Barn structure

[beefcow16]

Posting for my dad , recently taking down our barns because of wind damage and the Amish workers that are taking the barns down have never seen a barn built like this before and they take barns down for a living has anyone else come across this style of builds ?

 

[Brendon-KS]

The vertical threaded rods supporting a horizontal beam from an "A frame" structure is a lot like the construction method of the church we attend. In the attic area above the sanctuary are several of these structures that support beams that in turn support the ceiling structure. This part of the building dates back to 1888.

 

[moresmoke]

Bolted trusses were not uncommon in industrial buildings of the time. Is the location somewhere the builder would have been familiar with industrial construction and had easy access to the iron?

 

[Bob Bancroft]

Posting for my dad , recently taking down our barns because of wind damage and the Amish workers that are taking the barns down have never seen a barn built like this before and they take barns down for a living has anyone else come across this style of builds ?

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I have a similar, but different, falling in barn here in central NY. It is the only one I've seen with the vertical rods.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Not so unusual but not very common either. The church I went to as a kid had steel plates bolted to the sides of the timbers forming the truss structure over the sanctuary like Brendon said. I would suspect those rods were added later by the looks of the bracing being just put in with what looks to be no more than bolts to hold the braces at the bottom ends. especially since the rest of the building is all mortise and tenon with wood pins. IT was probably done to get more open space for either cleaning with a skidsteer so they didn't have to chase livestock around vertical timbers and also they didn't rot out in the manure. But then what do I know since it is not in the area probably by the looks of it. I think I would be inclined to open it up and fix the roof so I had a nice open shed for machinery storage. OR a shop. My brother did similar to that with an old horse barn took out the mow floor and timbers above so it is open to 16 feet with a 20 something door way. IT has planks put from the sides up to the peak with them bolted in at the sides of the similar timber running across below the plate where the rafters set at the eaves. They are bolted to the vertical timber and the cross timber then at the peak to the rafters that are sandwiched in between them. He did this in 3or 4 places on 56 feet then for the top above the ceiling we welded some steel beams together with a scab plate on the joint. Cut the ends to fit the slope of the roof and then set them on a steel plate about a half inch thick. The flat plate had holes drilled in it for bolts through the plates and the steel plate this was then welded to the beams we put in across the building to hold it from spreading and the ceiling up. There are also some planks run across at the hip since it had started to let the peak sag a bit he pulled it back up some with a few coma longs across at the hip and tightening them up over a couple years so it was not done fast to risk the stress of time on it. sort of like jacking a house back into shape if they are left to settle. With new roof and some siding work it looks like a new shed now. He just needs to gt his house done so we can use the shed as it has been intended as a shop. PRobably would not cost much different than a new building with less tax bite on it. A new roof and some new siding already has the braces in the sides to hold it sideways so the others could come out along with the sills at the ends and a good shed from it. I hate to see those old buildings torn down .they are so much more than just a barn/shed and built better than anything you will get today With a new cement fllor and some support from the floor up the side timbers it would last a long time again. My brother cut the timbers off some so they are now above the fllor and set on the cement pillars for them with 1/4 x4 or 6 inch angles in the cement and screwed on the sides of the vertical timbers so they are held tight and anchored in the cement.

 

[deeretails]

Our home was a one room school house originally, built in the early 1800's. It's built this way.

 

[jwal10]

I have seen covered bridges built that way to support the weight....James