Barn Progress
It’s coming along! Last time I showed you the construction of the hay loft, now Dan has started work on the roof.
The roof is beginning to take shape. |
Roof rafters over the hay loft. |
Making more rafters. |
Making rafters from home-milled lumber is a challenge. Very few of our pine trees are straight, so trying to cut straight boards is often a challenge. Uniformity is impossible! Oh well! And even the waste finds itself in use for things like collar ties and snow block.
Collar ties, all from scraps. |
Snow block is from scrap lumber too. |
“Snow block” is something Dan got from his log cabin book (Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home by Roger Hard. He’s referred to it often for our barn project). Instead of making soffits for eave ventilation, he’s just blocking the openings to stiffen the rafters. We don’t really need eave vents, since the barn will be neither insulated nor air tight, and Dan has other plans for ventilation.
Taking a step back…
First two sheets of plywood sheathing. |
The feed storage and milking room will be on the left where the old coal barn carport used to be. (Click that link to see what we’re replacing.) The milking room roof will start just above the gap under the sheets of plywood you see above.
Rafters for the lean-to roof on the back side. |
Plywood siding on the back gable end. Something tells me I’d better get this painted before the roof goes on! |
Autumn temperatures have arrived and our weather has been absolutely gorgeous. Next weekend we’ll probably have to take a break to work on firewood. Then we’ll be back at it. The goal is to get the roof on before the autumn rains hit. We’ll see!
Source: http://www.5acresandadream.com/2017/10/barn-progress.html
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