I usually assume that when people ask me what I do for a living, and I answer that I work for Vermont Timber Works, everyone automatically knows exactly what that entails.

Recent news flash....
Everyone Does NOT know!

In a nutshell, here is a better description of what I do.

Clients, either from residential projects or large commercial jobs will call and ask us to give an estimate for a post and beam barn, a timber church, library trusses, hotel porte cochers, etc. We get a lot of requests for a myriad of projects.

We will take information from the potential buyer, such as the species of wood they are thinking of, as well as the wood finish- whether it be rough sawn or planed and chamfered- the type of joinery, the location of the build, and so on. Most of the time, a commercial job will already have a set of architectural prints to go by.

Once we have provided the estimate and the client agrees to purchase the timber frame, we begin the process of drawing preliminary shop drawings. These are sent back for approval by the contractor/client. Once approved, we order the materials and bring them to our shop to begin the fabrication process.

All of our post and beam projects are cut by hand. Even the mortise and tenon joinery is hand crafted by one of our skilled craftsmen.

After the timber barn, post and beam home, truss, whatever project it may be is assembled here in the shop- we ship it to the location of the build. Sometimes we just send the timbers and other times our crew travels to the job site to erect the frame. It's purely the choice of the project manager or home owner.

Once the timber frame is up- we're done! But of course following up with the client is essential. We want to make sure that they are happy with the end result. Of course the timber frame is the KEY ingredient to a beautiful building.

If you want more information on the art of timber framing, please don't hesitate to call us here at VTW.

We look forward to hearing from you.