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Sands Barn
This barn, in New Hampshire, is made of new second growth native hemlock, that was weathered in our yard for a couple of months. It has a great antique barn look for a much lower cost. The second growth hemlock is also an environmentally sustainable wood. |
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Barn Slide Show
Click on the image to the left to see a slide show of featured projects. |
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Grafton, MA. Pine & Hemlock Large, Wooden, Timber Frame Barn |
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Pine and Oak Barn Style Post & Beam Frame on Route 91 in Southern Vermont. |
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The State of Vermont did a wonderful job making this welcome center a show piece of authentic Vermont Architecture. |
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This photograph shows the historically accurate traditional joinery and hand hewing. |
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The welcome center features displays of Vermont crafts and industry. |
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Master Bedroom with Antique Timbers
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Vermont Barn Style Home
Sometimes our clients just like to have a nice timberframe barn out back or by the swimming
pool for entertainment. It is fun to have barn dances and barbeques in the big
open spaces that timber frames offer. |
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You Tube Video of a Barn Raising
Click in the image to see a time lapse video of the barn shown above being raised. |
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Hemlock Shed Rafters
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Barn Entry Framing
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Weathered Barn Board Siding
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Hay Loft
There are many things to consider when designing a post and beam barn. Horse
barns and stables often work on a 10x12 0r 12x12 grid for stalls, tack rooms
and wash stalls. |
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Rough Sawn Hemlock Post and Beam Horse Barn with Room for Equipment and Hay. |
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Hemlock timber frame with natural finish in Shiner, Texas. |
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Another view of this pretty Texas equipment and party barn. |
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An oak timber frame barn in PA. |
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A small truss forms the header over the main 20 foot door. |
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A nice side view of the barn showing the brick foundation and oak timberframe. |
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Party Barn
Weston, VT. This project features recycled southern yellow pine timbers out of an old dairy barn. |
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Bent Installation
The photograph of this barn, being raised in Dorset, Vermont |
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Shed Rafters
Shed rafters coming off of the side of a larger barn. |
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In Westerlo, NY, this barn is part of an estate and features a half basketball court inside.We often span 40 feet with heavy timber
trusses for commercial buildings, which can be over 100 feet long. The same techniques
can be used for barns – a dance floor of 40x100’ is more than possible! |
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An interior view. Notice the steel plate that ties the bottom chords together in tension. The barn is 40 feet by 60 feet with a 20 foot high side wall and is built with 40' Hemlock Heavy Timber Trusses. |
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This gambrel barn is in Hunter, NY. It has nice lines and features rough hand hewn pine timbers. |
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There are many things to consider when designing a post and beam barn. Horse
barns and stables often work on a 10x12 0r 12x12 grid for stalls, tack rooms
and wash stalls. |
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Hay Loft
Storing hay in the
loft provides a challenge. Years ago, people would just put up summer beams and
timber joists and throw as much hay up as they could. Today, the bales of hay
are compacted tighter and are much heavier than in the past. Also, the building
codes are much more stringent. So now we have to design for 100#/sq.ft. live
loads when we are designing hay lofts. Intermediate posts are added next to the
stall doors and the timber joists are increased in size to accommodate the loads. |
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Douglas Fir Timber Framed Horse Stable on Martha's Vineyard. |
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This photo shows "the little crane that could" - the older and smaller of two cranes on the vineyard raising Kenny Stable. |
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Olana Wagon Barn
An equipment barn for Olana, an artists' retreat in upstate New York |
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Dorset, Vermont |
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