The $500 barn

[aart]

Love the nest perches...... and the term 'hats'

 

[yogifink]

..... and the term 'hats'

lol, couldn't figure out what to call them. did I coin a new phrase?

 

[JMotuzick]

Wow looking good!
Code must be much looser in your part of the world! I couldn’t get away with that here.! My father and I built my “starter” house the same way you did. Rather then hiring one contractor to do it all and use hi subs we picked each trade. A lot of our own work went into things. We got away with no dumpster witch is big on a 50’ x100 peice of land! Only way to save a few bucks!

Keep up the good work and keep us posted! We love pictures

 

[aart]

lol, couldn't figure out what to call them. did I coin a new phrase?

I dunno, maybe??

I just call them 'a sharply angled board on top of nests so they don't roost and poop up there' .

 

[yogifink]

Code must be much looser in your part of the world! I couldn’t get away with that here.

The codes are just as strict and over reaching here, as they are everywhere in the US. We live way out in the country and plenty far enough off the road that no one is going to bother us. Besides, we are a registered farm and this building falls in the realm of an argricatural-use building, which does not require permitting. We were and have been building our home and had plenty of inspectors picking around for the house when I was framing up for barn, and we didn't have any issues, and actually got a compliment from one when he was here.

 

[yogifink]

I dunno, maybe??

I just call them 'a sharply angled board on top of nests so they don't roost and poop up there' .

well, if I could make an impact on the world, let it be the phrase " nest box hats" to replace ' a sharply angled board on top of nest so they don't roost and poop up there'

 

[JMotuzick]

Nice!
We have the problem of the tax assessor sending visitors out once every 10 years just to check up on us! Even if it is ag it goes on the books, basically it’s there so when your acounat messes up they can tax you more! Government is really killing ag here to much red tape for the little guy. Your lucky one more reason to move south when I retire!

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

lol, couldn't figure out what to call them. did I coin a new phrase?

I like the new description...makes perfect sense to me. Lol

 

[PetesChicks]

 

[yogifink]

It's been a bit cold this week and we had another snow storm in NC. Which pretty much means it's the end of the world.. ..Being the DW and I both grew up in the snowbelt, the reaction to a little snow down here is comical. Half the state shut down yesterday and the day before. I guess I can't really complain, they do not have the same amount of resources to prepare for large storms in the south. And honestly, the folks down here can't drive on slick roads, no offense to them, they didn't learn to drive in it like us New Yorkers do.


So anyway, I had a few short days at work and got to spend some time getting the main doors built for the barn. No complaints.


I used a lap joint on the 4 main members of the door rather than a mortis and tenon. The lap joint is plenty strong enough for a hanging barn door, imo.


I used a dado stack in my table saw to cut out the joint. If you don't have one or the other, you could easily use a circular saw with a regular blade, or go old school with a hammer and chisel. The table saw and the stack is the easiest, and for me, the cleanest.

With the joint cut, I assembled the main members of the door with glue and a few countersunk screws while making sure everything was square. easy peasy.


After the main members were together I added a rail in the middle and a diagonal on the top and bottom to fancy things up a bit. for these, I used the trusty kreg jig. again, my little one cannot resist helping daddy-o drill the holes.

The next day, I used my router to cut in a lip to accept insets. Messy, but I thought it would be easier to cut later rather than cut early with the table saw. I glad I did it this way, it was pretty simple and quick. I'll have to come up with a method of dust collection for the router in the future though, it tosses lots of dust and makes a darn mess. ( my shop is temporarily in our basement)

I used the remainder of the siding I bought for the nesting box doors and some hardware cloth to make inserts for the main doors. After i cut the material down to size, I stapled in.

and then after everything is assembled and im ready for a photo op, i realized i stapled one of the panels and one of the hardware cloth insets flip flopped....


So I pulled them apart, and re stapled. thankfully, I didn't glue in the wood...

I have to make the hardware to hang them next, my first priority this weekend. stay tuned!