This project involved the repair & restoration of the existing bank barn.  All repairs were made using appropriate materials and methods to match existing.  Work included: repair of the forebay and doors with existing hinges, rebuilding the bridge doors with existing track & trolleys, residing the exterior, installing a 26-gauge galvanized metal roof, repairing and repointing the interior and exterior foundation surfaces throughout forebay wall, and repairing the timberframe throughout with traditional methods & materials.

We installed temporary cribbing to lift and support the summer beams and posts in the parlor level in preparation for pouring footers under the parlor posts.  We used winches and hoisting equipment throughout in order to square and plumb the building before installing and securing the replaced girts and braces.  We also installed temporary cribbing throughout to lift and support the posts while we performed the repairs and replacements to the posts, braces, and sills.

Looking Towards Barn Bank Before Construction	Looking Towards Forebay Wall From Barnyard Before Construction
During Construction Showing Repairs Being Made to Timberframe	Computer Model Of Barn Frame Made Before Construction
Threshing Floor and Summer Beams Supported on Cribbing Stacks During Repairs	Foundation Repointed and Waterproofed Where Grade Will be Restored
Parlor Posts Set on New Concrete Piers	With the Floor Framing Repairs Complete, Work Begins On the Upper Frame
Detail of Joinery Showing Spliced Material in End Bent	Traditional Joinery Secures New Oak Timbers to Original Framing
New Timbers and Traditional Joinery Fit Perfectly Into the Original Frame	Frame Repairs Finished
Hand-Crimped Standing Seam Roofing Being Installed	Roof Pans Installed -- Ridge Seam Forming In Progress
New Siding Highlights Original and Repair Timbers	Earthen Barn Bridge Restored -- Note New Stone Wall Near Foundation Window
New Poplar Siding Being Installed	Interior View of New Siding Highlights Original Timbers
Roof Framing, New Roofing, and Original Hay Track	Hand-Seamed Roof Follows The Profile of the Old Rafters, Letting the Barn's Historic Character Shine Through
Barn Restoration Near Frederick, MD -- Repairs Complete, Ready for New Doors	View of Forebay Wall from Barnyard After Completion

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