Custom Design & Traditional Joinery

Custom design and traditional joinery for your post and beam project...it's an option :) Give Vermont Timber Works a call to discuss, we'd love to hear from you. 802-886-1917

The Post and The Beam...more than just posts & beams!

Lets talk about post & beam construction. When I joined Vermont Timber Works I knew very little about post & beam construction. Posts are the vertical timbers, beams are the horizontal timbers and of course the braces. AND all of these things seemed to be in the way when designing a custom kitchen into a post and beam home. Well, since then, I've learned about the other timber members that are needed. From the exposed timber trusses to the plates, connectors, rafters and/or purlins, depending on the design. Ridge beams, hammer beams, hammer posts, ties, girts, struts...and more.

If you would like to learn more, please take a moment to review our web site and give us a call with questions. Vermont Timber Works, Inc.

Post and Beam and Reclaimed Timber UPDATE!

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Lets go GREEN with your Post and Beam or Timber Frame Building.

Interested in going green with your timber frame? Vermont Timber Works can help and is happy to help.

Some choices for your consideration are:

1. FSC Certified Timbers. Timbers from mills and forests that have been approved by the Forest Stewardship Council. (because forests matter) Our Katonah Bathhouse Project has Douglas Fir # 1 Better FSC Timbers. (Thanks Disdero Lumber Co.) Take a look at those LONGS!

2. Standing Dead Timbers. This is a great option for LEED points.

3. Reclaimed, Recycled or Salvaged Timbers. Resawing is an option, leave as is for the most rustic look. Reclaimed White Oak pictured below is courtesy of James and Company.

4. Location, location, location. Vermont Timber Works can work with a timber mill that is with in 500 miles of your project. That can earn LEED points.

5. Finish Options...Going with a sealer or stain that has low emissions is a good thing.

Post and Beam and Turned Columns by Vermont Timber Works

Post and Beam Construction underway for the Katonah Bathhouse in Katonah, New York. This design incorporates douglas fir heavy timber trusses with 4 douglas fir turned columns at the entry. Here is our shop drawing showing the overall design. See where our turned columns are going?

The Douglas Fir Log shown below was beautifully turned by Dave @ the Lock Deck Plant and coordinated through Dan @ Disdero Lumber Company.

Here are a few more photos of this gorgeous turned column...great job Dave and thank you Starfire Lumber Company.

Vermont Timber Works, Inc. offers fully custom post and beam construction, no ifs ands or buts!
Progress shot below, thank you Fred @ Peter Camilli & Sons!

A Post & Beam Pool House by Vermont Timber Works

Post & beam construction is great for many types of buildings. How about a post & beam pool house? The Breed Estate, located in Southern Vermont, enjoys this beautiful douglas fir modified hammer beam design for their pool house.

Above is our post & beam pool house ready to raise, lets go! Raising your timber frame can be quite exciting. At Vermont Timber Works, we do raise many of our frames, but not all of them. Interested in post & beam construction? Give us a call to find out more, 802-886-1917.

Post and Beam Constuction & MORE Tools of our Trade.

At Vermont Timber Works, we still hand craft all of our timber frames using classic timber framing tools. For example, an adze, framing chisel, mortising machines, beam saws, band saws, peg drills, slicks and more.

Doug and Peter design using Data CAD and develop detailed shop drawings which are then approved by the project architect and/or engineer. One approved, these shop drawings hit the shop floor and the fabrication begins. Need a professional engineer's stamp? Not a problem, right PJZ?
OH, and you gotta have one of these on hand at all times! A Boxer DOG.

OK, well, not really...Sorry Ruby!

Custom Post and Beam and LEAD time...

Custom designs, traditional joinery, hand crafted timbers to the highest quality...That's what Vermont Timber Works is all about. Don't forget that these things take time. Please allow 12-14 weeks for an average size timber framing project. Planning ahead is key when choosing the custom route, whether it be custom cabinetry, custom tile arrangements or our custom designed and hand crafted post and beam timber frames. You won't find hand hewn white oak timbers like this sitting on a shelf somewhere! Isn't that beautiful? And certainly worth the wait. How about reclaimed timber? That is a tough one sometimes for lead time...as we are reminded right now.
Authentic hand hewn white oak, reclaimed from the above barn will be key to our Davis Project and we are waiting patiently (well not really patiently)...

