King Post Trusses

King Post Trusses in douglas fir timbers with a darker stain. Dramatic and beautiful!

Looks like a fun wonderful place to relax, after a game of pool, of course!

Church Truss

Church truss, sounds simple enough. Not always!

That is quite a span! Douglas fir timbers in a beautifully designed timber truss.

And here is the stunning result...

Timber Great-ness

Timber great rooms of all kinds, this design features a scissor truss design. Engineered in douglas fir for a Connecticut location. BIDS tomorrow, wish us luck!

Camp Hayden Dining Hall Timber Trusses

The Fresh Air Fund gets a new heavy timber dining hall @ Camp Hayden. Douglas fir timber trusses with steel joinery.


Vermont Timber Works also worked on Camp ABC and built some timber cabins. Repeat business is the best compliment.

Douglas Fir Timber Trusses

Vermont Timber Works is proud to share with you our latest timber frame commercial project. MANY heavy timber trusses create the new Camp Hayden Dining Hall for the Fresh Air Fund.

Impressive! Peeled poles, traditional joinery and steel joinery and LOTS of design coordination. Team members include...Vermont Timber Works (of course), The Geddis Partnership, Cuoco Engineering and Storm King Contracting.

Thank you Fresh Air Fund and The Sharpe Reservation, we are very happy with this latest timber frame creation.

Modified King Post Truss...Ready to GO!

TWO of these custom great room trusses are on their way to a New York home...shipping fully assembled via GMH Transport and Tom's creative bracing system.

Modified king post truss design in beautiful douglas fir timbers, handcrafted with traditional joinery .

King Post Trusses for the Westbrook School

Westbrook, Maine here we come...well, soon.


Progress shots from the Vermont Timber Works shop...fabrication is complete and we are waiting to apply the specialty finish. Flame Seal is a fire protective coating and has been specified by Harriman Associates. Samples will be dry and ready to send this afternoon. Ruby is keeping close watch...

Douglas fir timbers have been had crafted and traditional joinery will be used to build the king post trusses.

Stay tuned...

Great Room Timber Trusses

Great room timber trusses...

for the Kay Project in New York State. Decorative in nature and built with douglas fir timbers. Traditional joinery in a modified king post style.

Beautiful! Thinking about a great room timber frame addition? Big or small, call Vermont Timber Works (or click) ! 802-886-1917

Now this is a GREAT ROOM!

Double chorded scissor trusses and a steel super structure make this timber truss design work. Douglas Fir timber was chosen for its strength and beauty.

Vermont Timber Works is able to design, engineer and hand craft timber trusses for all size great rooms. The conference center shown above has a 60ft span!
For more info please give a call, 802-886-1917 or email us.

Great Room Hammer Beam Trusses...

OUR very own Todd is delivering the Farmer Residence Great Room Trusses this morning. Vermont Timber Works 5th wheel all loaded up and on the road early. The 4 great room trusses will be assembled from with in the residence (don't worry, we pre-fit everything) and raised with lifts. Hammer Beam Trusses in Douglas Fir Timber, look for photos soon!


Here is a beautiful example of our modified hammer beam truss design...

MORE Great Room Trusses in Douglas Fir Timber

These douglas fir timbers will soon be a modified hammer beam truss, installed in a beautiful Connecticut home. 4 Great Room Trusses to be exact.

Can you picture it? Vermont Timber Works very own MJ and Todd sand and finish the douglas fir timbers before any assembly begins. Imagine trying to stain the trusses after the assembly, no thank you.

Before the stain...
And after. Our clients chose Minwax # 225 Red Mahogany, I think they'll love it.


Below is a typical sketch that we send our clients with our preliminary proposal. Official timber frame shop drawings and engineering begins once an order has been placed.

time to ship some great room trusses

Many times Vermont Timber Works can ship great room trusses fully assembled. This makes the install on job site much quicker and easier. MJ and Jason worked carefully with our GMH Transport driver and loaded 11 custom designed and handcrafted great room trusses.

