My Container Barn

[EddieWalker]

It was pretty muddy today, so I finished running some wire and went to Mueller Inc, a metal building company about half an hour East of me.

I ordered my roll up door. $588 for what they say is everything I need. I've done plenty of garage doors, but this will be my first roll-up.

I'm going to finish up painting my trim in the morning and maybe put the new blades on my brush hog. Hopefully it's not too muddy to shred some jungle.

 

[polecat]

Are u sure you're not from up above the mason dixon line!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif AN AWESOME PIECE OF WORK!!!!
uP HERE WE CALL THAT YANKEE INGENUITY!!!!!
Any pics of the finished project!!! with the whole thing in it!!! TODD

 

[GerardC]

EddieWalker

I am thinking about getting a roll-up door when I get my next project going. Let me know how you made out when all is said and done. Thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

I've had some time to work on my barn. I've had the roll up door for about a month. No rush to get it in, but it had to happen one of these days.

 

[EddieWalker]

Getting it into position was a little tricky.

Of course the starter went out first thing in the morning. Turns out I had some Romanian piece of junk in it. I ended up buying a brand new Lucas starter for $175.

 

[EddieWalker]

The door came with everything you need to install it exept lag bolts for wood mounting.

I used 1/2 inch by 3 inch bolts. They should be strong enough.

 

[EddieWalker]

View of the inside positioning the door.

Once it was on the brackets, it just kind of fell into place.

 

[EddieWalker]

This is what it looks like all done.

I need to do some finish up paint and repair some trim that got in the way of the loader bucket.

I really want to thank the Henro post and discussion about his barn and the section on barn doors. I decided to use the roll up after reading all the great feedback there.

 

[EddieWalker]

My dad helped me get the vent onto the roof yesterday.

It was way too heavy to do on my own. We lifted it up with the loader and kind of dragged it along the peak into position.

 

[EddieWalker]

This is me sealing around the edges with the vent in position.

This vent opens from the inside, is fully ajustable and can be connected to multiple vents in line.

It's cost $200 and is probably the biggest mistake I've made so far in this project. I would never use it again, don't recomend it and kind of wish I didn't have it.

It works fine, but I could have gotten the same results with a different type of vent for much less money and easier instalation.