Posted by Jamo58 on October 25, 2010 at 08:51:03 from (67.132.72.245):
I really enjoy seeing the pictures of buildings and construction projects that others have posted. I especially enjoy seeing how people think about solving and then go about solving these things. I thought I would share a now 2-1/2 year long endeavor that began when I was 22. I've spent many nights and weekends over the past two years on the farm, and when I haven't been running fence or bucking bales, I've been working on this project.
This project began as a college thesis - and upon graduation, I just kept going. The building was sitting unused for over a decade at a burned down old farmstead 12 miles from my parents farm, when I happened upon it. After working with the landowner, we figured out that I could have the building, (but not the land) so ultimately my solution was to move the building. I spent almost two semesters, studying, cataloging, disassembling, and moving the building. I broke ground for the rebuilt foundation a month after graduation in June 2010. All of the work up to this point has been done by my Dad and myself in our spare time along with the gracious help of many of my former football buddies and helpful neighbors. I've finally saved up enough from the past two years of work to hire out the standing seam metal roof and the sandstone firebox and brick chimney. I think it will be money well spent. The mason is to start within a week or two and the roof should be on hopefully sometime in late November early December. The last two pictures were taken yesterday afternoon after finishing the second coat of paint on the building.
I have also realized that this forum and the people on it have also been a great help and inspiration for me as I am able to interact with a great many more rural and farming folks then would ever be possible without this site. The pictures span the last year and a half (it's all I have on my work computer). Sorry for the long post, just wanted to share and say thank you and God Bless to everyone. Hope everyone's winter preparation is well underway.
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