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Outside the Barn

Here's a picture of our barn as it was when we bought it. Notice the translucent corrugated fiberglass serving as siding for the hay loft. Before Improvement
First we had the weeds mowed. After a mowing.

Here are some closer shots of the barn exterior before cleanup. When we first purchased the barn, there were gaping holes in the siding; we don't exactly know why. One of our first chores was to cover these holes, just to keep animals out of the barn. So, in some of the pictures you'll see patches of OSB covering just nailed onto the outside of the siding. The big red tank was diesel fuel tank, half full of ancient fuel, liberally mixed with water, dirt and scum. The northeast corner.
The northwest corner.
The southeast corner.

One cleanup task involved removing three or four inches of caked sheep manure from under the eaves around the barn. Manure Cleanup.

After cleaning the inside of the barn (you'll see before-and-after's of this elsewhere), we hired carpenters to frame in a living space in the hay loft. This included a more professional job of installing the OSB covering the holes in the siding, installing an entry door and window. Front door.

They also replaced the corrugated fiberglass "walls" with windows, OSB sheeting and Tyvek on both the east and west sides of the hayloft. Here's a picture of two Canadian geese in the field beside the barn. You can see the the barn construction in the background. Geese and barn.

Then Bowen, his friend Joe Hassel and I installed Hardiplank siding to complete the enclosure of the hay loft. Barn, spring 2003.

In order to insulate the lower floor of the barn, we removed two barn doors on the north side, replacing them with conventional exterior doors. Barn, fall 2003

We also slid the large barn door into a permanently open position (now it is only there for ambience and decoration) and installed an insulated roll-up garage door in its place. Still to be done: paint the barn, not only to preserve the siding, but also to cover up all the seams where we modified the original structure. Barn, fall 2003

With all of our "stuff" crammed inside the barn, the overflow has migrated under the eaves outside. Once upon a time the place was nice and neat. Now it is beginning to be almost as cluttered as it was when we first bought it. Barn, fall 2003

As the weather warmed up past 50 deg. F we tackled the long-overdue task of painting the barn. The weather is changeable, so everytime there's a sunny day we paint one side. Here's the barn with three sides painted. Barn, spring 2004

Here's a picture of our barn as it was when we bought it. Notice the translucent corrugated fiberglass serving as siding for the hay loft.	Before Improvement
First we had the weeds mowed.	After a mowing.
Here are some closer shots of the barn exterior before cleanup. When we first purchased the barn, there were gaping holes in the siding; we don't exactly know why. One of our first chores was to cover these holes, just to keep animals out of the barn. So, in some of the pictures you'll see patches of OSB covering just nailed onto the outside of the siding. The big red tank was diesel fuel tank, half full of ancient fuel, liberally mixed with water, dirt and scum.	The northeast corner. The northwest corner. The southeast corner.
One cleanup task involved removing three or four inches of caked sheep manure from under the eaves around the barn.	Manure Cleanup.
After cleaning the inside of the barn (you'll see before-and-after's of this elsewhere), we hired carpenters to frame in a living space in the hay loft. This included a more professional job of installing the OSB covering the holes in the siding, installing an entry door and window.	Front door.
They also replaced the corrugated fiberglass "walls" with windows, OSB sheeting and Tyvek on both the east and west sides of the hayloft. Here's a picture of two Canadian geese in the field beside the barn. You can see the the barn construction in the background.	Geese and barn.
Then Bowen, his friend Joe Hassel and I installed Hardiplank siding to complete the enclosure of the hay loft.	Barn, spring 2003.
In order to insulate the lower floor of the barn, we removed two barn doors on the north side, replacing them with conventional exterior doors.	Barn, fall 2003
We also slid the large barn door into a permanently open position (now it is only there for ambience and decoration) and installed an insulated roll-up garage door in its place. Still to be done: paint the barn, not only to preserve the siding, but also to cover up all the seams where we modified the original structure.	Barn, fall 2003
With all of our "stuff" crammed inside the barn, the overflow has migrated under the eaves outside. Once upon a time the place was nice and neat. Now it is beginning to be almost as cluttered as it was when we first bought it.	Barn, fall 2003
As the weather warmed up past 50 deg. F we tackled the long-overdue task of painting the barn. The weather is changeable, so everytime there's a sunny day we paint one side. Here's the barn with three sides painted.	Barn, spring 2004