Barn Renovation

[Bob_In_MN]

Took me some time to get up and running on TBN. I'm going to re-post some initial pics as well as more recent ones.

First pic--outside of barn

 

[Bob_In_MN]

West Wall

 

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East Wall

 

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New Pics from here on.

This is the North wall after I removed old plywood.

 

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South Wall

 

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I made the east facing window larger to accomodate a large window a/c. This involved cutting a 2X6 off so I double up a couple of 2 X 4's for just to replace the support of the 2 X 6.

 

[Bob_In_MN]

I leveled out the doors on the west side of the barn and removed a partition that divided the north and south half of the west side of the barn. The doors will remain in place and will get new covering (wire). This area will have dog kennels roughed in and will only be used in extreme weather. The rest of the barn will be multi use.

It's hard to tell from the pics, but I have stripped away a lot of wood that was nailed to the wall. I used this would to strenghten the upstairs studs/rafters. Last summer when I was taking off the old shingles, I notice the upper half of the barn to be slightly unstable--the new braces took care of it.

 

[Bob_In_MN]

It's hard to tell from the pics, but I spent quite a few hours just taking off old wood and removing partitions. The new owners of the goats picked them up Monday night so now I can start the general cleaning process.

That's all for now.

Bob

 

[Henro]

Bob,

Renovating is a lot more work than building new. Keep your energy up!

And the pictures coming too... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[rancar]

Thanks for re-posting Bob. Hopefully, this will be the last time you're starting this thread. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Look forward to your story and pics as the project proceeds.

...Bob