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The finished red barn in warm low-angle light, metal roof catching the sun.

A Gambrel Barn, Trusses Built on Site

Outbuilding · Framing2018Russellville, Arkansas

Outbuilding · Framing

A red gambrel barn with trusses cut and gusseted on site — clear span, no interior posts — with a full loft and a second shed-roofed barn alongside.

The client had pictured a classic red barn on her property for years. Storage was part of it, but the real brief was the view from the house: a red gambrel roof standing in the field.

Design and build were both ours. Trusses were cut and plywood-gusseted on site rather than ordered in, which is what gives the barn a clear span with no posts down the middle. There is a full loft above. A sash window she had found at a flea market was fitted into the loft, with a casing built for it, and made to open and close.

A second barn, shed roofed, was built at the same time for her tractors.

This barn was photographed before the shop moved to high-resolution cameras. The images are smaller than the rest of the portfolio.

Additions & Outdoor
The finished red barn in warm low-angle light, metal roof catching the sun.
Evening.
The finished red gambrel barn with loft window and green metal roof.
Painted.
The completed barn seen across the property with a truck parked alongside.
In the landscape.
The early framing skeleton of a barn standing in an open field.
A frame in a field.
Gambrel roof trusses assembled on site with plywood gussets during construction.
Trusses, cut and gusseted on site.
The raised gambrel trusses seen through the open barn structure.
Raised.
Green metal roofing being installed over the barn's truss framing.
Roof going on.
The barn clad in unpainted board-and-batten siding with a large central opening.
Board and batten.
The finished barn's open bay with a tractor parked inside.
In use.
The shed-roofed barn built alongside, with a tractor parked beneath it.
The second barn.

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