Firebird 1
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This is the front view of my "barn". I am a general contractor and we put an addition on a church. This was their storage/caretakers garage that was in the way of the new part. We built him a new shop and I dismantled this one and moved it to my backyard. It was originally built in 1976 and has had a rough life, so its a little beat up. Original faded red paint, I repainted it a couple years ago and put a lean to addition on the back for more storage. I had some extra trusses from a job and added to the length when I put it up the first time. Had to buy a little bit of roof and a couple pcs of siding. I have less than $500. total into it minus the concrete floor and footings.
Its cram packed, mostly tools and usable building materials. Every so often I bring in a dumpster and clean it out. Roofing and siding were originally installed with ring shank nails, we used a catspaw to CAREFULLY take them out without damaging the metal. I used screws on re assembly. The lean to addition on the back also came from salvaged material with a very low build cost. When I put the barn up the first time the building inspector gave me a hard time because it was "recycled". He said he had no engineering on the trusses. I told him it had stood for the last 30 odd years I thought it would be fine. Cant remember the size, I think its about 30' deep by 46' long, truss height is about 14'.
