Horse Barn Project

[Lloyd_E]

Stopped early today due to heat. Plus we have to wait for trusses to arrive, which will be tomorrow and metal roof on Monday. We are a little bit ahead of schedule.

Pics show vertical boarding plus a few windows. Windows have to be scrapped, primed and painted and a few pieces of class to be replaced. They are recycled from a 18th century house. I will be starting to build sliding double doors on the weekend. Each door is 10'2" tall x 5'6" wide with a transom window (individual lights) 1'x4' in each door.

Lloyd

 

[dholly]

That really looks great. You're moving right along and will have a lot more to show for your vacation time than a simple sunburn this year! So what's the plan, are you putting those scissor trusses up on kneewalls to get a little more 2nd story storage or what? Can't wait to see it sided, I used a roughsawn Hemlock B&B on a cabin refurb and love the look.

 

[Lloyd_E]

dholly,

Nop to the knee wall. Scissor trusses will sit on top plate. We will have centre aisle upstairs for storage plus space between trusses. The plan is to come off side with 26.5'x10' shed. This will hold hay and shavings. I have two other buildings for storage - which are filling fast.

See attached. The side roof will cover run-in for stalls. We will mirror this on opposite side fore storage on a slab. May start slab in fall - depending on budget. We are slightly under budget now...

Lloyd

 

[bones1]

Great looking barn.You should be very proud.

 

[PineRidge]

Very nice looking project. I assume that bunch of tubing will be for slab heating?

 

[Lloyd_E]

Bones1/Pineridge

The last posted drawings have changed a bit. We turned the roof 90 degrees so the gable is over the sliding doors. This will allow an upstairs door for moving things off the truck/trailer. Also, there will be less rain coming off roof in the direction of the doors (which evestrough would fix). Although I prefer the look of gables on the end (short side) I think this will work out better in the long run.

Pineridge. I decided to go with radiant heat in case there was a change of use down the road - my new shop or if we sell someone else will enjoy a new shop. It was easier and cheaper to do the tubing now than later. We zoned the tack room and outer area - two zones. I plan on playing with solar to see if I can heat the tack room only. If it doesn't work I will install a small electric hot water heater and do a loop in the tack room.

My wife is excited over her new barn. I offered to trade my workshop. It is slightly larger and a bit closer to the house. She would agree only on the condition I pay for the new one...I'll keep my old workshop/barn for now.

Thanks...


Lloyd

 

[DOUBLEG]

I didn't check in for a couple of days but I see you have been busy. Can't wait to see more pictures.

 

[Lloyd_E]

DoubleG:

Been busy too - have not had a chance to file photos. Tomorrow is the last day for contractor. I booked him for two weeks - 100 hours. We are actually only into about 60 hours. We are 90% complete. I will be finishing inside stalls, doors etc.

Tomorrow we will finish stairs to second floor and finish gable ends with boards. I will be installing all the battens. Depending on where we land with the budget he may be back to install roof over stall run-ins.

Lloyd

 

[Lloyd_E]

Trusses and roof boarding-in.
Over roof boards we layed tar paper and installed metal roof over top.

Lloyd

 

[Lloyd_E]

Metal Roof:

Metal roof is on. In frame #5 you see the truss on the right side of sky light. We will be installing a 2x6 to mirror truss so it looks symetrical.

Lloyd