955Lincoln
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Very nice job....lucky horses. I like the extension outlet mounted on the board. It Looks like a handy way of storing the cord.
Horse barn project
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Chilly807
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I actually only put a 2 foot "stinger" on the outlet box. I have a long 12/3 cord with a single outlet, but that's no good when you're running multiple tools. 2 feet of 12/3 and a plug gets you three more outlets at the end of a 100 foot cord.
It's soon time for more pictures, we started painting the tack room tonight. I'll be building the sliding main doors starting tomorrow or Thursday, the tracks got mounted today between rain showers. We REALLY need rain gutters...
I pick up the overhead door for the hay storage tomorrow too, as well as cedar trim boards for the faces of the door openings and windows, and one more 6x6 for the second set of cross-ties. Frieze boards will be the last thing we do, along the tops of the walls and along the roof rakes.
We discussing adding snow stops for the roof over the doors for winter weather. I think it's going to happen, a lot of snow can come off a steel roof all at once.
Sean
I had to put them on my roof, first year the snow took off the gutters and scared the manure out of the horses when it slid off. I made mine out of angle but they look pretty crappy. For something like you built I'd buy the nice looking ones, they're not cheap. The best looking ones I've seen are made of clear plastic and are shaped like little tee-pees.
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Chilly807
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Sliding doors are finished and hung, and the dutch doors for the stalls' in-and-out doors are finished and hung. We built those in one piece, then cut the top off.
I finally wised up and built an L-frame for building the sliders, it kept everything square and I could put a ratchet strap around the boards and squeeze 'em up tight before putting screws in.
The overhead door is going together now, first one I've put in myself. Not nearly as bad as I thought.
Electrician should be here momentarily, which means I've got a few loose ends to tie up before he gets started.
Sean
I finally wised up and built an L-frame for building the sliders, it kept everything square and I could put a ratchet strap around the boards and squeeze 'em up tight before putting screws in.
The overhead door is going together now, first one I've put in myself. Not nearly as bad as I thought.
Electrician should be here momentarily, which means I've got a few loose ends to tie up before he gets started.
Sean
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bullbreaker
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Sean :
I hope your L3400DT sleeps inside for your sake,cause when she see's how good them horses are living and shes outside liable to not start for you just out of spite ! :laughing:
Boone
I hope your L3400DT sleeps inside for your sake,cause when she see's how good them horses are living and shes outside liable to not start for you just out of spite ! :laughing:
Boone
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Chilly807
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As a matter of fact, the tractor sleeps inside in a garage at night. I'm thinking the horses are liable to be the ones on strike!
I think we should have made the barn 10 feet longer, then we could have added another bay for the tractor...
Sean
I think we should have made the barn 10 feet longer, then we could have added another bay for the tractor...
Sean
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Chilly807
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We spent the last few days running water and electricity to the barn.
Originally we had planned to either dig or drill a separate well for the barn, so we didn't plan an exit route for water to get from the house to the barn. When you install in-floor radiant heat in a house built on a slab, that's an oversight that's hard to get around.
After some consideration, we decided not to risk disturbing the geothermal piping by running a water supply for the barn through the same thimbles. In the back of the house, there is a buried water pipe from the dug well. We ran the water supply for the barn through the same thimble as that, just enough room to get the second pipe in place. 240 feet of trench and two driveways later and it's at the barn.
We were able to use the same trench to run the electric line as well. Again, the plan was to use a separate service for the barn, but the electrician convinced us we were further ahead to run power from the house (no overhead cables, no second meter, etc.) Tech cable (armored direct burial cable) carries 60 amps of power to the barn. We had excess capacity in the house, so it was do-able.
Our excavating contractor used a mini-excavator for the around-the-house work, and a full-size one for the open areas when it wasn't busy elsewhere. Tricky area in the back of the house, we had to dig under our septic line. Nice to have an expert running the excavator, I'd have the house destroyed if it were me running it!
To meet the electrical code, the armored cable must be in a layer of clear sand, 6 inches under and 6 inches over it, with no rock in the sand. As well, there's a warning tape buried above the cable, to make anyone digging aware that they're over an electrical cable.
The place looked like the wrath of God had descended on us for a couple days, but the trench is 90% backfilled now, the L3400 did about 50% of it.
Water is hooked up to the barn now, with a decent flow rate. That surprised me a bit, I expected less flow over 240 feet away. We used poly water line, 1" in diameter.
With any luck, we'll have power hooked up this week, and then the big hurdles are over.
Sean
Originally we had planned to either dig or drill a separate well for the barn, so we didn't plan an exit route for water to get from the house to the barn. When you install in-floor radiant heat in a house built on a slab, that's an oversight that's hard to get around.
After some consideration, we decided not to risk disturbing the geothermal piping by running a water supply for the barn through the same thimbles. In the back of the house, there is a buried water pipe from the dug well. We ran the water supply for the barn through the same thimble as that, just enough room to get the second pipe in place. 240 feet of trench and two driveways later and it's at the barn.
We were able to use the same trench to run the electric line as well. Again, the plan was to use a separate service for the barn, but the electrician convinced us we were further ahead to run power from the house (no overhead cables, no second meter, etc.) Tech cable (armored direct burial cable) carries 60 amps of power to the barn. We had excess capacity in the house, so it was do-able.
