One of the new wallplate sections on the mill |
The 20 Year old Post and Beam Barn was in despaired need of repair and we set out to bring back the beauty and pride to the building. Plans are to rectify the skew angles after the barn sank a foot out of plum, replace the roof, walls, windows and floors. We want to change the extension and transform the whole barn it into a multi purpose function hall, to host barn dances, classes, parties, and facilitate the indoor parts of our farm tours with large groups and school classes.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
From Tree to Timber
Cutting the trees in the own forrest |
cutting the logs into rafters, boards and joists |
Home Made Beams for the Job
Its a blessing to have the timber on the farm, and "all" we need to do is cut them inside the forrest, drag them out and shape them into beams. It needed one hell of a lot of logs. Soon enough a big pile of rafters was cut and stacked to dry.Thursday, February 12, 2015
Underpinning the Post and Beam Structure
Corner post on sole plates don't look so bad on first sight |
Had to come off |
The barn is still on its original legs |
Steel post in place |
ready for poring concrete |
First Things First, The structure is still on some very weak legs
We used the Tractor hydraulic and ram to lift the corner to rectify the level as good as possible. All the post ends and sole plate timber was rotten beyond repair and had to be removed. We dug foundation trenches and made sure the new steel uprights reached solid clay bottom. There was still 4 feet of bog below the old foundation. no surprise the barn had sunk so far at the front.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
The beginning of the project
Picture of he barn when it was newly built 1995 |
New Year's Resolution
The old Post and beam Barn is now over 20 years old and in despaired need of repair.We have set out on a three year venture to bring back the beauty and pride to the old building. Plans are to rectify the skew angles after the barn sank a foot out of plum, replace the roof, walls, windows and floors. change the extension and transform it into a multi purpose function hall to host barn dances, classes, parties, and facilitate the indoor parts of our farm tours with large groups and schools.Its a mighty project and we've put it on the long finger for far to long. Now that work has started there is no turning back no matter how scary it seems. There will still be plenty changes to the new plans as ideas and options grow as we go along.
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Sigi
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