BARN! and NEW PORCH!

[baymule]

Today we got one piece of tin hung. One. It went to the rafters and had a lot of cutting, weaving between poles and braces. We had to beat it in. DH beat one end with a 2x4 and a hammer. It got mangled, but that sheet of tin finally went where we wanted it to go! Then I cut the mangled end off. We quit. We have one more piece to go up. Then do trim and build doors.

Today was Prince’s day off. Joe was on Snoopervisor duty.

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[thistlebloom]

Joe's the union boss of Snoopervisor Local #47. He was just making sure Prince hadn't let anything slip by.

 

[Carol Dee]

good to see Joe still on active duty

 

[baymule]

good to see Joe still on active duty

Isn't that the truth! He scares me to death when he stretches out for a nap. First thought is always that he is dead. LOL he sure doesn't appreciate me interrupting his beauty sleep to make sure he is still breathing! He'll be 29 in March, we got him when he was 7 years old.

 

[baymule]

Yesterday we got the last piece of tin up. DH and I were working in the garden when Robert came over. We dropped what we were doing and went to the barn. Now we have to trim out the doors, build and hang doors, get it wired, spray in insulation, wall it up and load it up with Feed and tack.

I know y’all will be glad to know that Prince was on duty in his position of Snoopervisor. LOL

 

[Collector]

The tin looks great, you guys are about ready to wrap this job up.

 

[baymule]

After a looooong time of STOP, we are back at it again. We have built and hung 2 doors. Robert came over and the 3 of us made the first door. We used a sheet of 3/4” plywood, framed out and reinforced with 2x4’s. We got one hung the first of the week, the other one built and hung yesterday.

The plywood for the doors is left over from a stage we built years ago when we held an Opry on Saturday nights. I have used a lot of that plywood.

I watched videos on YouTube on how to build a wooden sliding door latch. For the most part they were long and boring. I’m like, don’t waste my time with the labor pains, just show me the baby! So I skipped ahead to see the finished product. I found one I liked and took a picture with my phone. I ripped a 1x6 in half, took measurements and cut all my pieces. I have to sand off the sharp edges and round them off. Then I can install them. I snapped a shot of how I laid them out in the back of the mule.

After I get the latches installed, the next step will be to cut 2x6’s to fill the space between rafters at the ends to keep the dust out. Not going to worry about insulation or finishing walls, I just want it closed in and useable.

 

[Carol Dee]

Wow @baymule what cant you do! Looks amazing. Going to be a great structure for the critters.

 

[AMKuska]

congrats @baymule ! It looks great!

 

[flowerbug]

After a looooong time of STOP, we are back at it again. We have built and hung 2 doors. Robert came over and the 3 of us made the first door. We used a sheet of 3/4” plywood, framed out and reinforced with 2x4’s. We got one hung the first of the week, the other one built and hung yesterday.

The plywood for the doors is left over from a stage we built years ago when we held an Opry on Saturday nights. I have used a lot of that plywood.

I watched videos on YouTube on how to build a wooden sliding door latch. For the most part they were long and boring. I’m like, don’t waste my time with the labor pains, just show me the baby! So I skipped ahead to see the finished product. I found one I liked and took a picture with my phone. I ripped a 1x6 in half, took measurements and cut all my pieces. I have to sand off the sharp edges and round them off. Then I can install them. I snapped a shot of how I laid them out in the back of the mule.

After I get the latches installed, the next step will be to cut 2x6’s to fill the space between rafters at the ends to keep the dust out. Not going to worry about insulation or finishing walls, I just want it closed in and useable.

i'm so confused by this modern technology these days! whatever happened to a rope and a lever?! looks great @baymule!