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David's Story
After researching New England post and beam builders extensively, David chose The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages to design, engineer, & build his post and beam barn on his property in Sutton, MA. This video tells David's story, his experience with The Barn Yard, and what he plans to use the new barn for.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, January 16, 2015
Inside the Saratoga Post & Beam
The interior of this Saratoga Post and Beam Barn is spacious, intricate, and inspiring. Floor-to-ceiling posts, gorgeous center aisle loft, and perfectly cut heavy timbers provide ample eye candy in every direction. It doesn't get more beautiful than this.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, January 09, 2015
36' x 68' Newport Garage
This large barn garage, with cedar shakes roofing and western red cedar siding, is visually stunning. Inside, an expansive second floor in one half and cathedral ceilings in the other half ensure the garage functions to maximum storage and hobby potential.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, January 02, 2015
Christmas Party Memories
We gathered as a team yesterday at Mill on the River in South Windsor CT for our Christmas party. It was great to reminisce with everyone about 2014 over fantastic food & atmosphere and look forward to an unbelievable 2015.
Read More Posted to Blog: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Christmas Came Early
For over a dozen lucky customers, Christmas came early at The Barn Yard! That's because they purchased a qualifying building during our Blue Moon Sale in November and received a free iPad before Christmas.
Read More Posted to Blog: Monday, December 22, 2014
Equal Parts Strength & Beauty
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.
Read More Posted to Blog: Monday, December 15, 2014
The Faces of Post and Beam
Our hardworking crew is the heart and soul of The Barn Yard. Where the rubber meets the road and the hammer meets the nail or oak peg. These are some of the faces of our Post and Beam Barn building crew, as they build a Saratoga Horse Barn in Sutton, MA. If you could put a face to post and beam, this would be it.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, December 12, 2014
Snow Falling on Timbers
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.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, December 12, 2014
A Dream Barn Becomes Reality
This the story about the construction of a 36' x 48' Post & Beam Saratoga Horse Barn in Sutton, MA. It combines time lapse video with photos of the building process, and hopefully inspires you to build the barn of your dreams. We look forward to working with you!
Read More Posted to Blog: Thursday, December 11, 2014
Building a Post and Beam Barn
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.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, December 05, 2014