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The featured video above shows a timber frame horse barn being raised in Vermont. First the 'bents' (main carrying frames) are raised by the crane, then connecting beams are flown into place. The frame is made of native hemlock and will eventually house four horses, tack, feed, hay tractors and equipment.
A proposed heavy timber lodge for Deer Lake Scout Reservation in Killingworth, Connecticut. This frame will be made of made of eastern white pine timbers and douglas fir trusses and porch posts. It was designed by Huestis Tucker Architects, LLC.
This timber frame walk through is a proposal for Badger and Associates, Architects. It features a three story design with a Belvedere on the roof, similar to a widow's walk. The client is deciding to use weathered hemlock beams, new hand hewn oak timbers which are weathered to look like antique beams or real antique oak timbers.
New Timber Frame Residence
Enjoy this simulated walk-through of the proposed new Timber Frame Concert Hall for the New Hampshire Music Festival to be located in the rural Squam Lakes region.
Support the New Hampshire Music Festival - A great organization that presents more than 160 events annually, 30+ concerts during the summer and more than 130 year-round classroom activities in the region’s schools during the school year.
PAS Architects designed this new Orthodox Church in Waldorf, Maryland and asked us to design a timber frame for it. The results are shown in the YouTube video on the left. The timber frame design is purely basic and structural now. Ornamental timbers, corbels, finials and arches may be added as the interior design progresses.
A slide show of different timber truss designs we have done over the years, including scissor trusses, king post trusses, hammer beam trusses, hand hewn trusses and much more.
Timber Truss Slide Show
This slide show is all about beautiful timber frame churches we have done over the years.
Many Photos of Heavy Timber Churches
Timber framing tools being used in our shop, including saws, mortising machines, and a 20' band saw.
Post & Beam Tool Video
Our best photographs of timber frame houses, hotels, stables, churches, post and beam barns and heavy timber construction projects of all types.
Post & Beam Brochure Collection
Post & Beam Barns
Post and Beam Barns
Photographs of heavy timber pavilions that we have built for state parks, federal parks, picnic shelters, band stands and private homes.
Heavy Timber Pavilions
This video shows a native oak timber frame being erected. The frame is 40'x96' and included a loft and a large open area for tractors and farm equipment. It is on a beautiful estate surrounded by a vineyard, a christmas tree farm and expansive lawns. It is built on a brick foundation with arched door openings.
Barn Raising in Pennsylvania
Timber Frame "Bent" (main carrying frame) being raised. First the bent is lifted into the air by then crane, then turned around to face the proper direction. Next the post bases a prepared with epoxy and finally the bent is lowered into place and braced off.
