Bolted post and beam

A post and beam building structure having a plurality of vertical posts spaced apart from one another and each having a vertically extending longitudinal axis and a plurality of horizontal wall members extending between adjacent posts and stacked one above the other to provide a wall between said posts, said posts having an undercut recess extending along one face thereof parallel to said longitudinal as of said posts, each of said wall members having an undercut recess in end faces thereof, said end faces abutting respective faces of said posts with said recesses aligned, said wall members and posts being secured to one another by keys received in said recesses and having a periphery complementary to that of said recesses, each of said keys being formed as a pair of wedges having complementary inclined faces such that relative movement between said wedges along the axis of said posts causes expansion of said key to filling said recesses and thereby secure said wall members to a respective one of said posts.

A post and beam building structure having a plurality of structural members interconnected to one another to provide a frame of a building, a first of said members having a first bore disposed generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of said member and extending from one end of said member, a second of said members including a second bore aligned with said first bore, a tubular insert located in said first and second bores and extending between said first and second members, a threaded fastener extending through said tubular insert between said first and second members, one end of said fastener being secured to said first member and an opposite end being secured to said second member whereby a tensile load may be applied to said fastener to urge said members together.