Barn Beams for great room

[tcook8296]

Im building a house and wanted to do some rustic type of exposed beams. 

I found a guy on Crsigslist that tears down old barns out in western Pa. 

I drove out a few months ago to look at a barn getting ready to come down. 

I went back out last weekend with the trailer and hauled them home. Started cleaning them up with the power washer. 

23 ft long

 

[Lunatic]

They look good. Can't wait to see them installed/

[Rusty]

You scored on some great looking beams tcook, keep us posted on the progress of your project.  

[Trophy8]

Quality timber right there...good luck with the remodeling 

[tcook8296]

Couple other pics

[Russ 11]

There going to look awesome Tom .

[Jim_]

Really neat. Please post photos of how you incorporate them.

[tcook8296]

5 minutes ago, Jim_ said:

Really neat. Please post photos of how you incorporate them.

If it ever stops raining I may be able to get a foundation in the ground

[BowhunterNJ]

Very cool. I spoke with a wood supplier out in Trenton a couple months ago when looking for mantel wood and he told me it takes 1 year per inch of thickness to dry out naturally. Barn beams aren’t only cool looking but they’re nicely aged and bone dry with a ton of character. I have no doubt your use of them in the house is going to look amazing!


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[Lonewolf76]

They’ll look awesome!  I’ve used a guy in NY to build some furniture and love the look. Can’t wait to see the finished product.

 

If your ever looking for rustic furniture check out.

 

https://m.facebook.com/Reclaimedlumber

 

in NY. Expensive but stuff is beautiful.

[Tarhunt]

Tom, are you looking for another beam? One of my customer's just bought a house in Randolph, NJ and there's an old beam sitting on his basement floor. PM me if you're interested? They have no use for it. It's about 18 to 20 feet long.

[tcook8296]

I sent you a pm

[Zipper]

Love those ax marks.

[tcook8296]

2 minutes ago, Zipper said:

Love those ax marks.

Hand hewn. Nice pieces of wood

[Nomad]

I still have some mantle beams left if anyone needs one for over the fireplace.