Post and Beam Pergola Pictures

Post and Beam Pergola UPDATE


Native hemlock timbers, traditional joinery. Timbers will gray up over time.

Post and Beam Dream Come True

For some people having a post and beam house would be a dream come true...for these same people, having TWO would be an even bigger dream come true. For one Rockingham, VT client, her dream has arrived. Not only one post and beam structure, but a timber frame barn and a timber frame home. BOTH by Vermont Timber Works and Richard Monahon Architects.

Congrats Carol, the barn is really shaping up...stay tuned for many post and beam home pictures soon...

Autumn @ Vermont Timber Works & Post and Beam Barn Update.

Enjoy this beautiful shot of North Springfield, VT. Thank you Denise!
As the fall foliage is peak, our shop is FULL of hemlock timbers. We are currently hand crafting a post and beam horse barn that will be raised in Rockingham, VT. Custom designed to insure room for the horses, tack area, isle ways, storage, hay even the horse trailer and tractor.

This post and beam barn is not only designed, engineered and hand crafted by Vermont Timber Works, our crew will be raising this timber frame.

Our Brigham Hill Post and Beam Barn

This post & beam barn features rough sawn white pine and hemlock timbers. Traditional joinery, mortise & tenon with hardwood pegs and dovetailed joists.

The Brigham Hill Farm is a farming program operated by Food for the Needy, Inc. (a non-profit organization) that runs the volunteer based farm. They donate annual crops to hunger relief organizations throughout central Massachusetts.

Whether you need a post and beam barn for your organization, family farm or a place to store your antique cars...Vermont Timber Works is happy to work with you. Call us @ 802.886.1917

A Few Wood Choices for your Post & Beam Project.

Hand Hewn White Oak.

Strong and rustic, a good choice for many types of post and beam applications. Most recently a large post and beam barn in Auburn, PA. Expect lots of checking, which will not effect the strength.

Douglas Fir Timbers, Planed & Chamfered

Always a good idea. Douglas Fir is beautiful, strong, stable and available in many larger sizes and longer widths. If you can build your post and beam building with Douglas Fir, you may need a GLULAM.

Hand Hewn Eastern White Pine

White Pine is not as strong a hemlock, douglas fir or oak, BUT is a very traditional and popular posts and beam wood choice. Hand hewn for a more rustic look, or planed & chamfered for a more finished style.
FYI. Horses like to chew pine...

Reclaimed Timber

Depending on the species and condition, best used in decorative post and beam situations. Hard to work with, sometimes difficult to find, and always more expensive. A look like nothing else, worth it if you love it.

Native Hemlock

Shown above planed & chamfered, we prefer the rough sawn finish. Hemlock timbers are great for post and beam horse barns (horses tend not to chew on it). Post and beam pavilions, houses, as long as the lengths are not toooooo long. Then we are looking at douglas fir again.

Which wood timber is your favorite for Post & Beam Construction?

From the most rustic rough sawn hemlock and hand hewn pine to the more finished planed & chamfered douglas fir timbers, Vermont Timber Works does it all.