Timber Frame Barn Video Tour: Barn House Project | Normerica Timber Homes

Nestled beside the newly clad original 1850’s farmhouse, this horse-and-living-quarters timber frame barn house sits on 4.2 acres of hilltop land, overlooking beautiful Vermont farmland and ski hills. Working with a local architect, Normerica was tasked with designing, engineering, and supplying the timber frame structure for this unique and exquisite barn home.
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The natural stone masonry, grey barnboard siding, black metal windows, and dark standing seam metal roof give this barn house a contemporary look that beautifully contrasts with the bucolic landscape. The ground level is designed for both horses and ski storage; with timber box stalls, 4x8” timber joists, and a timber ceiling. Natural light floods into the stalls through the glass paneled garage door, illuminating the space.
This barn home has been constructed partially into the hill to give easy access to either entry - the lower horse area or upper living area, as well as to the large deck.
Follow the slate stone path up to the entry door. Once inside, you’ll step into the bright, airy kitchen and family room. Spectacular 36’ bent style eastern white pine trusses reinforce the classic barn style while allowing the area to be open and free of any center posts. The natural beauty of the trusses is maintained through a clear coating, while the 1x8” V joint tongue-and-groove ceiling and walls are stained white to make the room feel even more spacious. At one end of the room, a wall of windows frames the breath-taking views of the surrounding fields and mountains. Sliding doors lead out onto the elevated deck for a true indoor-outdoor living experience.
The simple stonework and timber mantle of the natural stone fireplace gives the family room another focal point without taking away from the spectacular outside views. In the kitchen, the modern aesthetic of the exterior is brought inwards, with open upper shelves lending to the contemporary feel. The long kitchen island is the perfect place to host get-togethers and family gatherings. Large dormer windows positioned on each side of the stainless-steel range hood allow natural sunlight to fill the room.
Two bedrooms of this three-bedroom barn home are accessed off the main living area, both with soaring 17’ sloped timber ceilings. In the first bedroom, a ladder stair leads up to a cozy loft space where you can relax and read a book under the sloped tongue-and-groove ceiling and timbers. Looking down over the open room below you can’t help but be in awe of the structural bent style trusses.
The primary bedroom, along with a built-in desk and laundry washroom combination, resides in a wing of the barn that is not timber frame.
With its beautiful timber structure and scenic views, this modern, multi-purpose timber frame barn house encompasses the best of Vermont living.
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beautifull

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Thank you 😊

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Perfect

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Why so many cracking on the trusses?

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Good question! The timbers from our Eastern White Pine (EWP) frames are harvested and milled in the winter months before being stored and allowed to air dry. When the timbers are planned and then manufactured by our CNC machine, however, they are still considered "green", with a relatively high moisture content. Once the timbers are erected and enclosed in a building and that space is conditioned, the speed at which those timbers dry increases. As the timbers dry faster on the surface than they do near the heartwood, the result is the occurrence of these cracks, which is called checking. It's a normal occurrence which, except for a in very rare circumstances, does not jeopardize the structural integrity of the frame. We find it adds character to the frame, and the occurrences of these checks will slow down as the timber dries. The folks at Shelter Institute have a wonderful couple of videos on green wood in timber framing and some precautionary measures than can be taken to limit checking, which you can find here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2Scl6ikbq6qoMUsi=njwSCe6e8z5St_V6 We do have kilns at a our manufacturing facility. For Douglas fir frames, we use free of heart centre (FOHC) timbers and we kiln dry the material. Douglas fir takes to kiln drying much better than EWP does. The kiln-dried FOHC timber tends to check less than EWP. For those clients who really want to avoid checking in their timbers, glulam timbers are an option.

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Where is this building?

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This project is located in Vermont right near Sugarbush Resort!