Our BARN Preservation Project | New Roof Installed
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- By our guess, our barn (granary) is about 140+ years old. Usually when properties were homesteaded back in the day, one of the first things they would build was a granary like this. The family would often live in this structure, while they built their home. And after they moved out, it would usually be use to store seed grains.
Over the years, ours has been through a lot. There's a couple beams that have been replaced, and some spots on the roof had multiple layers of metal - all over the original cedar shake shingles. There's a groundhog that lives underneath it, and red squirrels use it to stash their winter food supply of walnuts. I would not classify our work as a restoration effort. But more of a preservation. Preserve what's there with modern materials so it will last, instead of trying to replicate what was done in the past. For starters, the old roof needs to go. It's slowly been leaking more and more of the last couple of years, so it's time to fix it once and for all. The new roof cost a pretty good chunk of money, but by keeping things dry this building should last a long long time to come.
Here's a really good article covering the history of these types of buildings: www.buildingco...
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My name is Mike and I was the prior owner of this property.... I am so glad to see Todd and his family doing what I would like to have done. When I bought the property in 1990 it was sitting on the ground so one of my first projects was to get underneath this building, jack it up and put it on blocks. I also had to repair the SW corner of the base plate that had rotted away from sitting on the ground. If you saw, there were a couple of places where I patched the roof. I ran electrical to the building, added some lighting and used the bottom floor for my woodshop and the second floor as an exercise/music space. I also rebuilt the stairs to the second level. FWIW I did all the work myself. I had a lot of quality time in "the shed" as I called it - lot's of memories. Even left them a couple souvenirs - if you noticed the deer target, speakers, and the guitar poster! So happy to see this building getting an upgrade. If you're looking for suggestions - I always thought a porch with a shed roof would really finish the look.
😀 It's absolutely gorgeous!👏 Love all the progress you keep making! Way to go, guys! 🏆💞
I love that color Todd! Much better than black
Turned out very nice. Good choice of material and contractor.
Those old shingles make great fire starter. Hope you keep them.
Nice job!!
Great job!
It looks great! I do like the contrast of the old and new.
Turned out great!!
That was a nice job
Very, very interesting to watch. Thank you for sharing with us.
It looks amazing! I just love your corn crib! I want one so bad maybe this summer. Thanks for sharing!
Great piece of history
Looks fab Todd. Love the color of the metal. When we bought our house, it was a old church and the roof was shot around the chimney. Because we live in snow country everyone does metal roofing….and we chose black metal for our roof. But I do really love the color you got. Great job.
Thinking about you all up there in the North. Praying you're all doing well ❤🙏
Nice material to collect rainwater from with the gutters!!
So interesting.
That is cool that you are saving this old building, looks good. TFS 👍
Nice looking barn Nice looking barn. Keep us updated what was this barn used for before
Very nice. The color looks great against the foggy sky!
The lean too is a blacksmith cradle. Used to repair farm equipment and store items. It is rare to find that section these days. Awesome guy's. I wouldn't tare it all down. But, would restore that section. There are some in existence in NC
We'll definitely spend some time in the spring checking it out before I just start tearing things apart
That lean-to would make a perfect potting shed! I love it!
They did an amazing job on the roof.
Looks great and they worked fast!
Wow...what a blessing that they finished before the crazy storms, last night and wind gusts today!! Btw, watching you from my phone, plugged into the charger in my car, no power!! But, happy that you all got a new roof on the barn!!😊
Yes I'm very thankful The winds were bad here yesterday about 55 mi an hour almost all day. Got a couple tree branches down and we've been without power for about 30 hours now
Looks so good. I love the roof color.
Very cool! It looks great! I look forward to following the rest of this project.
Looks great!! How exciting.. so happy for you guys knocking more items off your list..
Great space. I think the upstairs should be grandma and grandkid retreat area I can see a little quilts and tea sets and table and chair maybe some dollies and I’ll definitely hang out for a grandma and grandkids. And maybe even the kids could hang out there when they come to visit definitely a great space for the summer or the winter if you had a little heat.
Looks good. Looks like all you need is a sofit board under neath to block off that gap you were showing us. Then no critters should be able to get in
Yup. Since I'm wanting to redo the siding, we wanted to not do that now. Plus the cost would have went even higher. We'll come up with something ♥
Looks so good! Will you be putting your animals in there?
Looks awesome! My husband used to work like this for years....I am surprised they didn't fix it so so critters couldn't get in.... maybe u wanted to do that...
I hope u keep the lean to and fix it.......or fix it....u can do the siding...👍👍
A Skylight would be nice for natural light.
