Yesterday was very rewarding. The most challenging openings are handled, and one can almost see how its going to look when done. Still plenty to be done, but its sure nice having the most difficult all nailed down.
This 36" man-door took much longer than anticipated. Old barn - nothing plumb, square, level, etc. Its in now and it functions, all that matters.
The main front door opening had three cut stone rectangular pieces acting as a thresh-hold. Twenty of them were found buried in a field by accident years ago while fixing tile; I got six of them and have used them for various purposes while rehabbing these old barns. The three thresh-hold ones came back out of the front opening as that will be completely reworked - I think I can use them in front of the man-door as as a landing/step since its a rather large step to make. More on that later....
This corner needed lots of lovin' as it had a 20' tree growing directly against the foundation when we bought the place 26 years ago. The wind had used that tree like a cheese grater on the siding, and that let the weather do a number on the framework. The temporary post I mentioned earlier brought the frame back into position, and this time we addressed it correctly and also incorporated the door framing at the same time.
And temp post in the middle is gone. Can you tell how much that makes my day?
This opening in particular has been trouble. That old beam in the top middle of it is mind boggling - its a main support, yet it hovers in space with no load-bearing-down-to-ground capabilities. Beyond that, it limits headroom. Originally a split slider due to there not being enough room to either side to "store" a full width slider in the open position, we were planning on narrowing the opening to a width that could store a one-piece slider, as the headroom seemed to negate any chance of an overhead door.
Craig worked his magic and this will now recieve a 6'6" tall overhead door with as much width as the original opening will allow. Thanks Craig and crew!