Guiliano Trusses are douglas fir timbers and Artzt Trusses are eastern white pine timbers. Both joined with traditional mortise and tenon joinery.

Looks to be just about loaded, hey MJ, watch out for Ruby!

The truck loading experience usually includes watching out for Ruby (and Kramer) who both make a point of being in the way. Barking at the trucker the entire time!

Ready? Let's get these great room timber trusses on the road.

Jason, stop goofing around!

The Katonah Memorial Bathhouse TRUSSES are in!

Another beautifully done commercial timber frame project to share with all of you. The Katonah Memorial Bathhouse Timber Trusses are in and the finish work looks to be just about complete. Location is Bedford, NY.

Vermont Timber Works, coordinating with George Rosamond of Lothrop Associates Architects and Peter Camilli & Sons brought this building back to life. The beautiful douglas fir timbers and turned columns carry an FSC Certification (because forests matter).

Douglas Fir Great Room Trusses

Here we have another beautiful douglas fir timber truss for the Guiliano Residence. Traditional joinery, hardwood pegs cut flush and take a look at those finials. It took more than Kellin and Jason to stand this truss up!

Douglas fir in free of heart spec, planed & chamfered timbers, just gorgeous. Heavy timber construction and timber trusses are not often referred to as furniture...but what the craftsmen at Vermont Timber Works create is awfully close.

This will be a wonderful addition to the Guiliano great room.

Heavy Timber Trusses

King post truss design with extended top chords and an arched bottom chord, traditional joinery, gorgeous!

MJ, Kellin and Todd stand this beautiful douglas fir truss up, just to get a picture...Thanks guys!

Vermont Timber Works custom designs and ships trusses like this one across the country. Many times fully assembled which is a wonderful option.

from an idea, to a sketch, to reality...the great room truss.

At Vermont Timber Works we are able to take your ideas and turn them into reality. What you may receive from us initially is a sketch. You tell us if you like it, and then we continue on from there.
The modified hammer beam truss makes many timber great room dreams come true!
This modified hammer beam design works well for timber great rooms, pool houses, conference rooms, etc. Many are douglas fir trusses with or with out timber posts.

802.886.1917
Vermont Timber Works, Inc.

Decorative Timber Trusses...

The decorative timber truss, shown here with a gentle arch. The homeowner wanted to add three of these to her great room, so that is just what she did. Not holding the roof up, but I'm sure they look like they do. In beautiful douglas fir timbers and shipped fully assembled by our crew. GC on this job used LIFTS to get the trusses in...we have to find out how that went, and get some finished photos. Check back soon!

Vermont Timber Works, Inc. 802-886-1917 email us, we would love to hear from you.

Double Chorded Scissor Truss in Douglas Fir.

Double Chorded Scissor Truss in Douglas Fir Timbers spanning 60 Feet. Now that is impressive!

The Executive Center project (shown above) needed a steel super structure to support our scissor truss. Vermont Timber Works custom designs, engineers and hand crafts each timber frame project. So, if you happen to need a double chorded scissor truss that spans 60 feet, we can deliver.

Hammer Beam Timber Trusses in Douglas Fir by VTW.

Vermont Timber Works presents...The Double Tree Hotel in Tarrytown, NY. Beautiful Douglas Fir Timber Trusses make this lobby area elegant and you should see the Porte Cochere!
Custom designed and engineered, much coordination with Martin Brockstedt Architect, P.C., here is our result. Douglas fir timbers and detailed stonework, fabulous job everyone.


Stay tuned for many more photos of this project. Vermont Timber Works, Inc. 802-886-1917

Custom Designed Timber Trusses in Douglas Fir / Progress Shots

Hello and welcome to the Vermont Timber Works world of custom designed TRUSSES! Today featuring Girder Trusses in beautiful Douglas Fir Timbers. Custom designed and carefully engineered by PJZ. These trusses and more like them will create the upper ring for our Spruce Peak Lodge project in Stowe, VT. Can you see the upper ring in our shop drawing? Lower ring is already in place as this project is assembled on jobsite.

Stay Tuned!