New building update

Zachary Hoyt · Jul 31, 2015

I had a lot of questions (mostly about the concrete piers) while I was in the planning stages of this building and people here on this forum were a great help. On Wednesday I got
the last rafters up and since then I have been working on furring strips. I plan to put the roof on next week and I hope to get it enclosed with board and batten siding before
winter. I just wanted to say thank you for all of the advice, it was a big help.
Zach

Billy NY · Jul 31, 2015

Awesome ! You should make it before winter, and thats a good feeling. What is its intended use ? You have a favorite item in the last photo, gardenway cart, I have 2 of them, looking for a 3rd, they are immensely useful for a lot of different tasks!

phil_n · Jul 31, 2015

Did you design that yourself?

JimIA · Jul 31, 2015

Nicely done! You are building that to last!

jeffcat · Jul 31, 2015

Just watch out for that power line when you are roofing! Going with a nice red metal roof?

Zachary Hoyt · Jul 31, 2015

I love those carts too, I have one that needs new tires and the one in the photo. The one that needs tires only cost $2 at an auction, the one in the photo was $35 from a flea market. The building will store some hay and will have meat rabbits in part of the first floor. I am planning to run a heavy cable so I can use the welder in there, and also plan to set up the planer, shaper and jointer in there soI can try making flooring. Part will just be storage. It is bigger than it needs to be but the footprint was already sort of determined by the size of the pole barn that used to be there.
Zach

Zachary Hoyt · Jul 31, 2015

Yes, after talking to the Amish neighbors and looking at their machine shed. I tend to overbuild because I don't know if someone will be here to shovel the roof forever. It's mostly
framed with aspen, some pine. It should be a lot handier in winter than the old open sided pole barn.
Zach

Zachary Hoyt · Jul 31, 2015

I hope it will last. I know some of the old barns around here have lasted a pretty long time while being neglected for the latter part of their history but it seems like every winter more of them come down. The good thing is that the Amish are coming in and building new ones now.
Zach

Zachary Hoyt · Jul 31, 2015

I will indeed be careful of that line. I have found in general that it works best for me to keep the metal panels down flat on the roof when I am moving them around so that the wind doesn't grab them, and in this case I will have an even better reason not to stand them up. Most of the roof will be galvanized, though there will be one part with some white and brown panels that are left from a bunch I bought at auction in 2012. I had been going to reuse the old metal but the people who built the pole barn put 8 screws in each furring strip on each panel and the furring strips were randomly overlapped so it would have been really hard to line up all of the old holes. I found a deal on Craigslist for 25 12' panels for $350 and I was able to sell 600' of the old roofing for $500, so it'll only cost about an extra $300-350 to have new roofing.
Zach

Gundoctor · Jul 31, 2015

Those carts are made about 6 miles from me in Vergennes, Vermont. They make a lot of products.

Adirondack case guy · Jul 31, 2015

Looking real good Zack. Bet it will look even better to you when you have all the board and bat on it.
Loren

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2015

What's the second story for? MIL apartment?LOL

Billy NY · Aug 1, 2015

Carts Vermont. I believe they must have bought the rights or something when Gardenway/Troy Bilt(just over the hill from me) closed up after the MTD acquisition.

Mine both are marked with the gardenway logo, The Original Gardenway Cart, Troy, N.Y. 12180, minor detail that connects them to what was a great company for many years.

I've seen knock off's by agri-fab or agrisupply but you don't see good used original ones for sale often. I've been able to get 2 in very nice shape for less than $100. They are extremely handy, light, but can carry 400lbs, I use them for firewood processing, dry lawn grass for mulch, brush, and they'll carry a ladder across the top easily. Just have to remember to load the back of the box first on these, or it will stand on end, great but simple product.

Nice to know they just moved, are still built and they offer parts for them too.

I head up to Windsor to the Harpoon brewery every so often, nice area, bought a M-F disc harrow from a nice fellow over in Quechee VT last year.
Carts Vermont

Geo-TH,In · Aug 2, 2015

How did you attach the posts to the concrete pads? Please post a pic. I would like to know. Did you make the posts and then install them or just make them while in the hole?

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