The Barn Yard Blog

What began as CNC-machined timbers became a precisely-joined timber frame structure built for strength and beauty. Our crew recently completed this authentic post and beam Carriage Barn in downtown Ellington, CT. Read on to go inside.

The same precision it takes to design & engineer our post and beam barns, it takes to build them. That precision is evident in the raising of this 36' x 32' Carriage Barn. The result of precisely built joinery is a work of art. Read on for more barn raising pictures from this week's raising in Ellington, CT.

This particular Post & Beam Carriage Barn required extra reinforcing due to the 26' span and heavier snow loading in Colebrook, CT. Upon structural analysis of the frame, traditional wood joinery with oak pegs was not found to be adequate enough to resist the significant tension loads the joint had to transmit.

In Colebrook CT yesterday, the crew raised a 26' x 44' Carriage Barn with 12' Lean-To. It snowed just about the entire time. Here's photos of the snowy raising day.

The crew raised the timber frame for a 22' x 32' Post and Beam Carriage Barn with 10' Lean-To located in Clinton, CT. They worked from sun up to sun down. Here are pictures from the post and beam barn raising.

Yesterday, The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages raised a 22' x 40' Post and Beam Carriage Barn with 10' Lean-To in Haddam, CT. The barn will be used as a workshop and barn for snowmobiles, ATVs, and other outdoor toys. As a workshop, the barn will inspire with its timeless beauty. As an outdoor vehicle building, the barn has enormous potential. Built to last by the builders of the industry's strongest post and beam barns.

Customized to suit the homeowner's purpose, this 22' x 32' Post and Beam Carriage Barn with 10' Lean-To was built in Columbia, CT. The customer started with our display model Carriage Barn and customized to accommodate a tractor, as well as changed the types of windows and doors, to make the barn a pool house.

It's post and beam season here at The Barn Yard in Connecticut! We're raising quite a few post and beam barns throughout New England this time of year. This particular barn was built in Goshen, CT by our pro builders based out of Bethel, CT. It will be used as a retail organic garden and fruit barn.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the design, foundation, construction, and finishing of the new 22' x 32' Post and Beam Carriage Barn on display in Ellington, CT. Barn Yard owner and resident structural engineer Everett Skinner IV, P.E. explains the building process and leads the video tour, going inside the completed barn.

On a sunny Wednesday morning at the Bethel location last week, the crew raised a beautiful 18' x 20' Post & Beam barn. The barn raising took 3 hours and the time lapse is 17 seconds. See the barn raising time lapse as well as more pictures from the event.