IHDiesel73L
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I had been wanting to put a lean-to on the back of my barn for a while. The barn is 16' x 20' but I have a survey showing it used to be about 16' x 32' or so-there were horse stables on the backside at one time and the rear of the barn was open so that hay could be pitched down from the loft into the stables. In any event, I'm always looking for more covered space-lucky for me with lumber prices being what they are my neighbor who is moving allowed me to pick through his collapsed barn. I was able to pick out plenty of good 2x6 (as in actually 2" x 6" rough sawn lumber) rafters, lots of 30" x 12' sheets of corrugated tin, beams, 1x12 siding boards, etc... I started with some black locust posts that I had milled a couple of weeks ago from trees on my property:
Used this old hardwood (maybe chestnut?) beam pulled from the barn as a girder to carry the rafters:
Beam and rafters set:
Purlins complete-also scavenged from whatever 2x4s and 2x3s he had laying around needed to get rid of, not to mention he gave me boxes upon boxes of deck screws which I used to put the entire thing together:
Underneath cleaned out and tin (also salvaged) laid loose on top:
Nice dry lumber storage:
There's a 6' x 12' lean-to on the side of the barn that needs to be rebuilt. I'm going to get rid of the old rotted stud support wall and just use two locust posts with a 12' girder and more old barn rafters topped with tin. The sides will be leftover ribbed metal siding from when he built his pole barn years ago-you can see it in the 3rd picture. Not bad considering all its costing me is sweat and time.
Used this old hardwood (maybe chestnut?) beam pulled from the barn as a girder to carry the rafters:
Beam and rafters set:
Purlins complete-also scavenged from whatever 2x4s and 2x3s he had laying around needed to get rid of, not to mention he gave me boxes upon boxes of deck screws which I used to put the entire thing together:
Underneath cleaned out and tin (also salvaged) laid loose on top:
Nice dry lumber storage:
There's a 6' x 12' lean-to on the side of the barn that needs to be rebuilt. I'm going to get rid of the old rotted stud support wall and just use two locust posts with a 12' girder and more old barn rafters topped with tin. The sides will be leftover ribbed metal siding from when he built his pole barn years ago-you can see it in the 3rd picture. Not bad considering all its costing me is sweat and time.
