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Barn Restoration

Old Somers Farm

The milking floor of the barn at Old Somers Farm, Peacham, Vermont

The milking floor of the barn at Old Somers Farm, Peacham, Vermont

A typical repair to the barn haymow, with a scarfed end replacing a piece which had broken in its midsection. Purlin post is now adequately supported with an intermediate post, and running the replacement 1’ into the aisle allowed for stronger joine…

Hughes Farm Barn

This was the state of the barn after the Subaru was towed away, which had struck the wall at mid-height after leaping off of a berm.
The barn after replacing the sills, the lower floor joists, and the posts and bracing.

Old Bickford Farm

New Timber Frames

Dorset, Vermont

Adam and a team of three frequent collaborators were engaged to execute  the replacement of a small two-car garage and attached shed which had been lost to fire. The earlier, relatively modern stick-framed structure was deemed insufficient for the owners' future needs, so they commissioned a utilitarian, traditional New England timber frame, which the team executed in six weeks on the basis of an initial concept furnished by Dorset Design Build. The frame is a highly faithful square-rule creation executed in locally-sourced white pine, fastened with octagonal green Locust wood pins, and assembled using several fine scarf joints and large, wedged dovetail tenons. The frame is 30x34' with a great deal of usable space on the upper story. The barn will also be receiving a timber-framed porch and a matching connector to the main house.