About Kennebec Timber Framing

David Frankenfield has been involved in construction for over twenty years. Previous to going into business he was involved home building, barn restoration and the construction of barns and garages.

“I started in business creating Kennebec Carpentry Services in the spring of 1998. I began as a “stick framer” building from the ground up -on location- statewide. Concrete slabs and light excavation were also a large part of that business .We began receiving calls to build barns in 2000 with many customers requesting the use of timbers. While I was not using traditional joinery in those first few jobs the satisfaction level was high as I knew that this is how it should be done. With these experiences I practiced incorporating mortise and tenon joinery, scarf joinery, dovetail joists and other joints into our structures with great success.”

In 2004 we changed the name of the company to Kennebec Timber Framing, Inc. and in doing so commited ourselves to high quality timber frames--using no metal plates and designing all of the joinery in our frames.

“This was a largely transitional time for our company, we were no longer doing 20+ buildings a year. Instead we decided to specialize in the crafting the timber frames and insulated enclosures. In 2005 we built our new shop and we added the manufacturing of insulated panels for our enclosure system. In 2006 we added a CAD drafting program called Dietrichs. It is made solely for the drawing heavy timbered structures (timber frames). On to 2007 and we now purchase our logs to saw on our Woodmizer band mill. We decided to mill our own timber and hand pick our logs for the highest quality. Many customers have standing timber that they wish to be converted (into a timber frame building.) and we wanted to be able to assist them with that.”

Kennebec Timber Framing has the craftsmanship, knowledge and desire to help you create your own unique timber frame.