For more than 30 years, Tedd Benson has been building the finest homes in the united states. He spearheaded the timber frame revival of the 80s and 90s, publishing three books on the process of timber framing, as well as teaching dozens of classes on timber frame construction.
After the turn of the century, Tedd turned his attention to making more energy-efficient homes. With his typical attention to detail, he (and his associates at Bensonwood Homes) designed new roof, wall, and floor systems that make homes easier to construct, maintain, and update over time.
This blog is where Tedd will share his insights into the craft and business of home building.
Tedd,
Where did your posts from last year go? I regularly check in on your blog and would be bummed if they were lost. There are good words of wisdom to reflect back on! Glad you’re up and running again!
We’re working on getting everything back. After getting hacked (!), we’ve moved to a new, more secure platform. If you watch over the next day or two, you’ll see everything back in place.
Tedd, how’s it going? Haven’t seen you in a while. We went to Lincoln Elementary, and North Junior High together, then to Colo State. I’ve been in Castle Rock, CO for 34 years. Might retire in 10 or 20 years…Take care.
Hi Ted……I want you to build me a lakehouse and give me a job. Sounds crazy, but I have spent the last 3 hours reading all about your company and watching your videos. You have ignighted a passion I didn’t even know I had. I stumbled across you because I was researching lake property and housing. All my life I have just wanted a trailer on a lake. Not fancy, just a trailer where I can lay my head at night and take my 4 children to teach all about care free lake living. I don’t want a trailer anymore…I want one of your homes! As I watched one of your videos I began crying because you remind me so much of my father who just passed away in March of this year. You don’t resemble him in looks but in character. He started his own mechanical engineering company and incorporated the same values and passion that emitted from you in just about every video I saw or blog I read. I want to know more about your industry, learn more and even help in some way to promote your vision because I believe you. I love the concept of seperating the components of a home from long term to short term or “dumb” as you say. I can’t tell you how I have stuggled as a home owner with nagging electrical or cable issues due to dry wall, etc. My upstairs shower began leaking into my kitchen pantry two months ago, but I haven’t called a plumber yet because I know it will be expensive and we have two other bathrooms. Isn’t that sad! I noticed you have several women working in the field. WOW! What an inspiration to me. I think, if you don’t already have women, moms on board to help market your vision of home building for the future, you need to get us onboard! I want to sign up! Please contact me if I haven’t scared you off! I would love to talk with you.