Timber Brackets

Steel Brackets for Timber Beams

Black steel brackets support rough sawn pine timbers .

Here is a larger view of a custom steel bracket, designed by Vermont Timber Works, to hold up  the wood ceiling beam. These beams are going in a restaurant at 184 Kent Ave in Brooklyn, NY

Timber Frame Shop Drawings

Timber Frame Shop Drawing

This is a typical shop drawing for a timber truss with an arched bottom chord.We produce detailed shop drawings for all of our projects, making sure that each client has a chance to review the final drawings prior to production of their timber frame.

Detailed part drawings are also produced so  handcrafted beams can be fabricated  in our shop. Each joint is precisely marked and cut by experienced timber framers.

Timber Trusses with Curved Beams

Arched Timber Trusses

 We are shipping these trusses to Quebec later this month. They are custom made oak trusses with arched bottom cords and fancy corbels.

This image shows details of the truss. Notice the joinery details, key way and corbels.

Timber Truss Assembly Drawing

Assembly Drawing

This drawing, by Vermont Timber Works, shows how timber trusses are assembled. Notice the custom curved timber arches and the scrolled corbels.

Indoor Pool, Basketball Court and Soccer Field in PA

Indoor Pool, Basketball Court and Soccer Field in PA

On the drawing boards:

We are currently working of the design for a fun project in Pennsylvania that uses a hammer beam truss reinforced with steel rods to cover an indoor pool, and glulam arches to cover a basketball court and a soccer field. Vermont Timber Works, Inc.

Click here to see a 3d model of the frame

Timber Scroll Work

Curves and Scrolls By Vermont Timber Works

Scroll work really dresses up rafter tails. The photo above shows a rafter tail being designed.

This photo is of High Winds Pergola in New York. the rafters are stained white oak with custom scroll work.

Timber Frame Boathouse

This is a photo of a boathouse we built on Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire.














Timber Frame Boat House in Quebec:

Vermont Timber Works is currently designing a beautiful timber frame boathouse in Quebec. The owner and architect tasked us with designing a frame that can not only clear span 34'x42', support the northern snow load, but also hold two nine thousand pound boat lifts. We accomplished the task by designing two 42' girder trusses