Posted by Dellbertt on January 31, 2010 at 07:31:38 from (209.172.23.88):
I want to thank JimN and all who sent me information on available barn repair services. I am keeping every name for future reference. Turns out I found a guy who lives about 4 miles from me whose life work and passion (and I do mean passion) is repairing and saving old barns and houses. He owns 11 houses and 7 barns that he bought solely to save from demolition and has no plans on selling any of them. The barns are full of neatly stacked rough cut hardwoods and beams that he has salvaged from unsaveable buildings. He came from a low income and terrible childhood and is truly a self made man. When he was around 10 years old while wondering through old buildings he became fascinated with the construction of floor joists and rafters and the rest is history. He is now 42, does not drink or smoke and still single. He gets up at five every morning and is on the job at eight and I have never seen him were a jacket. If the temperature is below twenty he will add a knit hat and brown jersey gloves. He says if he won the lottery he would still get up every morning and do the same thing, and to know him is to believe him. I didn’t start this as a tribute to Ben; it’s just refreshing to see a young man with honest passion for honest work. He arrived at my home on a Sunday at about 2pm. In five minutes he told me what had to be done immediately to save the barn. We made a financial deal and he was back at 4pm with a large pickup full of ladders, jacks and posts. By 5:30pm he had the roof jacks in place and ladders set and said he would be back in the am to start the repairs. We decided to do the job in stages for both financial and weather reasons. The first part was rebuilding two posts and sandwiching a center cross beam with 16inch LVL and rebuilding the foundation for the center post. LVL is laminated plywood beams. I am not restoring my barn I am repairing it. Here are some photos of the beginning work.
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