Timber Framers Guild Forums General General Forum Questions Equipment Shed Nears Completion

Kevin,

Nice looking work on the shed. And I love monitor barns, having grown up with one.

I'd be a little concerned about a couple of structural issues with the design of the barn, though if I were building it. There's nothing tying the plates of the central aisle together, so the top of the posts will want to bow out. If the shed rafters are connected to the lower plate in a way that they can pick up the outward pushing of the posts and the shed ties can handle the tension load and the posts are stiff enough to not bend overmuch due to the cantilevered loading this all is causing, then you should be fine. But I would look at doing away with the pseudo-hammer beam and going to a more traditional design using a tie beam that joins the posts a short distance under the plate (a dropped-tie) and make sure the connection there can handle the tension.

Thanks for posting the photos and the sketch -- it really makes the forum more interesting.

Gabel