Post and Beam Construction in February in Vermont? Of Course.

In the snow? Of course!

The snow banks at Vermont Timber Works are much higher than in the above picture...and we are getting more snow. (We do not need any more snow)! The guys have been out working in this lovely weather, take a look. Some timber trusses and cupolas are just to big to be assembled in our shop.

Like this timber frame cupola in rough sawn hemlock timber for the Ferrisburg Town Hall Project. Fully assembled in our front door yard, it was great entertainment for Sue and I.

Loaded up and ready to go. Great job guys! It was very cold and windy that day. Below we have some of the Spruce Peak Custom Timber Trusses, 52ft long in douglas fir creating an 80ft span!
What do you think Ruby, are you chilly? Let's go back in.

Vermont Timber Works, post and beam construction continues throughout this snowy February & probably snowy March!

So you want a new BARN? How about a Post & Beam Barn?

So many styles, so many choices! When you build a custom post and beam barn. At Vermont Timber Works not only do you get a custom designed and engineered barn, it's also hand crafted. No CNC machines in our shop.

Traditional joinery, mortise & tenon with hardwood pegs, dove tails, shoulder joints...now you're talking. Need some steel joinery? Vermont Timber Works offers steel joinery also. Sometimes you see the steel and sometimes you don't.


Weathered hemlock timbers were chosen for the barn shown above. Hand hewn timbers are a wonderful way to make your new barn look like it's been around for many years. Hewn with an adze or chisel, below is the result in white oak.

Whether it be horse barn, storage barn, garage barn, residence barn, party barn or a multi-use barn...if post and beam construction interests you, give Vermont Timber Works a call. 802-886-1917 We would love to hear from you.

In the heart of New England, Vermont Timber Works.

We are Vermont Timber Works and we are located in the heart of New England. We specialize in custom designed, hand crafted post and beam houses, barns, churches & more. The Chase House is a favorite and a great starting point for a residence, if you are not quite sure what you want.

Our Post & Beam TEAM...Vermont Timber Works!

Do you have a dream of a post and beam constructed home, barn or building? If so, I would like you to meet the team at Vermont Timber Works. We all work very closely together to make sure that your post & beam dream comes true! Would you like to meet our team? If so keep on reading, if not, just head for the timber framing photos!

Dan & Doug are the owners of Vermont Timber Works, and they are both very hands on. Between the shop drawings and design, material orders and layout on the timbers & financial, they do it all.

Pete is our professional engineer, involved in the preliminary engineering, through out the design and he gets to put his stamp on all of our timber frames.

Rick, our estimator, has been working with Doug & Dan for 20 years. You should hear them when they start joking around, it's great. Rick also does layout and pretty much everything! Most recently Rick has been working on many estimates for Sue and I, the John Mazur project as well as Spruce Peak.

Vermont Timber Works shop crew consists of Mikey, James, Kellin, Todd, Jason, Stephen & Mike. The same guys that cut and finish your frame are the ones raising your frame. Thanks to all of you that let me take those project photos....!!

Megan & Denise handle all of the administrative, keeping all the important things in order and organized. Sue & I work in sales, searching for the new projects and coordinating the ones on the boards. That's us and we would love to be part of your post and beam project.

The Post & Beam Church & Chapel...

Post and Beam Construction, shown here in our Veterans Memorial Chapel. Using native pine and hemlock timbers and steel rods in the girder trusses, this little chapel is very pretty. Located in Randolph, Vermont, overlooking a valley, with a breathtaking view.

Our Immaculate Conception Church located in Nashua, NH has a very different look & feel. Arched timber trusses in Douglas Fir and supported by a steel frame. Gorgeous post and beam church!