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[Megado]

SteelDust,

I haven't had a chance to log on and tell you what an awesome building your barn is turning out to be. You have definitely set the bar high for those of us trying to come close to duplicating! Love the finished look and I'll be happy if mine turns out to be half as nice as yours. Can't wait to see how the stalls turn out.

Great job!

Jim H.

 

[SteelDust]

SteelDust,

I haven't had a chance to log on and tell you what an awesome building your barn is turning out to be. You have definitely set the bar high for those of us trying to come close to duplicating! Love the finished look and I'll be happy if mine turns out to be half as nice as yours. Can't wait to see how the stalls turn out.

Great job!

Jim H.

Jim,

Thanks for the encouragement. I have to say, I'm pretty happy with the finished look as well. I skipped work again today (hunting season is near, they have come to expect to see less of me this time of year). I managed to get nearly all of the remaining trim up and stain on all but the north wall. When applying finish, I've learned to always leave the side you will look at most often till last. I'm using a Behr Premium, transparent, cedar tone stain. The warranty in a siding application is 8 years. It's not cheap by any means ($130 per 5 gal.), but if I get 8 years out of it, it'll be worth every penny.

A friend insisted I borrow his scaffolding. I'm glad that he did...what a time saver.

Ceremonial last piece of siding.

I really need to get me a few sections of scaffolding. I really wish I'd have borrowed this sooner.

Showing unfinished north wall.

South and East walls. (Belly band is new as well)

West and South walls.

West and North walls.

 

[skipro3]

Congratulations! You have earned an all expense trip to Northern California where you get to, now hold onto your hat, build me a barn just like that one!

Great job and excellent write-up. thanks!

BTW, you can start, when?

 

[EddieWalker]

AWESOME!!!!!

It's a beautiful looking building and one I know you will be proud of for the rest of your life. Some buildings are just there and of no siginificance, but yours is a work of art. Truly inspiring.

Eddie

 

[SteelDust]

Thanks again for the encouragement...these last few months have been a race to beat the weather. It looks promising for getting the last couple of trim pieces up and stain on the north wall tomorrow. The rainy season officially started on Friday it seems.

At any rate, the material for the stalls was dropped of on Friday. I got the largest bunk moved inside the barn (board by board) to heavy to lift with the tractor forks and wouldn't fit through the door anyhow. There was some interest in the material I'm using so I grabbed a couple of pictures today. It's really nice stuff. Should look great and be plenty strong.

It's three 3/4" boards in a glue lam configuration. They offset the center board by 3/4" to give a T&G. The face is beveled on all edges. I bought this though a friend of mine that works the mill that produces it. I don't even want to know what this costs "off the shelf".

The boards in the pictures are Douglas Fir and 8" wide boards. I also have a smaller bunk of 6" wide stuff with cedar faces. I'll probably end up using that for the doors and maybe a border or belly band around the stalls.

 

[QRTRHRS]

I for one am interested in seeing your boards. Pretty nice! How are you going to secure the boards? Just in case you never worked with T&G before, it is imperitive that you have each board as tight as possible to the previous in case of shrinkage. Are you going to seal the boards prior to putting horses in? I would. I have used Cabot Harbour Master with good results. Anyway, it all looks great!

 

[SteelDust]

I for one am interested in seeing your boards. Pretty nice! How are you going to secure the boards? Just in case you never worked with T&G before, it is imperitive that you have each board as tight as possible to the previous in case of shrinkage. Are you going to seal the boards prior to putting horses in? I would. I have used Cabot Harbour Master with good results. Anyway, it all looks great!

All of the cedar siding on the exterior was T&G. I did make sure every joint was as tight as it would possibly go. I noticed that after a few weeks of hot, dry weather the joints had opened up maybe a 16th at most. Now that the humidity has gone up and the rain has started most of the joints seemed to have closed back to their original position.

As far as these stall boards go. I'll create a channel that is very securely attached to the main poles. The boards will be slid down this channel with the lowest board resting on a ground contact rated 4x6. The top two boards will be the only board screwed into the channel. This way board replacement, wall removal/rearrangement is fairly simple. Remove the screws in the top couple boards, all the rest will slide right out.

I am going to seal those boards prior to the horses having access. I was going to go with the Behr Premium that I used on the exterior, but at that price I think it might be overkill. There's really no need for a UV inhibitor sealant on those boards. I'll probably go with a mid-grade, non tinted sealer instead.

 

[QRTRHRS]

All of the cedar siding on the exterior was T&G. I did make sure every joint was as tight as it would possibly go. I noticed that after a few weeks of hot, dry weather the joints had opened up maybe a 16th at most. Now that the humidity has gone up and the rain has started most of the joints seemed to have closed back to their original position.

As far as these stall boards go. I'll create a channel that is very securely attached to the main poles. The boards will be slid down this channel with the lowest board resting on a ground contact rated 4x6. The top two boards will be the only board screwed into the channel. This way board replacement, wall removal/rearrangement is fairly simple. Remove the screws in the top couple boards, all the rest will slide right out.

I am going to seal those boards prior to the horses having access. I was going to go with the Behr Premium that I used on the exterior, but at that price I think it might be overkill. There's really no need for a UV inhibitor sealant on those boards. I'll probably go with a mid-grade, non tinted sealer instead.

I went with the 2403 high gloss formulation which is recommended for interior/exterior work. I was not concerned with the UB inhibitor either. Three coats of this gave me a good hard easy to clean surface that held up to an electric pressure washer.

Sliding the boards down a channel is a good idea. My wife and I purchased our present property in February of this year. I contracted some of the barn work out including stall building because I had too much going on. The contractor did a really lousy job with the T&G along with poor wood quality so I have big gaps to deal with. Unfortuately, everything is nailed in place.

 

[SteelDust]

Well...the exterior is officially done. (With the exception of gutters, I'm hiring that out. It's not much more money to have them come out and fab seamless gutters than it is to purchase all the materials.)

I finished staining the south wall Sunday night by halogen shop lights in the rain. Luckily there was a slight breeze out of the south so the wall I was working stayed dry. All things considered, it came out fairly well, except for one spot on the slider that I didn't think I had enough stain on, turns out there was plenty. I plan on a second coat in spring, this first coat was put on heavy and will get though the winter. After that second coat I should be able to forget how much I dislike staining/painting for a while. (Well, I'll be reminded in a few weeks when I seal the stall walls).

Anyhow, here is a few pictures of the remaining wall. I'll be taking a few weeks off from the barn to catch WA rifle deer season. Then get the stalls built and paddocks lined out in the break before Idaho deer season in mid Nov.

This last picture reminds me...I still have to come up with some flashing for that slider track. I wish I'd have look at how that was arranged before I hung all the siding. That would have made things a lot easier.

 

[HoustonBrama]

Steel, I wouldn't hang flashing over the door rails. With all that beautiful wood up there and all your hard work, I'd build a nice cedar box around it. Then it will just blend in with the rest of your barn. A beautiful barn Steel!!