Post And Beam Magazine

Find timber home floor plans inspiring photos of timber frame homes and sound advice on building and designing your own post and beam home all brought to you by the editors of log and timber home living magazine.

Post and beam magazine.

Most people don t know the difference between the two types. Our design teams can help you design a home to meet your specific lifestyle and needs. Essence magazine looking at its mid century modern architecture open kitchen with wood burning oven and stylish outdoor patio and garden it may be hard to believe that the two year old post beam restaurant used to be the site of a fried chicken spot. Our team is experienced in designing post and beam barns barn homes farmhouses waterfront cottages and mountain style homes.

Please visit our floor plan library for samples of post and beam homes barns and carriage houses. Raised in a five generation dairy farming family i really wanted my shop to feel like an old barn inside. The building s post and beam structure is reminiscent of the barns i grew up with in western michigan. These plans are meant to be design aides.

The post and beam design is a split ridge beam that allowed us to center the wood burning fireplace between two massive feature posts and send the fireplace vent through the center of the roof the floating wood and steel staircase which was originally going to be a ladder to the loft was designed by knot in a box and manufactured by. Included here is a short comparison of. Post beam home styles. Custom designing and building sustainable timber frame homes and light commercial post and beam structures nationwide since 1974.

The main floor measures 23 ft. American post beam is a national custom post and beam design manufacturing and building company. Post and beams can be constructed using engineered wood such as glulams or glued laminated timber a type of structural engineered wood and can have metal. We have a network of timberframe builders and over 5000 timber frame designs.

Timber home living is your ultimate resource for post and beam and timber frame homes. Post and beam construction typically uses half lap joinery with hidden fasteners and decorative metal braces some of the time. Your daily source for breaking news crime alerts sports weather and opinion serving charleston county dorchester county and berkeley county. The other difference is in the type of wood that is used.