Our excavating contractor used a mini-excavator for the around-the-house work, and a full-size one for the open areas when it wasn't busy elsewhere. Tricky area in the back of the house, we had to dig under our septic line. Nice to have an expert running the excavator, I'd have the house destroyed if it were me running it!
To meet the electrical code, the armored cable must be in a layer of clear sand, 6 inches under and 6 inches over it, with no rock in the sand. As well, there's a warning tape buried above the cable, to make anyone digging aware that they're over an electrical cable.
The place looked like the wrath of God had descended on us for a couple days, but the trench is 90% backfilled now, the L3400 did about 50% of it.
Water is hooked up to the barn now, with a decent flow rate. That surprised me a bit, I expected less flow over 240 feet away. We used poly water line, 1" in diameter.
With any luck, we'll have power hooked up this week, and then the big hurdles are over.
Sean
955Lincoln
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Nice progress Chilly :thumbsup: I think I found another obscure ham on TBN 
Oh goodie....just what I wanted to see, pictures of trenches. I've been dreaming about trenches at night and my arms are making strange jerking movements :confused2:. I'm in the process of digging an 1800' trench for my 13K primary on the weekends with no end in sight. It's direct burial wire but they want in 3' deep in 3" conduit. Also putting in a 2" conduit for phone or anything else that may come along in the future.
Keep up the good work!
P.S. What's up with the top of the sand piles? Is that so water will run off or does the operator wish he was at the beach.
Oh goodie....just what I wanted to see, pictures of trenches. I've been dreaming about trenches at night and my arms are making strange jerking movements :confused2:. I'm in the process of digging an 1800' trench for my 13K primary on the weekends with no end in sight. It's direct burial wire but they want in 3' deep in 3" conduit. Also putting in a 2" conduit for phone or anything else that may come along in the future.
Keep up the good work!
P.S. What's up with the top of the sand piles? Is that so water will run off or does the operator wish he was at the beach.
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JohninCT
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Very nice barn project there Chilly :thumbsup: I have one question though.. shouldn't the dutch doors on the stalls swing out from the stall with the plain board side facing in? That way bored or mischevious ponies don't have as much opportunity to chew or tug the door.
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Chilly807
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You're probably right John, and our inner stall doors are built that way. When we decided to go with the dutch doors' smooth side out, we were more concerned with getting them weather-tight as possible. The framing and braces would be a water trap, and having the smooth side out allows us to add battens vertically over the cracks that form as the lumber dries out.
Normally the doors will be open, the only time we close them is if we want to keep them in for some reason, i.e. sick horse or a bad storm. Ours stay out all night and most all winter unless the weather is really bad.
Sean
Normally the doors will be open, the only time we close them is if we want to keep them in for some reason, i.e. sick horse or a bad storm. Ours stay out all night and most all winter unless the weather is really bad.
Sean
bullbreaker
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Sean,How them horses likeing their new home ?
What have they,chewed,kicked,tore up already anything ?
Beautiful barn well worth the effort !
Pic's Sean pic's ! Before old man winter comes and your camera freezes over !
Boone
What have they,chewed,kicked,tore up already anything ?
Beautiful barn well worth the effort !
Pic's Sean pic's ! Before old man winter comes and your camera freezes over !
Boone
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Chilly807
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Good to see you're getting through the hurricane season, Boone!
We just finished the electrical a few days ago, had a couple of mis-starts and re-considers there, now we're waiting on the excavation guy to finish ditching the riding ring so we can fence it.
Once that's done, we'll move the horses in. To say the wife's getting itchy is an understatement.
We got the first 100 bales of hay delivered a few weeks ago, nice to have that smell in the barn.
I'll try to get a few pics this weekend, the light goes pretty fast in the evenings now.
Sean
We just finished the electrical a few days ago, had a couple of mis-starts and re-considers there, now we're waiting on the excavation guy to finish ditching the riding ring so we can fence it.
Once that's done, we'll move the horses in. To say the wife's getting itchy is an understatement.
We got the first 100 bales of hay delivered a few weeks ago, nice to have that smell in the barn.
I'll try to get a few pics this weekend, the light goes pretty fast in the evenings now.
Sean
Dog Lover
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Sean, One very well thought out project and one terrific job. Beautiful horses who I am sure will love their new home. Very Nice Job!! I certainly like the lattice idea....never seen that before.
Harry
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Chilly807
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Thanks Harry,
We spent some time designing it, although as usual there are a few things we would have done differently in retrospect. All in all, it turned out OK... the lattice is called for by the building code here, to create an airspace behind solid siding such as the cedar shingles.
Part of the goal was to build something that complements our house, which is about 150 feet from the barn. Both have the cedar shingles and trim, and both are single story buildings. If I had my time back I'd have put steel on the house roof as well.
Sean
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We have the critters moved in, finally. Fencing was the last hurdle, and we're over it.
The electrical turned out really nice, we used PVC conduit or Tec cable throughout as well as weatherproof switches and plugs, and T8 vapor tight fluorescent fixtures.
Sean
The electrical turned out really nice, we used PVC conduit or Tec cable throughout as well as weatherproof switches and plugs, and T8 vapor tight fluorescent fixtures.
Sean
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We added a culvert to the swale that feeds our pond, from the amount of rain we've had I think it was a good choice.
The inmates seem pretty happy with the new digs, they spent a good part of the day yesterday napping in the field. When they relax like that, they're at home.
The inmates seem pretty happy with the new digs, they spent a good part of the day yesterday napping in the field. When they relax like that, they're at home.
