BARN! and NEW PORCH!

[seedcorn]

Bob, you have lived in Cali way too long. Sticks plays by different rules....

 

[flowerbug]

i'm so glad i get to see what other people are doing. not that i need to do it myself... cheers @baymule

 

[ducks4you]

Bay it is not rust, it is patina.

YES! PaT I N A.

 

[ducks4you]

They would be dust covered and filthy in no time. Nope.



I've been thinking of maybe 2 windows. It will get all wired up for LED lights (the whole barn) and two ceiling fans in the feed and tack room.

Windows are a good idea. You don't need them for the same reason that I do, keeping out winter winds, but I am sure that you get some heavy winds at times and that could help keep the dust out. I would recommend plexiglass, if you can get it, but DEFINITELY go with vinyl so that you never have to paint it.

 

[catjac1975]

I just went back and reread this thread from the beginning. I love the new porch and barn. Seems to move fast when others are doing the work. This is a great thread.

 

[baymule]

@bobm the floor is not concrete, it is 3/4" plywood laid over treated 2x6's. The plywood we already had, the treated 2x6's came off the cull rack at Lowes, 2x6x20 for ten dollars each! It hurt to cut those 20 footers, but oh well.

The electrical will be done by a neighbor who works in commercial refrigeration and he is an electrician as well. No "I plugged in a lamp once" electrician for MY barn!

 

[baymule]

Got more done today! At one end, next to a pole, there was nowhere to screw the tin down.

So I made a L with a 2x4 and a 2x6 and screwed the 2x4 to the wall stud.

Prince tried sneaking back in.

I had a flange to screw the tin to.

We cut tin and put it up, 4’ pieces from the pole and flange to the door opening. Later while holding up my end of an eleven foot long piece of tin, I was standing up high on a ladder. I looked down.....my helper was back! LOL

We got a run of tin above the doors, there was a lot of cutting in and trimming. That took time. More coming tomorrow!

 

[thistlebloom]

That Prince is a character!

 

[baymule]

He sure is! Prince is so funny!

 

[thistlebloom]

He sure is! Prince is so funny!

Looks like he wants the project manager position.