Just to throw in something to think about--Referring back to Paul's observation that in stick houses the sill is anchored to the foundation with embedded bolts but the framing above that is only toe nailed to the sill. If one anchors timber sills with cast-in bolts or all-thread, and the rest of the frame is joined to the sill with pegs, is there an advantage to using sill anchors with a gazillion pounds of holding power but having the rest of the frame being anchored with pegs that have only a 1/2 gazillion pounds of holding power? Using the weakest link theory I'm inclined to favor a little more emphasis on holding the posts down with one of the aforementioned techniques. Of course it's all overkill....when the frame is done the weight of the bills will hold it in place.
