Timber frame construction -medieval groove construction

This is a video of building a replica of a medieval village house from the 9th century. According to the findings in Březno u Loun, Czech Republic. I have used replicas of medieval tools to build it.

[@TheScoundrel70]

Your axemanship is phenomenal! The building is amazing!

[@coltius]

I just finished watching all of your posted videos. You should really record more of what you're doing, if possible. It's great stuff. I've been sending your work as links to people I play a realistic historical RPG with as examples of how hard it was to do things we take for granted now.

[@matthiasburger2315]

Wunderbar! Bis ins Detail meisterhaft umgesetzt. Ihr Können wird besonders dadurch deutlich, dass die Präzision der Bearbeitung immer genau den Anforderungen angepasst ist. Immer effizient. So haben es die Leute vor 1000 Jahren wohl auch gemacht. Vielen Dank für dieses Video!
Úžasné! Mistrovsky realizován do posledního detailu. Jejich dovednosti jsou zvláště patrné v tom, že přesnost obrábění je vždy přesně přizpůsobena požadavkům. Vždy efektivní. To je to, co lidé dělali před 1000 lety. Děkujeme za toto video!
Wonderful! Masterfully implemented down to the last detail. Your skills are particularly evident in that the precision is always exactly adapted to the requirements. Always efficient. That's what people did 1000 years ago, I think. Thank you for this video!

[@onsek5936]

Thank you. I'm happy you notice that.

[@adavies1752]

Average price of a house in UK £260.000
A few tree's a person for a love of craftsmanship and what a beautiful place we would live

[@onfinancialsuccess4162]

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing another project with us!

[@bigbraincontent]

Excellent

[@chlupy10]

Nádherná práce! Tesařské pozdravy z Pardubic 🙂

[@tecumseh6224]

In Canada and the U.S., we call that piece sur piece log cabin.

[@Austin-sv6io]

I've never seen a timber framed log cabin in the states.

[@gustaveremon7019]

very nice vidéo as always! I was wondering what is the weight of socket axe that you are using at 2:05 for example ? (looks a lot ligther then one I have thats looks to be the same size)

[@onsek5936]

Thank you, yes it's pretty light about 500g. And das not fit in the period of the house (it's late medieval)

[@gustaveremon7019]

@@onsek5936 only 500g ???? mine is 2.7kg !

[@onsek5936]

@@gustaveremon7019 most of the medieval axes from our area is light mostly around 700g they are going to be heavier later when is metallurgy more developt

[@gustaveremon7019]

@@onsek5936 very interesting. Do you use the same one for heavy hewing ? That's what I do with mine I change de handle depending on the job

[@onsek5936]

@@gustaveremon7019 no this one is to light for hewing, it's more sideaxe for small work, but that about 700g yes, Im hewing with them. On this video, there is axe head im changing handle from short to long one as I need.

[@frantisek_heca]

What if I would use any round woods for the walls, not the split logs? I am thinking about using any waste forest wood for this type of structure. I am thinking about covering the walls with clay plaster, so the spaces between wouldn't matter so much. And the core structure could rise up much faster with using round poles. Right?

[@onsek5936]

If I use round woods I would use more wood, and I can't build most of the house alone bcs of the weight of it.

[@oxbowfarm5803]

Fabulous. Do the split logs receive any infill material between them to fill the gaps? In North American log construction we call it "chinking". It seems also possible that with the whole exterior being the split face of the log that it is flat enough to cover with shingles or plaster (although shingles require a lot of nails or pegs so maybe not for medieval buildings?). How will the house be finished on the exterior? From the size of the overhang on your principal rafters it looks likely you will be doing a thatched roof?

[@onsek5936]

Thanks. Yes, the whole exterior would be under clay plaster same as the space between the logs. It going to have thatch roof but it has to grow and be harvested first :-).

[@oxbowfarm5803]

@@onsek5936 In some of your earlier house building videos it looked like the wood you were felling and hewing was mostly spruce, but these timbers look like maybe they are all or mostly some species of oak?

[@onsek5936]

@@oxbowfarm5803 Main construction and underground parts are from oak (qverkus robur) rest of house is pine (pinus sylvestris).