Barn Build

So in my thanksgiving day gastronomic stupor, I forgot to post the pictures of foundation post holes filled with cement.







 

The bricks from the chimney have been tucked up under the sill as filler (rubble) and under what once was the stable part of the barn and now serves as the boys den of iniquity.

Found under all the wood rubble along with the rotting remains of old barrels were these:



Some say “Full Pint Guaranteed.” Some say “Friends Apothecary.” Many still had corks in and lids on.

The project is going faster than anyone (even the builders) expected. This cute little diesel powered backhoe drove in and dug twelve holes a little over four feet deep. One in each corner, one in the middle of each end, and the rest spread out along the long axis of the barn.

Big cylinders of cement will go in each of these.



Upstairs the winches have been pulling the barn square.

These straps can each hold ten thousand pounds of stress before they break. Currently they are running at about 8000 pounds of stress each.

There is even a winch pulling the trellis that hold up the ceiling of the first floor back into square.

Wow! The Barn Boys have been busy. I left the house early Wednesday morning for the airport. (on my way to Texas to give my 6 hour seminar to a great bunch of law enforcement guys from Canada and the US.)  When I left a pile of 8×8x12’s filled the driveway, the dumpster was half full, and they were setting up jacks on the dirt floor.



By Friday, the dumpster is full. FULL! And about half the wood is gone. Check out this photo!

The small amount of cement that was part of the barn (connecting it to the driveway) will be spread out with the gravel that we be spread out under the new cement floor that we park on.

The bricks from the Chimney will go there too. 

The old wood floor was supported up with little Rock Kerns like this one:

Ok below are a couple of more video links this time of the chimney removal on the barn. Unfortunately we are not replacing the chimney, maybe a cupola if there is any money left over.

It all starts at the top…

And ends at the bottom…

Ok, so yesterday the boys started on the barn renovation. I decided to start this blog to show the progress to my friends and family. I have a couple of Vids I can post (or I think I can) so you can see what is happening.

After the first day this is what I woke too.