I have an older barn which was origionally built by the previous owners for donkeys..these people did everything half-a**ed.
were planning to build a new barn, but the contractors have had everyone and their brother up here to look at the area because of all the ledge..so for now we still have the old barn.
Theres windows in every room, theyre not real windows, most of them are basically plexiglass.Theres a 2nd floor which is finished & we dont use at all, so we cant do anything to the roof in the animal area. In the main room theres 2 with metal bars & a type of fencing for the screen..so they are like open windows. Theres also set up real high a stove pipe thing sticking through the wall to the outside..im guessing it was for ventillation. The barns nowhere near air tight, the donkeys who lived here did a nice job of chewing everything. So theres small holes & some 1/2 inch gaps between the boards in some places that go directly outside. With all the gaps & the stove pipe, is that enough ventillation?. Its getting cold & the birds have stopped roosting by the window & moved to the opposite side, so im guessing its time to winterize.
SHould i plastic up the open windows?, and if so would i leave some potion open for added ventillation, or do the entire windows?.
We are too afraid to cut any wood on the outside walls becuase the barn is old & so mickey-moused.
heres a link to a video that shows the barn
were planning to build a new barn, but the contractors have had everyone and their brother up here to look at the area because of all the ledge..so for now we still have the old barn.
Theres windows in every room, theyre not real windows, most of them are basically plexiglass.Theres a 2nd floor which is finished & we dont use at all, so we cant do anything to the roof in the animal area. In the main room theres 2 with metal bars & a type of fencing for the screen..so they are like open windows. Theres also set up real high a stove pipe thing sticking through the wall to the outside..im guessing it was for ventillation. The barns nowhere near air tight, the donkeys who lived here did a nice job of chewing everything. So theres small holes & some 1/2 inch gaps between the boards in some places that go directly outside. With all the gaps & the stove pipe, is that enough ventillation?. Its getting cold & the birds have stopped roosting by the window & moved to the opposite side, so im guessing its time to winterize.
SHould i plastic up the open windows?, and if so would i leave some potion open for added ventillation, or do the entire windows?.
We are too afraid to cut any wood on the outside walls becuase the barn is old & so mickey-moused.
heres a link to a video that shows the barn
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