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After a century or more of hard service and exposure to the elements, many of America's barns and historic agricultural buildings are suffering from structural damage brought on by years of sustained neglect. Long experience with repairing these type of timber framed buildings allows us to understand and efficiently address their needs. Fitzgerald's Heavy Timber Construction, Inc. is the full service timber frame specialist, furnishing efficient solutions for historic barns by combining traditional craftsmanship and technical innovation. We operate our own sawmill so that we can control the quality and availability of the timbers that we use. In order to make sure of the success of the project, we furnish complete roofing sheet metal roofing services as well. For historic barn restoration projects, experienced management enables us to control costs, deliver projects on time and to produce work which worthy of the master joiners of the past.
Kingsley Corncrib, after extensive restoration. Center bay is for equipment storage, a traditional layout. The new standing seamed sheet metal roof was produced by our own roofing sheet metal crew. |
Kingsley Corncrib, before timber frame restoration. Side bays were corncribs, note open door at right. Project located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in Montgomery County. |
Dahlgren Street barn restoration project, shortly before the beginning of the rescue and restoration project. Located in Frederick County, Maryland. |
Repair detail, splice connection, Dahlgren Street barn restoration. The success of every project depends on executing hundreds of such details as if the entire project depended on it; which it does. |
Dahlgren Street barn restoration project in progress, timber framers at work installing new bearing posts and beams. |
Dahlgren Street barn restoration project, finished view of interior framing. |
Dahlgren Street barn restoration project, finished view of exterior siding. The new standing seamed sheet metal roof was produced by our own roofing sheet metal crew. |
Dickerson barn, before restoration. |
Dickerson barn restoration, framing complete, note "bright" plates and rafters on left. Project located in Montgomery County, Maryland. |
Dickerson barn restoration, siding and sheet metal roofing project complete. |
Fitzgerald's Heavy Timber Construction, Inc. is proud to participate in a vibrant, ongoing building tradition that mixes old world craftsmanship with modern technologies to create lasting works of art. We promise to restore and build truly beautiful, truly economical buildings. Although our clients predominantly come from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, we have traveled as far as Ireland for projects. No job is too large, too small or too far away. Dean Fitzgerald, president of Fitzgerald's Heavy Timber Construction, Inc., is looking forward to hearing about your important historic building project. Call today at 301-898-9340 or e-mail us through this website.
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