Our frame package includes...

A professionally restored barn frame package avoids the headaches and later financial agony that comes with purchasing a barn "as is". There are numerous barn frames for sale across the country which have not been restored, have missing or damaged timbers and are sold "as is". In other words your builder is going to have to do the repairs and / or replacements and many times must first locate timbers that match in color and character of the frame. He must also reassemble the frame utilizing poorly executed drawings and with very little know how as to the procedure. We've been doing this for twenty-seven years and we know what's expected and required to make it work. Click the image to view a complete nomenclature drawing.

Here is what is included with your vintage Vermont barn frame:

• Color slides of the original barn taken before and during the dismantling
• Blueprints of the barn frame and post plan for foundation planning
• Hand washing so the wonderful honey-colored patina isn't lost, but it doesn't smell like a barn when the heating system gets turned on
• 2 coats of a borate compound insect treatment which will kill any bugs that may exist in the wood and prohibit any new bugs from entering the frame's timbers and doing damage. Many areas of the country already require this treatment for new conventionally framed structures as well
• Reassembly (to include new hand-made hardwood hewn pegs) by the same people that took it down including all crane costs. We don't expect your contractor to figure it all out

Other options, electives and upgrades offered:

• Consultation and advise to you, your architect and your builder during all phases of design and construction
• The opportunity for us to adapt the frame to its new intended use with beams that match in color, character and authentic joinery which might include installation of shed additions, lofts or extended framing
• Additional vintage materials for enclosure and authentic finishing to include honey-colored antique roof and wall boards, barn siding and threshing floor planks; all purchased by the square foot and either supplied to your builder or installed by us
• Shipping the frame and materials and being there to personally off load them
• We're on time and we've never been late or delayed a builder's schedule
• We can also provide consultation for an excellent frame enclosure and its installation
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To sum it all up, The Barn People will provide you with a finished product that enables your contractor to go to work doing what he does best, without encountering unforeseen mistakes, changes or oversights.

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