Recent content by Lee220

ohhhhh, please don't tell my other half. I just got the cycles out of the basement this fall. They were separated from the house's wood stove by a cement wall, but still, I prefer them in the garage. One year when he was overhauling his Norton in the living room we gave up and decorated it for...

We are putting a barrel stove in our shop and wondering what is a safe distance from the stove to park a diesel tractor for repair and a gas tractor. This is in a pole barn, insulated walls and ceiling, insulated chimney, double barrel.

Thanks, that is what I want to hear! Time may prevent us from using the gravel base. If the cement company was open Sat. we would have done it then, we had extra help around that day. Looks like we have clear weather all week, so we aren't being pushed for time. We need to do something before it...

We are in western Wi, near Arcadia. Our dairy barn is/was part of a larger pole barn. Thanks for the tips, we have the stalls out, took out the barn cleaner yesterday and are about ready to cement the gutters. Unfortunately, floor heat is not going to work, the ceiling is too low. We do plan on...

Hay, We are converting a dairy barn to a shop and have two gutters about 5.5 inches deep that need to be filled with concrete. We were wondering if we could cut our costs a bit and put some gravel down first. Any opinions on how deep we need the concrete? Could we get away with a couple of...

Hello, I am here to get ideas on setting up a shop for my husband. We had to sell our dairy herd and I am converting the milking part of the pole barn for the shop. I have the milking equipment out (and for sale, any takers?), and just a few stall pipes left to torch/grind off. Formerly, hubby...