Long road to home.

[Scooter78]

Looks great can't ever have to much light. My folks always say they know when I am home because they can see the beacon of light.

 

[dstig1]

Sweet! Now get a slab in that barn!:thumbsup:

 

[tkappeler]

A great accomplishment, Lee! It looks beautiful. Enjoy the down time as long as you can.

 

[ENG18LT]

A great accomplishment, Lee! It looks beautiful. Enjoy the down time as long as you can.

Thanks Tom,How is the new house?

 

[tkappeler]

Thanks Tom,How is the new house?

Doing great Lee! Thanks for asking. I need to get the last of the boxes out of the garage and put away so I can have room to set up the wood shop and continue making the baseboards and door/window casings.

 

[ENG18LT]

The boxes will never go away or be empty. There is always one that gets put in the basement and stays put until you move out.


:drink:

 

[tkappeler]

The boxes will never go away or be empty. There is always one that gets put in the basement and stays put until you move out.


:drink:

I wish it was only one.

 

[ENG18LT]

So it has been a couple months since I have posted last. Nothing too big going on, taking it easy and just enjoying the time we get to spend out here on the property.

I did push over the old furniture shop right behind the house, it didn't take much. It was mostly collapsed on itself from years of neglect.




The second floor of the barn got some insulation in the spaces that aren't accessible once the sheathing goes on. I was hoping that two bundles of R-21 would be enough..., it wasn't. So I put up as much OSB sheathing as I had insulation for.




The spaces next to the windows are open at the top and will get blown in when time and money allow, so I didn't need to put any there now.





Managed to get all of the east wall insulated and sheathed. It was nice to be able to just plug away and not worry about any deadline or inspection schedule.

We came out for Thanksgiving with family and I took a picture of this years first snowfall. It's also the first snow on the barn. We wound up getting 10" of the white stuff.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

 

[ENG18LT]

Oops!!!! I forgot to attach the picture of the barn to the last post, sorry.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Lee;

Great progress on your barn. Do you have heat in it yet?

Rick

 

[ENG18LT]

Lee;

Great progress on your barn. Do you have heat in it yet?

Rick

No heat yet, still don't have electricity back there.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the update. I really like OSB on your walls. It makes it so much easier to hang stuff, and if you hit it really hard, nothing happens like it does with sheetrock.

Eddie

 

[ENG18LT]

Thanks for the update. I really like OSB on your walls. It makes it so much easier to hang stuff, and if you hit it really hard, nothing happens like it does with sheetrock.

Eddie

I agree, it definitely holds up better then sheetrock. Especially with me around!

 

[ENG18LT]

Been a while since posting. Took the winter off after spending the summer putting up the barn. We did get to spend Christmas at the property with the family on my wife's side. We are still clearing out items from grandma's estate. There was a huge amount of stuff in the house, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope it's not a train!
The winter has been a long one this year, doesn't seem to want to let go. Had another 8" of snow last weekend. Most is gone, just dealing with mud now. Last weekend we took down three trees that where way too close to the house. Then it snowed, so we came out this weekend to clean up the mess.

The app on my phone keeps crashing when I try to add pictures, will post them in a couple days when I am at home and have regular internet access.

Hope everyone had a good winter.

 

[ENG18LT]

Would you look at that, the pictures loaded even though the app said it crashed. Well let's try some more then. Here are a couple after today's clean up.

 

[dave1949]

Good to hear from you again, Lee.

Everyone is ready for this winter to be a distant memory.

 

[rjwassink67]

Thanks for the update, really enjoying this thread!

 

[ENG18LT]

Thanks. Should have more in two weeks!

 

[ENG18LT]

Thanks. Should have more in two weeks!

 

[Beltman60]

Lee

Don't feel so privileged about having a long and crappy winter
got the same here in Ohio
just let up some this weekend
hopefully we can send some your way