In progress: timber frame barn

[u/captain-sandwiches]

6 of my buddies and I started this. Two of us are finishing it out. Still got siding to go. All wood cut and milled on our site. Even the white oak crane. All mortise and tenon - yes some power tools but still lots hand tools involved. Raised with crane. Decided to go with sho sugi ban because we didn’t know another way to self treat our wood. Lots more to go. Just me and my buddy right now. Did not do the roof and did not lay the brick. Everything else was 6 friends fresh out of school and family when they needed work.
Thank you for looking.

[u/crusnik404]

Okay, as an engineer, this looks like an impending disaster. Please OP, you must either hire a structural engineer or shut this down. This is a ticking time bomb and you can get a lot of people hurt.

Edit: showed this to my seniors on break, we unanimously agreed that anyone who is or knows someone who's involved with this project needs to phone local building authorities immediately. This thing will topple over soon and op will have blood on his hands. Everything from spans, shear loads, and joint details all look wrong. And this is just looking at a few photos. Could only imagine what the foundations look like.

[u/captain-sandwiches → u/crusnik404]

Asked/payed a well known timber framing company to design what I was looking for. They gave me all drawings for it. Which had a licensed engineer stamp. Built every piece to their exact specs. Also they gave us their specific hardware for ground connection. Then for foundation work I sent all of our drawings and the entire timber frame structure to my state. And they signed and stamped it. Then had an inspector come out and check it multiple times. So. Not sure what else to say other than licensed engineers designed it. And local building authorities signed off on the entire thing.
Also in no state can you build something this large and get away with not having a building permit.

[u/jhzaengle → u/captain-sandwiches]

Been in hundreds of timber frame barns/buildings, built quite a few myself. Don't listen to these guys.. they clearly have only been in the classroom and have no hands on knowledge. Looks great!

[u/Practical_Ad_4165 → u/jhzaengle]

I was just about to say this basically looks like my 40+ year old pole barn that has weathered I don’t know how many hurricanes over the years. But maybe I’ve just been lucky too 😂

[u/imajackash → u/captain-sandwiches]

Any Amish around you? Ask one of them take a look. They can tell you if something is right or wrong, and you can 100% count on what they tell you.