Adding to this. Barn is STILL not done! But they are close. Winter has arrived with a vengeance:
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Barn still needs siding, but the roof is on (first photo is from before the big storm):
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Insides are almost done, stalls are up - they are working on the walls of the aisle and the tackroom - we decided to insulate the downstairs, so there would be an option to heat later if the cold makes me insane or somebody wants to turn it into a shop down the road. I put in a garage door because we get so much snow for so long and it is so cold here that keeping a slider unstuck is almost impossible.
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It's been a bit like a runaway train that I can't get off of - the builder (who is used to doing nice homes) has not done a barn before (and neither have I) and I have overbuilt some things, I think - with materials that were too expensive - he convinced me that shiplap (for the tack room and aisle) was cheaper than the OSB board (they call it Aspenite here) but watching them I realize that installation is taking a lot longer. *sigh* I have been so paranoid about metal siding because of the accident - that we ended up with tongue and groove a lot of places that we probably didn't need - I have no idea if it will hold up (though I have rubber mats that I will put up if he starts to damage the walls) I can't seal or stain any of it until the weather warms up, so I hope he doesn't do do much damage until then. (He's not home yet, I won't bring him until they are out of there)
We have so much snow, even more since this photo. That area outside of the overhang was going to be a paddock, but there is NO WAY in the winter that will work, all that snow slides off the roof and it's like a ski hill - so the paddock will just be under the overhang, I think! I can move those corral fences around, so I could change it up in the summer. I still have to attach the fence to the barn.
I managed to find some used stall doors and all their hardware from a barn that was being disassembled - all the bars and doors already built - at a much cheaper cost than buying new hardware, so that was good. I bought 6 for the price of 5, and only used 4, so we have extra pieces in case something breaks. I now completely understand why it costs so much money to board a horse, this has been WAY more costly thane we thought it would be, but building for snow load and hay storage in a super cold and wet place on a hill - holy crap. If I ever do this again, I'm buying flat property someplace dry and warm...!!
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