what do you call it when you notch a piece of timber to another piece of timber when building a timber house?

Answer 1

There are various types of woodworking joints
Miter
Mortise and tenon
Rabbet
Scarf
Splice joint
Tongue and groove
Cross-lap
Halved joint
Dovetail-lap
Dowel joint
Butterfly
And butt joint, just to name a few.

As for my friend with the answer below, perhaps he should take a trip to Europe and walk through a few buildings. It’s not uncommon to find 8 to 10 different joining methods within the same building in central and southern Europe. His examples are probably the most primitive forms of joinery, albeit the most commonly used in the U.S. Also, I don’t recall ever seeing a Butterfly joint used in cabinetmaking, yet he seems quite confident in himself, so I will hold it as truth. I certainly wouldn’t want to guess at it again.

Answer 2

Timber house, I am assuming you mean post and beam?

Mortise and tenon, the tenon is usually pinned with a tapered dowel driven home. They also use locking scarf joints (you see these also in Craftsman style homes). Sometimes lap joints are used in timber-framed and log homes.

Not one above knew the answer and the one right above me was guessing by making a list of joints for cabinetmaking. Yet they attempt answering instead of passing up the question.

Answer 3

The very best Glue for bonding two pieces of timber is a glue that goes by the trade name LUMBERJACK , I have used this glue for years in my trade ,Once bonded it really does hold.

Answer 4

Our log / timber home was considered "ducktailing" > \_/

Answer 5

notching, as in notchin a log

Answer 6

Tongue and Groove

Answer 7

tounge and grove

Answer 8

logging....