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Construction

I’m Building a Barn, Part 4

barn-construction

October 28

I building a barn for clients whom I built their home in 2002, than a workshop last year and now they have decided to build a barn. We lost a lot of time last week because of the rains.  We finished putting the roofing on today, finished the rough plumbing and actually screwed in a lot of the interior walls which are plywood.  It takes a little more time to use screws in set of nails, but if the client in the future wants to remove some of the walls or put blocking in, it will make it easier for them.

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Today we get inspection for the framing, rough plumbing and hold-downs. Hold downs are so to speak, anchors into the foundation with brackets that attach to the framing. We should be close to finishing next week, and actually, the clients are putting hay in the barn this Friday.  They can do that and not be in our way at this stage of the barn building.

Let me know if you have any building needs……

Construction

I’m Building a Barn, Part 2

front-barn
October 2, 2009

I’m building a 1,176 square foot barn for a client for whom I built their home several years ago. Than last year I built a workshop for them

The progress since last week, when only the foundation was poured and the decomposed granite floor went in, is that all of the exterior walls have been framed. In addition, the trusses were delivered and are standing. Half the siding is in place and the windows have been delivered. Progress has been good and we are on schedule. Here are a couple of pictures of our progress.

inside-barn

Note that the trusses are “scissored” to give more volume to the barn and less chance of a horse hitting it’s head if it rears up.  The walls are ten foot high. Two of the interior stable walls are framed.

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Construction

Now I’m Building a Barn, Part 1

In addition to my real estate company, I also have a construction company, O’Dell Construction. I have been building in Nevada County and surrounding areas since 1971.  This has been a slow year, but I have two projects, one which I just finished for a former client. Right now, I am building a barn for another former client.

The perimeter foundation is formed, ready for concrete to be poured.
The perimeter foundation is formed, ready for concrete to be poured.

I built a 3,850 square  home for this particular client in 2002. Than I built  a 1200 square foot wood working shop for them in early 2008. Now I’m building a barn for them since they have decided to have horses.

You can see in these pictures some of the latest progress.  The barn has a perimeter foundation, with decomposed granite for a floor instead of concrete. The decomposed granite will be much easier on the horses legs than a concrete floor.  We placed a perforated pipe under the granite to  drain liquids away from underneath the granite floor.  The walls will be ten feet high and have vaulted trusses set on top of the walls. There will also be a twelve foot covered area for the horses to stand under just outside the barn.

Concrete is poured, forms ready to be stripped
Concrete is poured, forms ready to be stripped

The barn is twenty eight feet wide and forty two feet long.  Some of the requirements that are a little different than a home or work shop is that the wiring has to be in conduit and the light fixtures have to be explosion proof because of any potential dust setting off a fire.

Foundation and finish grading complete. Decomposed granite in place.
Foundation and finish grading complete. Decomposed granite in place.

This picture was taken September 24, 2009. The owner’s home is in the background.