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Techie1961, I would not do much to your barn!! I love the (as they say today) patina it has acquired over the years!!! Like rburke says... I love the old stone walls! Do you know what the original use was of the barn? Thanks for posting pictures!!!

We are going to use the lower 2/3 back portion for general storage (boat, mowers, etc.) and maybe a small wood shop for stationary woodworking tools. The barn was an original milking barn with the cow stanchions. We will keep some of the stanchions in the lower 1/3 front portion. Plans are to...

I'm a couple of days behind on posting these. This is where they finished last Friday night. South gable end sheeted and windows roughed in... forms pulled from foundation repair on east wall. Picture of west wall and south gable.. Work will probably slow down this week. Temps in mid...

I'm in NW IL. have any pics of your barn?

Yesterdy... Still making progress. They started working on the south gable.. Can't see it, but west side getting aluminum soffit. Wrapping up another day... Hoping to finish gable and....maybe... start hanging some steel next! .

Thats one good thing, both my wife and I grew up around barns. We both had grandparents that farmed. So she's wanted to fix our barn since we bought the property in 1990. Great to have "spousal support"!! :D Our barn shows it has been both red and white. We are going to use barn red steel for...

Well, it's been about a week and progress is coming right along on the barn! West side before ..... This was a week or so ago... Taken this morning... cement truck? Had to repair about 8 feet of foundation on the east side. This is the west wall tonight! Next up... end walls! >

Finally time to resurrect the barn thread! East wall a couple years ago.. The "Calvary" showed up Tuesday! .. (after years of "Fighting" the weather, one step forward, two back, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and pay to get it done). Two and half days later!! Started on the...

I built a table a few years ago , used 3/8 plate. X slots to fit Menards clamps. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174952 after using it , I wouldnt change a thing!

Here are a couple of rough renderings of the proposed dormer and patio door/deck.

Welll, been a while since any updates... We had a setback on the barn the end of June. A storm with 110mph straight line winds ended up doing almost $13,000 damage. Took shingles off the east side of the roof, Enough missing that it needs to be completely stripped and re-shingled. Kind of...

She was the adjuster.... We have had the same agent for years. Our agent was gone last week. I will be talking with her Monday or Tuesday.... just trying to get my ducks in a row before I do.

Safe or not for the average Joe, fact is this hoist was being used in a high school auto class, so a lot of teenage kids were around it in class. The thing is, the insurance adjuster didnt even go in the shop to look at the hoist. The overhead door was up about 5 feet. I had my truck parked...

My insurance agent is on vacation this week. I will be talking with her next week to get more info, but was trying to find out if anyone else has had to have their personal hoist inspected yearly / or even at all? As of now, doesnt look like it? At one time it was an alignment rack.. still has...

Hey guys, I am installing a used 2 post Globe drive on car lift in my shop for personal use. A couple days ago, an insurance adjuster was out to look at some storm damage to another building on our property. When she saw the car lift in my shop (overhead door was open) , she asked me if I used...

Thanks for bringing the barn post back up! Some pretty cool barns! Scott, no I dont, but just requested to join. :)

Thanks for all the input! ... I bit the bullet and ended up buying twenty one new fixtures. I decided to go with the 4 lamp, T8 , 8 foot fixtures. They were on sale at good ol' Menards for about 30 bucks each. Besides the fixtures being on sale, the 4 foot / T8 tubes are about half the price of...

Been a while since posting anything on the table. It remains the same as the pictures on page two of this post. And I still would not change any of the construction details to date. (right now I'm actually using it as a table to make my grandson a toy barn for Christmas) I have been thinking...

Yep, It is 69 Mustang- powered by a transplanted 350 Chevy... I have a "few" old 60's Correct Crafts around. Gotta love the old inboards!! :thumbup:

Thanks for the info! I will start to research the options.... with 25 fixtures to eventually update, its probably going to be an ongoing project.