear, first story | 13 | 3 × 4 | 112 1/8 | A2-07 stub tenon into the sill · A2-07 stub tenon into the girt |
| Opening jamb stud, full story | 48 | 3 × 4 | 107 5/8 – 112 1/8 | A2-07 stub tenon · A2-07 stub tenon |
| Opening header | 26 | 3 × 4 | 25 – 33 | A2-07 into the jamb · same |
| Cripple stud, under a rough sill or over a header | 49 | 3 × 4 | 10 1/2 – 29 5/8 | A2-07 stub tenon · butts the rough sill or header |
| Wall stud, front and rear, second story | 22 | 3 × 4 | 47 5/8 | A2-07 stub tenon into the girt · A2-07 stub tenon into the plate or top girt |
| Window rough sill | 18 | 3 × 4 | 28 – 32 | A2-07 into the jamb · same |
| Gable end girt, south-west gable | 1 | 7 × 7 | 193 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Gable stud | 10 | 3 × 4 | 112 1/8 | A2-07 stub tenon into the sill · A2-07 stub tenon into the girt |
| Opening jamb stud, gable (to the rake) | 4 | 3 × 4 | 98 – 100 1/4 | A2-07 stub tenon into the end girt · cut to the rake under the end rafter |
| Gable stud from the floor-2 girt, top cut to 6.42/12 | 12 | 3 × 4 | 60 1/4 – 90 3/4 | A2-07 stub tenon into the end girt · birdsmouthed under the end rafter |
| Gable end girt, north-east gable | 1 | 7 × 7 | 193 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Cross girt at a bent | 1 | 7 × 7 | 193 | A6-05 into the front post · A6-05 into the rear post; A6-32 summers, A3-16 joists |
| Summer beam | 1 | 7 × 9 | 180 | A6-32 tusk tenon and peg into the girt · same |
| Floor joist, wall girt to summer | 14 | 3 × 7 | 93 | A3-16 into the wall girt · A3-16 dovetail into the summer (A6-32) |
| Floor joist, girt to girt | 3 | 3 × 7 | 112 1/2 | A3-16 into the girt · same |
| Stairwell trimmer, front and rear of the opening | 1 | 3 × 7 | 112 1/2 | A3-16 into the girt · same |
| Stairwell header | 1 | 5 × 7 | 112 1/4 | A2-08 tusk tenon into the trimmer · same |
| Stairwell tail joist, cross girt to header | 5 | 3 × 7 | 73 1/2 | A3-16 into the girt · A3-16 dovetail into the header |
| Wall plate | 2 | 6 × 6 | 313 1/2 | A6-02 on the post heads · same; scarfed A2-16 over a post |
| Common rafter (28.1°, 6.42/12) | 28 | 3 × 6 | 129 5/8 | A6-20 seat on the plate, 8 in tail · A6-19 at the ridge |
| Collar (none on the two gable pairs — the gable studs stiffen them) | 12 | 2 × 6 | 62 1/8 | A6-12 to the rafter · same |
| Wing sill, front wall | 1 | 8 × 8 | 291 1/4 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner; scarfed A2-16 |
| Wing sill, rear wall | 1 | 8 × 8 | 291 1/4 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner; scarfed A2-16 |
| Wing sill, gable end | 2 | 8 × 8 | 226 1/2 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Wing sill, porch wall (wide: porch joists, studs and floor joists on it) | 1 | 10 × 8 | 167 | A6-17 tenon into the end sill · A6-17 corner with the end-wall sill |
| Wing sill, porch end wall | 1 | 8 × 8 | 47 1/2 | A6-17 tenon into the front sill · A6-17 tenon into the porch-wall sill |
| Wing first-floor girder (summer), lengthwise | 1 | 7 × 9 | 275 1/4 | pocket in the gable foundation wall: its stone brought up under the end, beside the sill · pocket in the gable foundation wall, the same; on posts on stone pads at the bents; scarfed A2-16 |
| Wing first-floor joist, porch-wall sill | 7 | 3 × 7 | 55 1/4 | A4-14 cogged over the back edge of the porch-wall sill · A3-16 dovetail into the girder |
| Wing first-floor joist, half span | 17 | 3 × 7 | 113 3/4 | A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the sill · A3-16 dovetail into the girder |
| Wing porch joist, front sill to the porch-wall sill | 6 | 3 × 7 | 54 1/2 | A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the front sill · A4-14 cogged over the front edge of the porch-wall sill |
