Recent content by rs191

Sorry for not responding. I contacted a local builder and one further away. The closer guy told me last week that he would come look at the building THIS week. Now he is not responding again. The one further away, but with more pole barn experience, says to call him between 6 and 9 AM...

Other answers - I don't know how the columns are joined to the piers. Seller's full response to all questions was "It has a C.O. from the town." and the name of someone (maybe a friend of his) which could not be found online. Gutters and downspouts - not sure if the eave/roof construction is...

I did a close-up shot of that small lawn mower door, so there was no perspective. It is only about 5 feet high. If you meant an overhead roller door, like security doors on urban stores, maybe . . . I was wondering if the classis sideways sliding barn doors would seal tight enough to keep...

Photo from back corner of garage towards the front, showing one year (or less) of erosion on one side of the garage. This is the downhill side, the right side back in post #7. Seller had piled old 2x6 boards there, to try to reduce erosion from roof runoff. He took those boards with him...

The loft. Images captured from a video. Second photo shows the top of the stairs (behind the video control icons).

The small rear door for the riding mower. Yes, that was hand-crafted. Yes, those are straight daylight views at the top and bottom, no overhangs, not drip edges, no gaskets or seals. You are correct - it is not water-tight.

That line draped over the drywall screw was the 50 ft. extension cord that fed power to the HbrFrt chained LED shop lights. The extension cord plugged into the one wall outlet. Lights were turned on by plugging it in. No switches. Other than the garage opener lights, those gave the only...

The concrete pour looks good. I hope the rebar placement was good, there's a vapor barrier, that it is not on loose fill, etc. The seller would not supply the name of the concrete company. The stairs were in the back of the garage on the plan submitted to the town, but were installed towards...

Many (most?) of the posts have unused threads on the bolts. First thought - install GRK structural screws as recommended by "deezier" and then see if the existing "short" bolts can be, one-by-one, replaced.

Thanks for the replies with info and good advice! I will try to attach photos here and see how it looks. Have several more to post if the first photo works. The floor and garage doors (w/openers) were done by contractors and look good. All the friends-and-family DIY construction is what I...

We just bought a new home, which has a one-year-old 30 x 40 pole barn. The seller did not provide much information about the pole barn. It has a poured concrete floor, which was done after the town inspector signed off on the place. Based on some reading on TBN, this could be an "Alaskan...

I know this is a VERY old thread, but maybe this will help someone. TL;DR: my BX2750 snowblower was killing shear pins because the skid shoes were reversed, pointed backwards. When we had a paved driveway, I only broke one or two shear pins while using the BX2750 snowblower. I bought a...

travisbb and JJT, Thanks for your help (especially because they're positive and I won't have to do the 4-hour round trip this week.) Should have worried about it a long time ago, but I had just looked at this week's forecast up there, and it had me concerned. Right now - +7, wind chill -8 up...

My wife's cousin has a camp in northern NY which they haven't been able to visit since it was winterized and shut down in late 2019. They live up in Quebec. They are up into their 70s. He has a very serious heart condition. The camp is in Dannemora, NY, not far from Chazy Lake, at 1600 ft...

On a tractor from the 1980's, do you have an alternator or a dynamo? I have a very early, year 2000, Kubota BX2200, with a dynamo. I have read that LEDs will not work with output from a dynamo. There is (or was?) a kit to convert the earliest BX2200's to an alternator. Right now, I am...