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Nice thread. You have a lot of buildings :)

Re: The Swedish barn Thanks. The "hump" is a root cellar. Half-buried in the ground, traditionally used for frost-free storage of potatoes and other harvests. Keeps very cool in the summer also. Mine is mostly a habitat for some pretty nasty spiders though :) I'll try to take some pictures of...

Thanks. No the bracing was more or less improvised. Normally there are two horizontal pieces, one behind each hinge. Then a diagonal brace from the lower hinge point to lead the forces from the weight of the door to the lower hinge, like you can see on the old doors: I improvised the new door...

Nice to see your new place. I followed your old garage thread. Hope to see some beemers and nice rims in there place aswell.

Re: The Swedish barn Yes nowadays it is insulated and heated. It cold and humid here in the winter so I need heating from October to May. I try to keep about 55 F / 12-14C wich I find ok for working if you have some clothes on. It also keeps the humidity down a lot even if you don't have full...

Ok, I'm gonna totally blow your minds now and make a second update the same year as the last one ! :) To utilize my scissor lift a bit more I decided to make a bench-top for it so I can use it as a height adjustable work bench for woodworking etc. I used some 1" planks of good quality. It...

OK, time for a long overdue update ! Been pretty busy with life and work but here we go, despite photobucket being slow like I-don't-know-what tonight. To get some natural lighting in the barn I wanted to put some windows in the back wall. That winter (2013) I scored three 3-glass windows for...

This is what happens when I stay away from GJ too long. I miss great threads like this! I really enjoyed reading this, especially the first pages of it. Seems our projects have a lot in common. Old neglected buildings with no proper floor and too small doors. The place came out great! You...

Winter in Sweden is cold. Not like the north pole like people think, but definitely cold. Aqvavit is nice, but you car gets all messed up when working on it :) The barn will be fully insulated and heated!

Thank you so much for all your kind comments! After finishing the floor my plan was to construct a small cinder block wall as a base around the garage walls. But I was not happy with the back wall of the garage. The foundation for one of the poles was not in line with the rest of the...

Swedish Barn is back from the dead ! Sorry for the long wait, but I just haven't had that much inspiration for this thread, but I've still been busy with the barn so lots of things to show you guys! We are now up to august 2012, and I had just finished the last third of the floor and it was...

Nice build ! I love the roof sheet metal lifting rig !

Alright, It's been time for an update for a while now. Had a really busy autumn. Had to read up on the thread to see where I left off. Here is the state of the barn at the time. In the picture I'm hanging some new gutters and removing the moss from the tiles. The door layout of the barn...

Thanks everyone for the comments ! You must have been watching way too much "Wheeler Dealers Trading Up" if you heard about A-tractors over in California ;) For those of you who haven't: A swedish A-tractor or EPA-tractor is a car registered as "tractor". To do this it has to have a top...

Thanks everyone ! It's been a while but here comes an update ! Next step was to make the floor for the pit. I could make a frame out of relativeley thin planks, since they are supported by the surrounding material. Some insulation where the floor drain will be. I left the sides without...