My DH who works full time in I.T. is wonderfully handy and an absolute life saver in this Fixer Upper Farm journey of ours. I took some photos today of his progress with extending the roof to make a run in area attached to The Little Red Barn...and realized how long it has been since I updated! You've heard of developments in other threads about my boys, but I have been negligent about TLRB.
With the unexpected need to move Fergus home in February, and find him a buddy (enter Dallas The Rescue Pony in March), all plans and timelines were scattered to the four winds. We'd think we had things under control and then issues would pop up...water getting into the barn, tree issues, etc, etc etc and one project would be paused to put out a fire thus leading to the start of another project. It has been non-stop, and will be for quite awhile before we get to "maintain mode", but the barn works and is safe, and the horses are happy. As of last week I have a yard hydrant at the barn area, so no more need for 250' of connected garden hoses from the well head, and schlepping small buckets from a water trough to fill bigger buckets hanging in stalls. We have a 12x24' stall with two doors that belongs to His Majesty, that also doubles as a run in at all times other than meals. Dallas has a 12x18' stall that is perpendicular to Fergus' stall. If needed, Fergus' stall could easily become two stalls for the addition of a third buddy, but I am sure he'd object.
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Plumbing is all set and waiting for a hot water heater, once the tack room is built and we can give the heater a place to live. The wash pit is DH's "lumber yard" at the moment, but is ready to serve upon completion of tack room and install of water heater. We still have only the breaker box, 1 outlet and 2 lights that we needed to pass electrical inspection, but once we have the barn more built out, the electrician will come back to add the outlets and lights and such to finish it all off. We still need to add the inner stall walls to finish off the stalls, but with as little time as they are inside, and as respectful as they are about their rooms, it's been working out just fine with the ways the outer walls/studs sandwich in the perimeter of their stalls. Someday we will replace the old, less than sea worthy old wood siding, and when we do we will open up some spaces to add windows to get more light and air. But being that DH is pretty much a one man show, it is amazing to me the talents he is hiding.
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