Homeowner's Blog

Finally, the project is out of the ground.  It seemed like this day would never come, however, on Jan 18th, I had delivered all the framing material needed for the project.  Now, it was starting to look like something.  Neighbors began to stop by and ask questions.

First floor of the barn framed and [...]

So here we were, waiting for the yard to dry out in the middle of October.  Then, it snowed!  Snow!  What next, plagues of locust? We had to get this project moving again, so I purchased a 20 foot length of eight inch drainage culvert and 4 yards of crushed stone.  I dug a trench [...]

I think the worst part of any project like this is getting it out of the ground.  Once the exact location was decided, it was time to submit the plans to the building department and pull a permit.  For that I needed to draw up the design and submit a detail of the footings and [...]