Long road to home.

[ENG18LT]

I wonder if the wife suspects the caregiver of anything else?

I don't know, it certainly could make her wonder. I feel bad, the wife is a very nice person, quite religious too. I truly think she was devastated.

Like you said, people are strange.

 

[Wakey]

The old adage rings true. Locks keep people honest.

It would be a kind gesture to reach out to them, invite them over to show there is no hard feelings.

They are your neighbors, after all. Better to be on good terms in my book.

 

[ENG18LT]

The old adage rings true. Locks keep people honest.

It would be a kind gesture to reach out to them, invite them over to show there is no hard feelings.

They are your neighbors, after all. Better to be on good terms in my book.

I did tell her that they are welcome to visit when we are there, just not when we aren't. I also made it clear that I was not mad at them, just didn't want it to continue.

 

[ENG18LT]

I finished up the barn doors today. Well, finished except for the fake handles and hinges on the outside.

The boxes around the door panels all said "installs in less then 30 minutes". Let me tell ya, it takes a bit longer then that. The first one took 3 hours. Mostly because I didn't bother with the directions. I have installed dozens of this manufacturer's doors in the past so I figured I would just jump right in and skip the paperwork. All went well getting the panels up, until..... I got all four of the non glass panels in place and wall track up then realized there's small numbers stamped into the caster brackets, 1-4. Guess what, I put the panels up in the wrong order, number one was ok (has the bottom weather stripping so it was obvious), the other three weren't. So I disassembled the door, reassembled in the correct order and put up the top tracks. Then in went the top panel, attached hinges. Everything was going smoothly again, time for the torsion spring. The 10' wide doors had one spring each and the winding hub was painted red. I couldn't remember if that meant left or right hand wound. Had to check the directions, red means right hand wound, cool got it. Get the spring assembly mounted, started winding it according to the chart, nine turns. Door only goes up half way, uh-oh. So I stare at it, scratch my head, swear at it, check the paint color again, still red. Back to the directions. A right hand wound spring gets installed on the LEFT side of the center bracket, crap, more swearing. Unassembled the spring assembly then reassembled correctly. Wound the spring, opened door 3/4 of the way and realized the cables got twisted when I reassembled. So, more swearing, more unassembling and reassembling. Finally got it after the three hour mark. That was enough for yesterday.

Today I put in the other two doors, correctly the first time, and then took the tractor out and disced the food plots.






That's what I get for not reading the directions.

 

[dave1949]

Hey, your average time per door wasn't bad at all, that's what counts.

Looks good!

 

[Dr Dave]

The doors were a good choice, they look great on your barn.

Dave

 

[Depmandog]

I have a pole barn building that measures 42' x 68' with 14' sidewalls. I selected metal halide fixtures, with six installed at 14.5' from the concrete floor. I do have a 12x12 tool room in the back corner with fluorescent lights. Along the back wall, adjacent to the tool room I had/have plans to install one added halide light...just never have got around to it. Sitting in a box on the shelf, and written on some long forgotten to do list.

The interior has metal building insulation with a white all service jacket. No windows, but PLENTY of lighting (except in the shadow of the tool room). I will say GREAT task lighting. Concerning startup, hot or cold it probably takes 3 minutes to full light. I compensated for this by installing a halogen flood switched at the door. The halogen gives me enough light in the building that I don't bust a shin while the halides are warming up.

Halides produce 75-100 lumens per watt. Nice white light. I honestly don't recall the wattage of the bulbs. It's been ten years and never had to replace one. Even though we often get below zero here, the winter temp in the building never dips below freezing. I don't see any noticeable startup difference between cold and hot.

Love your barn! You are doing a great job with it!

 

[wmonroe]

Where did you get your metal halide lights? It's one option I'm considering for my 40'x60'.

 

[Depmandog]

I went to a "local" electrical supply store that has several stores in the metro. Told them I was building a building, and doing the electrical myself, and was looking for contractor pricing. They set me up with an account. It helped that a good friend of mine is an electrical contractor, and I dropped his name. No problem getting the preferred pricing.

Per my contractor buddy, at times, some things can be bought cheaper at Lowes or Home Depot...but for me - I loved the expert parts advice I got at a pro's store. Saved me several trips!

 

[ENG18LT]

I have a pole barn building that measures 42' x 68' with 14' sidewalls. I selected metal halide fixtures, with six installed at 14.5' from the concrete floor. I do have a 12x12 tool room in the back corner with fluorescent lights. Along the back wall, adjacent to the tool room I had/have plans to install one added halide light...just never have got around to it. Sitting in a box on the shelf, and written on some long forgotten to do list.

The interior has metal building insulation with a white all service jacket. No windows, but PLENTY of lighting (except in the shadow of the tool room). I will say GREAT task lighting. Concerning startup, hot or cold it probably takes 3 minutes to full light. I compensated for this by installing a halogen flood switched at the door. The halogen gives me enough light in the building that I don't bust a shin while the halides are warming up.

Halides produce 75-100 lumens per watt. Nice white light. I honestly don't recall the wattage of the bulbs. It's been ten years and never had to replace one. Even though we often get below zero here, the winter temp in the building never dips below freezing. I don't see any noticeable startup difference between cold and hot.

Love your barn! You are doing a great job with it!

Thanks for the information on the lights. I will probably wind up using the used 400w high bays I got a couple years ago from a local school. They may use a little more then T5's each month, but I have them and a supply of bulbs already. The cheapest I could find T5 four bulb high bay fixtures was $88 at Home Depot, plus the cost of the bulbs. As I recall the ones I have where 8 or 10 dollars a piece with the bulbs. I installed three of them in the 24x32 garage that is up by the house last year and they do work well. Although one of them pulses like the bulb or transformer is going to crap out soon, that's kinda annoying if working in that area of the garage.

Glad to hear you like the barn, Me too! :thumbsup: