Barn Build 101....102....coming along

March 14, 2016 


Thanks to some help from the community barn builders we are under roof and ready for metal siding!  This monster is looking good even after my "straighten up the walls" issue that only took about 2 hours to fix.  This thing is not perfect but it looks pretty darn good.  Thanks Jared Hammock and crew.... GREAT JOB fixing my mess... LOL!

I have gotten the inside posts in for the stalls and lots of the electrical boxes up... and we are formed up and ready for concrete this weekend IF the weather holds.  That is a huge IF this time of year.  The forecast is about as reliable as I am most days.  The good part is I am "in my realm" more now doing stalls, doors and electrical.  Matt Durham will help with the plumbing... okay he will DO the plumbing.... but I will do most of the electrical except for the line from the old barn.

We will call on a ditch witch expert to run a 40' from the old barn and run the water line.  We decided to extend another line to the pasture while we are at it to REALLY help us in the winter from rolling and draining hoses. The cost of the ditch will be -0- as he charges for a minimum amount anyway... and PVC is cheap so well worth it.

In the past three years we have added onto the original barn (30x32) and added 2 Lean to's on the sides as well (14x32), added a lean to on the shop (12x32) and built a pasture shed for the horses (12x48) and now the MONSTER 24x144 Horse Barn.  We also concreted the shop floor and ran 200 amp service to the barn.  We are trying to make this a very "friendly" usable place for us to enjoy for the next 20 years.  Thanks for following along!


Here are a few updated photos and as we keep going I will add a few more.

 Roof was on in about a half day.  The crew that came was organized and dang good at it.  They made it look square if it wasn't but said it was... who knows!

 Inside really looks large now that the roof is on.  Can't wait to ride in this hallway.

 Concrete area is graveled and settling... will be raking it and getting it leveled up by mid March to get this poured.

Stalls (4) on one end have posts set and most of the banding up waiting barn wood.  Good solid oak planks are ordered to go 4' up on the sides and front and 8' on the back and end walls.  We will also do a 8' plank wall down the hallway as well.  Thought about a 4' but decided 8'.  The near end will be used for hay storage (12 x 48) until we feel we need more stalls in this barn... we do have 9 stalls already in the old barn.