Dan F,

Thank you for your response. The company that is coming out to have a look specifically restores old barns, which brings me to another question, which may be naive. Is anyone who knows how to timber frame qualified to work on the old buildings? My gut says no; someone who knows how to build new furniture for example would not necessarily know how to restore old, but maybe this is different. I do plan though to have a few people come out ultimately before I do anything. Thanks again.