Another barn build

[EddieWalker]

That's a very ambitious barn build!!!! Do you already have a crew that you know to do the concrete work? For me, I go crazy when I see rebar not sitting on chairs or tied properly. For something like this, it has to be perfect.

 

[hayden]

What is your plan for drainage where your walls are near the hillside?

I'll install a perimeter drain, just like you would do on a house. There is an easy run to daylight for the pipe. I'll also probably install gutters too and run them out through the same outflow pipe.

 

[civilian]

I ran my gutters through a different pipe in the ground than my perimeter drain which was lower because of a partial inground basement. Didn't want any chance gutters would back flow into the perimeter. Also ran the gutters further down the slight slope we have. Jon

 

[hayden]

That's a very ambitious barn build!!!! Do you already have a crew that you know to do the concrete work? For me, I go crazy when I see rebar not sitting on chairs or tied properly. For something like this, it has to be perfect.

It is, and probably the last big construction project that I have in me. The stone removal was brutal and took WAY longer than I expected. I figured 2-3 weeks and it was 7 weeks, 2 chisel tools for the hydraulic hammer, 4 hydraulic hoses, and one hydraulic steel pipe. Plus over 70 dump trailer hauls, though thankfully the distance was only 100 yds or less.

I have a concrete crew lined up - the same guys who did the concrete for the green building which is 48 x 60. That slab still has no cracks, even at the cuts, after nearly 20 years. And he uses chairs for the rebar. There will actually be a pretty extensive rebar schedule for this since each of the pilaster has a rebar cage in it, and the walls, slab, and pilasters are all tied together with rebar.

 

[hayden]

I ran my gutters through a different pipe in the ground than my perimeter drain which was lower because of a partial inground basement. Didn't want any chance gutters would back flow into the perimeter. Also ran the gutters further down the slight slope we have. Jon

That's a good approach. I'll do the same.

 

[hayden]

It’s now up to grade along the left end of the building, and within 2-6” everywhere else. And all the “islands” or rock outcroppings are now buried under compacted fill. That said, I did find one spot where the ledge was sticking up a bit more than I want, so I beat that into submission.

So far I’ve put in over 100 yds of compacted fill. And my 70 year old wife has been a real trooper running the compactor for several hrs each day while I move and spread fill.

 

[thclimer]

Wow, that's a lot of work!

 

[EddieWalker]

Sure looks like a great place to build a barn!!!

 

[hayden]

Sure looks like a great place to build a barn!!!

I think it will be nice when it’s done, and less intrusive dug into the slope. But it sure didn’t feel like a good place when I was busting out all that rock :-(