My clients wanted an addition designed and built that would have “a timber-frame barn feel” to it.
I could tell by their description of the addition’s future use that a house frame, with a much greater number of framing members, would be a better option than making use of an old barn.
And as fate would have it, about that time I received a call asking if I would be interested in salvaging an old house.
This house, in her day, was stunning. Likely built in the very early 1800’s. Old homes like this are extremely rare. It was a crime to let something this valuable go to waste.
Collapse was imminent. She had been greatly neglected for a long time. All of her doors, floors, mantles and windows, even the trim and the staircase were gone. There was talk of burning what was left.
But the frame of the house was amazing… even though a fourth of it had rotted away, and the rest was sagging under tremendous strain.
Here are three photos taken on day one of our salvage operation.
Originally posted 2015-03-10 15:31:44.