Snow and Frigid Cold Slows Progress
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
The frigid cold weather we had this last week has slowed things down a bit here at the old Barn Build Project. The guys were up on the roof replacing the singles, and got one side done before the snow came. I managed to snap off a few shots while they were still setting up.
Lucy of course loves this cold weather and spends the whole day watching the guys work sleeping on the snow.
One of the things they Guys were able to get done is installing two post that carry most of the weight of the barn. There are at each end of the barn on the long side. They start on the cement floor (under which is a four foot footing or column of Cement), and go up right through the ceiling and support this trapezoidal truss that holds up the second floor. You can kind of see it here.
They are connected to the cement floor with with some heavy duty hardware.
We Also got our new back door! My father in law rides a wheelchair in and out of our house and the original door is only 29 inches wide so he is constantly banging his hands on the way in and out.
So the NEW DOOR is 36 inches wide!
The old door with be recycled back into the barn as the door into the kids den (of iniquity) that was originally the stable and currently has a very loosely fitting and heavy door (26 inches wide).Tomorrow I will write about how my two youngest sons insulated the back wall (the one that separates the garage part of the barn from their den of iniquity).
