This week the baby barn saga is a two-fer…. lucky you! I spent far too much time on the husband’s rusty crap stuff yesterday, so today?
Deconstruction.
Old shingles had to come off first and that was a nightmare. They’re over 40 years old and brittle as hell. Pieces and parts at best, and it seemed like every nail he tried to pull was bent.
*inserts required ‘porn for women’ shot here*
Sweep, baby… sweep!
Walls were coming off left and right….
And we seemed to be making progress.
How’s that for an action shot?
Mid air plywood!
More sweeping…
A little rotted wood.
(It was only holding up the roof, and my husband… no worries.)
And a room with a view later…
The rain that wasn’t supposed to start until after midnight was threatening and we had to scramble to waterproof.
This meant a patchwork of zip siding with a corner that wasn’t exactly … how shall we say?
Squared.
Followed by my favorite part.
Rolling out and tacking down tar paper in 30 mph wind.
Please note I’m risking life and limb giving you roof top photos.
You can call me crazy, but you can’t say I don’t go the extra mile for my readers.
So this is where we left it… weird, but water tight.
One dry days work, and a full half a day covering it up for the next rain storm. Had we started this stupid project in September…. when we were begging for moisture, instead of October… where it rains very other day, I dare say we’d be further along by now.
Just how old is “baby barn?”
By the looks of it, it WAS made to last – even with all the rot.
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As near as I can figure, it was built in the mid 1970’s.
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Looks like you’ll soon have one less thing to complain about…
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Not anytime soon, but yes. Eventually.
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I need to get outside and rebuild my goat house. They have made swiss cheese out of the old “temporary” one. I’ve had the blocks and sheets of plywood sitting around since early summer. I’d welcome his expert hand, AND I can pay him in some quality “collectable” (uhhh) stuff as well. 🙂
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Oh boy, you can tell “writing” is NOT my forte.
Far too many “I need”, “I’ve had”, “I’d welcome”, and “I can” in my last comment. …jeez LoL
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I didn’t even notice. And it’s not like my posts win the Pulitzer… so no worries.
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Paying him in collectibles is a sure way to guarantee I’ll never let him near your place…
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OMG should he be standing on that???
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Uh… no!
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😔 pity a big gush of wind can’t just topple it and save you both some trouble.
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We have horrendous winds here. N’Or Easters…. and the damn thing survives them all.
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“Sweep, baby, sweep!” I now have to mark this blog as NSFW. (But thanks for the visual.) Good luck with the rest of the work!
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No worries. The pathetic thing about my porn for women is that it’s always safe for work.
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Baby barn is the project that keeps on giving. I’m glad you’ve made progress and best of luck as you keep going with this fascinating project.
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And giving, and giving… not to mention costing.
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Yep, I can imagine
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No, you would not have because Fred would have had plenty of time to say “I wondered where I put that! Oh! I had forgotten all about this River LOOK!!!” And you would be right where you are today.
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Sigh… you’re probably right.
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Yup
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Baby Barn Project from Hell!! OMG so the weather wasn’t helping, and that’s annoying in itself. But kudos to you my friend for those spectacular rooftop shots of the barn, your hubs and the dark grey sky!
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If it happens within a mile of me? It’s being photographed….
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Love the action shots 🙂
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Holding down the tarpaper is an important part of roofing. I am sure he appreciates you going that extra mile …
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He’d better!
It’s rather precarious up there.
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I used to put the same kind of effort into restoring old VW vans. Two words…electroshock therapy.
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Well, he was talking about running out there…. so it could happen.
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I kept expecting to see a shot of either your husband or you halfway through that roof.
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It hasn’t happened… yet. But rest assured if it does, it shall be documented.
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“{How’s that for an action shot?” In that shot it looks like he is going to wind up with a doghouse!!! Sure he doesn’t have a dalmatian hidden somewhere??
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It wouldn’t surprise me….
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Your work ethic is tremendous! I would have just burned it to the ground out of frustration by now, but I’m also the laziest person I know. 😉
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It’s more the husband’s work ethic than mine. I would have burned it down… and hired someone else to rebuild it by now.
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Not to be critical, but if hubby is using AdvanTechFlooring (4th photo from bottom) for the wall, what is he using for flooring — wallboard? I “shutter” to think what he’s going to use for windows!
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If you read that carefully… the Zip wall and roofing system is “from the creators of AdvanTechFlooring.” You can use the green sheets for walls or roof.
He’s bad.. but he’s not THAT bad!
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I did notice that, but I was hoping you wouldn’t bring it up and ruin my puns. Oh, the pun-ishment we pun-sters suffer in pursuit of pun-ditry! 🙂
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River, those clouds looked ominous. The barn still does. Hehheeeehe! Mona
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Every weekend when we get ready to work on it…. rain and wind. It’s getting old!
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Progress is being made. I feel the frustration of putting down felt paper in a high wind.
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It was that kind of windy here today. I can’t imagine roofing in it. Barn really is coming along tho 🙂
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It’s a nightmare with tar paper. You think you’ve got it … then poof. A little gust sends it sailing.
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