My house, barn and pond project

[rexcramer]

Here is me putting on the first truss and the rest of the trusses as we go. I wish I had taken a picture of my backhoe with the boom on it and lifting up the trusses onto the headers.

 

[coopers]

Looks great! Fun project! Clay is not fun to dig in. We have a lot of clay in WA and you dig about 8 feet and the rest is clay in a lot of areas of the state. It's also not fun to walk in when it's soaking wet, you gain about 5 inches in height! Keep us updated on your project.

Blake
WA

 

[rexcramer]

Nothing like using a 25000# dozer with a 10' blade to grade the new floor!

 

[EddieWalker]

Great pics. Love to see the trusses going up, and how the building comes alive!!!

My shop is 12 ft at the walls, and I really like that height. It gives me allot of wall space for storage, but also plenty of overhead height for working on things. After spending my life working in an 8ft garage, the change to 12 foot was, and still is, AMAZING!!!!!!!

Eddie

 

[rexcramer]

I just like this pic because of the sky behind it

This is the floor after we spent all day laying 1/2" pex and zip tying it to the wire mesh.

This is the head where the pump will go

 

[rexcramer]

Here we are pouring the cement, 29 yards total, 6" thick.

The power screet was a life saver... until it broke halfway

this is how it looked by 11am

 

[rexcramer]

Here is the 12x24 lean-to which will hold most of my firewood over the winter to heat the house and barn. Eventually I will probably make it go the entire length of the barn

This is the 12' wide x11' tall insulated doors. Winding the springs 12 times each was a blast

 

[rexcramer]

Here is the steel siding, I was real glad when that was done too.

Here is Ashley and her cat "Hannah Montana" which is a stray that just showed up one day

 

[coopers]

That's great looking...you must be very excited! Any other action shots of that 580C? The C and D's are my favorite models.

Blake
WA

 

[wedge40]

I'm curious about when these pictures were taken. I grew up in the Birch Run area (Linwood) and can't remember trees having leaves on at Christmas.
Also was the barn design from scratch of did you use a prefab design. I'm hoping to get started on one in the spring and yours looks like exactly what I want to build.

Wedge