| Wing wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) | 6 | 7 × 7 | 107 5/8 | A6-22 foot on the sill · A6-02 head tenon into the plate; A6-05 girts housed and pegged |
| Wing wall stud | 19 | 3 × 4 | 107 5/8 | A2-07 stub tenon into the sill · A2-07 stub tenon into the plate or top girt |
| Wing gable top girt at the plate line, south-east gable | 1 | 6 × 6 | 228 1/2 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Gable stud above the plate line, top cut to 4.77/12 | 16 | 3 × 4 | 8 1/2 – 46 5/8 | A2-07 stub tenon into the top girt · birdsmouthed under the end rafter |
| Wing post, porch wall (at its ends) | 2 | 7 × 7 | 107 5/8 | A6-22 foot on the sill · A6-02 head tenon into the plate |
| Wing wall plate | 2 | 6 × 6 | 291 1/4 | A6-02 on the post heads · same; scarfed A2-16 over a post |
| Wing plate, porch wall | 1 | 6 × 6 | 174 | on the end post · A6-02 on the corner post |
| Wing plate, porch end wall | 1 | 6 × 6 | 52 1/2 | A6-05 into the front plate · A6-05 into the porch-wall plate |
| Wing porch column, square (8 in as drawn) | 2 | 8 × 8 | 107 5/8 | A6-22 stub tenon into the front sill · A6-02 tenon into the plate |
| Wing common rafter (21.7°, 4.77/12) | 13 | 3 × 6 | 141 1/2 | A6-20 seat on the plate, 8 in tail · A6-44 foot lapped to the joist beside it, pegged · A6-19 at the ridge |
| Wing valley jack, from the valley to the ridge | 9 | 3 × 6 | 25 1/4 – 125 3/8 | A6-41 foot cut to the valley's side, nailed · A6-19 at the ridge |
| Wing rafter cut to a valley | 4 | 3 × 6 | 141 1/2 | A6-20 seat on the plate, 8 in tail · A6-44 foot lapped to the joist beside it, pegged · A6-41 cut to the valley's side, nailed |
| Wing ceiling joist, on the plates beside a rafter | 12 | 2 × 6 | 242 1/2 | on the plate · A6-44 the rafter's foot lapped into its side, pegged · same |
| Ell sill, front wall | 1 | 8 × 8 | 286 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Ell sill, rear wall | 1 | 8 × 8 | 286 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Ell sill, gable end | 2 | 8 × 8 | 178 3/4 | A6-17 corner · A6-17 corner |
| Ell first-floor girder (summer), lengthwise | 1 | 7 × 9 | 270 | pocket in the gable foundation wall: its stone brought up under the end, beside the sill · pocket in the gable foundation wall, the same; on posts on stone pads at the bents |
| Ell first-floor joist, half span | 22 | 3 × 7 | 89 7/8 | A4-14 cogged over the inner half of the sill · A3-16 dovetail into the girder |
| Ell wall post, front and rear walls (corner and bent) | 5 | 7 × 7 | 107 5/8 | A6-22 foot on the sill · A6-02 head tenon into the plate; A6-05 girts housed and pegged |
| Ell wall stud | 13 | 3 × 4 | 107 5/8 | A2-07 stub tenon into the sill · A2-07 stub tenon into the plate or top girt |
| Ell gable top girt at the plate line, north-east gable | 1 | 6 × 6 | 180 3/4 | A6-05 into the corner post · A6-05 into the corner post |
| Ell wall plate | 2 | 6 × 6 | 286 | A6-02 on the post heads · same |
| Ell valley jack, from the valley to the ridge | 6 | 3 × 6 | 28 – 78 3/4 | A6-41 foot cut to the valley's side, nailed · A6-19 at the ridge |
| Ell rafter cut to a valley | 4 | 3 × 6 | 104 3/4 | A6-20 seat on the plate, 8 in tail · A6-44 foot lapped to the joist beside it, pegged · A6-41 cut to the valley's side, nailed |
| Ell common rafter (21.7°, 4.77/12) | 22 | 3 × 6 | 115 3/4 | A6-20 seat on the plate, 8 in tail · A6-44 foot lapped to the joist beside it, pegged · A6-19 at the ridge |
| Ell valley rafter (15.7°), inside corner to the ridge's end | 2 | 3 × 6 5/8 | 141 1/2 – 154 7/8 | A6-41 foot over the inside corner of the plates · A6-41 head at the ridge's end |
| Ell ceiling joist, on the plates beside a rafter | 12 | 2 × 6 | 194 3/4 | on the plate · A6-44 the rafter's foot lapped into its side, pegged · same |