Barns and Backbuildings: Designs for Barns, Carriage Houses, Stables, Garages & Sheds with Sources for Building Plans, Books, Timber Frames, Kits, Hardware, Cupolas & Weather Vanes [Paperback]

Donald J. Berg (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1998

A complete guide to great backyard buildings with ninety four designs of barns, stables, garages, sheds and garden structures; plans that you can purchase directly from their designers; a directory of hard-to-find building products, guide books, kits, timber frames and prefab buildings; and good advice on site planning and construction.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A must book if you are planning construction of a small barn. -- The Barn Journal, On Line, April, 1998

Charming Outbuildings -- The Baltimore Sun

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Barn's aren't history.

There is a community of incredibly talented craftsmen, designers, authors and builders who make their living working on barns. There are people who hand-forge beautiful iron strap hinges and others who design cupolas and whimsical weather vanes. There is a guild of professional framers who practice the ancient craft of carving trees into post and beam frames. Some of them are preserving hundred year old heritage barns that have gotten in the way of progress. They carefully take apart the timbers or logs and rebuild them on new sites where they will serve for another few hundred years. There are new building guide books, historic associations and museums, magazines and great internet web sites. Every architect, designer and builder seems to have a barn or two in the works, in the files, or at least in their thoughts.

If you're planning to build a barn, stable, garage or shed you'll find designs, designers, and sources for specialty material. If you're restoring an old barn or carriage house, you'll find folks who can help as well as authentic hardware and supplies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Donald J Berg; 1 edition (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096630750X
• ISBN-13: 978-0966307504
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be careful - this book does not include the plans!, July 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Barns and Backbuildings: Designs for Barns, Carriage Houses, Stables, Garages & Sheds with Sources for Building Plans, Books, Timber Frames, Kits, Hardware, Cupolas & Weather Vanes (Paperback)

While this book would be useful to someone looking to build, but not yet sure what design they want, it does not include actual plans (you must purchse them seperately). It also does not include plans for cupolas as the write-up seems to indicate. These are only included as part of entire barns.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable tool for the prospective barn builder., April 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Barns and Backbuildings: Designs for Barns, Carriage Houses, Stables, Garages & Sheds with Sources for Building Plans, Books, Timber Frames, Kits, Hardware, Cupolas & Weather Vanes (Paperback)

It's about time someone put together a comprehensive source book devoted to barns. With over ninety designs, and sources for all the hard-to-find barn hardware and accessories, "Barns and Backbuildings" provides a valuable planning tool for anyone thinking about building a barn. Well-organized and easy to read, it's the best resource book on barns, large and small, that I've come across.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A House-Plan Catalog for Barns!, August 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Barns and Backbuildings: Designs for Barns, Carriage Houses, Stables, Garages & Sheds with Sources for Building Plans, Books, Timber Frames, Kits, Hardware, Cupolas & Weather Vanes (Paperback)

Clever idea! There are 400+ house plan catalogs on Amazon.com - just this one on barns. Pretty, Old-timey barns, fair prices for blueprints, nice directory, fun to read. A good buy!