Sunday, March 25, 2007
Monday, January 1, 2007
Somewhere New Hampshire
Boarding a horse is a very expensive proposition. I decided to build a two stall barn and move the horse home. His name is Jake, a chestnut American Saddlebred. I built the barn for less than $10K
Jake Likes his new home
Jake likes rasberries too but he can't reach them....
...because he has a paddock made of UltraGuard® vinyl fence from Perma Well Inc. http://www.allhorsefence.com/
Digging the Footings
The barn is 24 feet long by 20 feet wide. First I had 3 truck loads of 3/4 inch aggregate delivered and spread to raise and level the barn floor. (For good info on proper horse footing see http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/ub038.pdf).
I dug all nine footings by hand. Each hole was 2 feet by 2 feet and 4 feet deep.
In New Hampshire the ground can be very chunky. Rocks of all sizes were compacted into the clay by the glaciers during the ice age. I used a pry bar, coal shovel, spade, pick axe, post hole digger, a bucket, chains and ropes. It took me three months because the rains came and filled all the holes to the brim after only fve were dug. I had to pump the water out of the holes which would refill overnight
I bought BF24 bigfoot footing forms http://www.bigfootsystems.com/ for the footings onto which the 10 inch sonotubes were attached. After having the 48 inch deep holes inspected by the town, I positioned the footing forms with sonotubes in the holes, back filled them with dirt. pumped out the water, and poured the cement ( one bag dry, two mixed)
I dug all nine footings by hand. Each hole was 2 feet by 2 feet and 4 feet deep.
In New Hampshire the ground can be very chunky. Rocks of all sizes were compacted into the clay by the glaciers during the ice age. I used a pry bar, coal shovel, spade, pick axe, post hole digger, a bucket, chains and ropes. It took me three months because the rains came and filled all the holes to the brim after only fve were dug. I had to pump the water out of the holes which would refill overnight
I bought BF24 bigfoot footing forms http://www.bigfootsystems.com/ for the footings onto which the 10 inch sonotubes were attached. After having the 48 inch deep holes inspected by the town, I positioned the footing forms with sonotubes in the holes, back filled them with dirt. pumped out the water, and poured the cement ( one bag dry, two mixed)
Framing The Barn
Finally after the rains stopped and the footings were poured the framing began......
....and so did the snow.
....and so did the snow.
Nine pressure treated 8 foot long 4 by 6 posts with 2 by 12 beams spanning 12 feet with SPF 2 by 8 caps
2 by 4 girts
2 by 6 joists
2 by 4 girts
2 by 6 joistsCarrage bolts attach the beams
Blocking in the joists, pretty standard stuff.
Ridge beam sistered up temporarily until the rafters are layed. 8/12 pitch with 2 by 8 rafters. Cutting the rafters takes some time. Use the first one as a template for all the rest. Get a rafters square.
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