Sinecure
Bronze Member
I am not a horse person, but have always liked the look of a nice horse barn in a field. When we bought the property, we knew one of the projects on the list would be a barn for this particular pasture.
After finishing up some other higher priority projects around the place, this summer seemed like a good time to start the barn. I will try and keep this thread updated with my progress and post some pictures as I go.
Some background information before I get started:
The property is in the piedmont area of North Carolina. My current employment situation has me in Texas for the near (several year) future.
I am able to get to the property fairly regularly and stay from anywhere from a week or two in order to tackle some project related tasks. I debated about saving my update posts until I had several, but decided that it would be easier to just post them as I complete various steps within the construction. The downside to this will be that this thread will not be updated as frequently as it would if I where knocking the project out on a continuous basis. So feel free to hijack the thread and take it in any barn related direction it wants to go and I will update my progress as it comes about.
Since the property is not currently a full-time residence, I tend to do most of the projects myself and limit the number of people I bring on to the property. I have some good neighbors that keep their eye out for me while I am not there, but I don't want to have the word spread around town that the property is vacant for long periods of time.
So here goes. The first step was to determine a style and get a general idea about size. After searching via Google for various plans and images, I came across this basic plan:
This will be the largest structure I have attempted to build solo and I may come to regret my decision, but we will see how it goes. The positive is that there is really no rush and given the geographical distance to my home, I will have plenty of time between visits to form some sort of a game plan. The thinking is that this should allow me to focus on specific tasks while I am at the property.
After finishing up some other higher priority projects around the place, this summer seemed like a good time to start the barn. I will try and keep this thread updated with my progress and post some pictures as I go.
Some background information before I get started:
The property is in the piedmont area of North Carolina. My current employment situation has me in Texas for the near (several year) future.
I am able to get to the property fairly regularly and stay from anywhere from a week or two in order to tackle some project related tasks. I debated about saving my update posts until I had several, but decided that it would be easier to just post them as I complete various steps within the construction. The downside to this will be that this thread will not be updated as frequently as it would if I where knocking the project out on a continuous basis. So feel free to hijack the thread and take it in any barn related direction it wants to go and I will update my progress as it comes about.
Since the property is not currently a full-time residence, I tend to do most of the projects myself and limit the number of people I bring on to the property. I have some good neighbors that keep their eye out for me while I am not there, but I don't want to have the word spread around town that the property is vacant for long periods of time.
So here goes. The first step was to determine a style and get a general idea about size. After searching via Google for various plans and images, I came across this basic plan:
This will be the largest structure I have attempted to build solo and I may come to regret my decision, but we will see how it goes. The positive is that there is really no rush and given the geographical distance to my home, I will have plenty of time between visits to form some sort of a game plan. The thinking is that this should allow me to focus on specific tasks while I am at the property.