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# 2 Barn / shop built in 1996
This barn is 24' by 36'  2 1/2 story bank barn
# 4 Barn built in 1997
This is a 24' by 42' 1 1/2 story barn with a 8' by 42' shed, part of which is open for fire wood storage
# 9 Barn / shop built in 2000
This is a 30' by 36' 2 1/2 story barn and work shop
# 13 Barn built in 2001
# 15 Barn built in 2002
This is a 24' by 30' 1 1/2 story barn with a 12' by 30' shed on one side, with a metal roof
# 16 Barn / garage built in 2002
This is 20' by 22' garage with a 6'  by 12' garden shed on the side, with all wood cedar roof and siding
# 18 Barn built in 2003
This is a 26' by 32'  2 1/2 story barn that has a drive-in second floor, supported by heavy Oak beams
# 19 Barn / House built in 2003
This is a 28' by 40' 2 story bank barn, that is actually a house, with a southern exposure of mostly glass
# 20 Barn / library built in 2003
This is a private library 18' by 32' including the 8' of porch (little school house look)
# 21 Barn built in 2004
This barn is 24' by 30' 1 1/2 stories with cedar siding and a metal roof
# 22 Barn built in 2005
This barn is 18' by 24' 1 1/2 stories with cedar siding and a metal roof.  the roof has SIP panels and the upstairs is used as a studio
# 30 Barn built in 2005
This is the completed frame of a 30' by 48' two story barn.  Click on the picture for more shots This is the same barn, completed

# 31 Barn / studio built in 2006

This is the finished frame, the barn, is 24' by 44' 1 1/2 stories. it is a 4 bent structure. one bent is at 24' clear truss, leaving a 24' by 32' clear span room. This is the completed barn, with cedar siding and a metal roof.  The roof has SIP panels for insulation. 

# 32 Barn built in 2006

This is the finished frame, the barn, is 24' by 30' 1 1/2 stories. It is a 3 bent structure. There are no internal posts upstairs. The roof is common rafters over purlins. This is the completed barn, with cedar board & baton siding and a metal roof. The garage doors are over-head type, sheathed in vertical cedar.

# 33 Barn / addition built in 2006

This frame is an addition, it is 20' by 28' 1 1/2 stories. and a 15' by 20' con.  The main section is a 3 bent structure. The mid bent is a clear span. The roof is common rafters, and it has a timber framed cupola. This is the completed barn / addition, with pine siding and a Arct. shingle roof. The roof has SIP panels for insulation. 

# 36 Barn / boat house built in 2007

This is the finished frame, the barn, is 16' by 24'.  It is a 3 bent structure. in this case the bents followed the ridge. This is the completed barn, with pine siding and a cedar shingle roof.  

# 38 Barn / Studio built in 2007

These are pictures of the completed frame of a 38' by 60' story and a half barn / studio. it is a 5 bent frame with a shed off the back  click on picture to see time-lapse video of the raising. This is the same barn, completed. the walls and roof have SIP panels, cedar siding and Arct. shingle roof.  plus the 2 porches were timber framed as well

# 39 The Hay Barn built in 2007

This is the finished frame, the barn, is 20' by 30' 1 1/2 stories. with a 17' by 18' wing, and a 12 shed roof  The main section It is a 4 bent structure.  This green building as Hay-bail walls and SIP's on the roof.  the bails will be covers in plaster and metal roofing applied over the SIP's on the roof

# 40 built in 2007

This frame is an addition, it is 26' by 27' one story with a loft. It is a 4 bent structure.  The roof is common rafters with a structural ridge. note the curved braces.