Good to see you Todd!! We used chicken wire to fill the gap in one of our out buildings. Stapled it in and no birds are able to get in. With the high heat here in Texas it helps let the air in. Problem is yellow jackets get in so this winter I'm going to cut strips of window screening and cover the gap. With it being so hot here we collect rain water on the house and out building up to 1K gal. We need it when it's over 100 for 3 months and no rain. Looks good !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see the grandbaby. Our grand daughter is 10 and grandson is just over 1. God Bless Yawl!
You could use some hardware cloth on the gaps.?
Todd I love the new roof color, did you get that @ home Depot by any chance. We still need to put roof on our new deck & maybe even our wood shed.
No, it didn't come from Home Depot, it was custom ordered by our installer
@@1870s oh crap, would love to find something similar, very nice you guys are doing an awesome job as always.
I love it - those guys did an amazing job- I can't wait to watch the rest of the restoration. Cheers Denise- Australia
With the metal roof and the angle of the roof, the water will completely overshoot the eave spouts. I have the same roof on my house and a much lower angle and much larger eave spouts and the water still overshoots.
I’m so glad they didn’t have black in stock. I think the dark gray looks so much better. Looks like they did a great job! I wish you would hire someone to save that lean-to, it’s so cool and part of the history of the farm. I also think the siding is amazing and there’s no way I would change that! It seems that midwesterners have a hard time appreciating old buildings the way they were made, tearing off windows and siding and replacing them with crummy vinyl. I don’t get it. I’m not saying you would use vinyl siding, I’ve just seen it a lot in the Midwest when I’ve been there. But why not appreciate the beautiful patina of the siding that’s on there, it looks pretty sound?
I will definitely spend some time looking over that lean-to before. I just rip it down. And as for siding, it actually leaks in some spots which is not good. I think my plan is to put wood siding on specifically vertical board and batten, cedar if I can afford it.
Looks great! Such a dangerous pitch to that roof. Glad you hired pros. May as well do the exterior walls too. Thanks for sharing!
They did right by you. It looks really good. The most important thing is it's going to stay dry, so mission accomplished till next Spring. I'd keep the lean to also. It would be relatively easy to metal that. Love that old barn....
It’s crazy how the weight of time can make that old metal look like sagging cloth. I love old barns!
Wow, it looks great! I sure love the looks of that old rusty metal on the outside of the barn. I think it's rustic beautiful! Lol, the comment just before mine says it better than I can. I'm not sure what it looks like up close, but would be happy if you gave it to me when you replace it. 😁 Thanks for sharing Todd.
I love how u r keeping it original 👍 Hi Rachel!! Todd u r doing an amazing job!
Hi Todd. The roof of the barn looks amazing. The guys did an excellent job on it. Please leave the metel on the barn, it looks absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for the video. How is Rachel doing. Don't you miss her while she is with the baby. God Bless you Todd and the whole family. Maria. Happy Holiday's. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Just watching so afraid you were going to step on nails when you walked on the wood. Been there done that. Learned my lesson
I was worried about a fall. Lol. If we didn't have something to worry about, we'd find something!
Hi Todd
I recommend you hit that corn crib area with a metal detector after the demo is done. Treasure has been found in such places.
Eve Trim. You need a soffit for the gap on the outside.
We may add, when we redo the siding.
Can you collect ran water to use on the farm? Could help with the garden
Yup, we may do that next summer ♥
This was very cool. Thank you. I love old buildings. Did you guys find anything cool? -Melanie
So glad you were able to hire someone to do this for you. You both are amazing and I can't wait till the day comes you are able to walk away from your weakling work grind like so many others, that you have helped promote, recently done.
Yeah, but. This barn lasted that long till present day. I would have liked to meet the carpenters that built the Barn. You just don't find any of those anymore.
You might be able to sand blast some of the sideing. But, im glad that their are old Barns in existence.
The family that originally built this homestead was of German descent
They did a great job! Might be a bit strange but I quite like the patina of the metal on the sides of the barn, the patterns and shapes it makes are really unusual. I'm sure it doesn't look as good in person and It'll look 100% smarter being redone to match the roof of course, but it's interesting nonetheless :)
From my perspective, what I consider the main side of the building looks like a work of art. There is rust colors, shades of blue and it looks like fire through a window. It is a wonderful old building. How about a weather vane?
Roof looks good. But it is going to be a lot hotter up there come summer, those cedar shakes were more of an insulation than you would think. Also did you think about running wire mesh to keep birds out and still allow air circulation but then you gonna have wasp and other insects . Maybe screen wire? Really enjoy the channel. :)
I live in Carleton. Does he do chicken coops?
I'm not sure how many "small" projects like that he does.
If any of the wood from the corn crib is salvageable, why not repurpose it in to shelves for upstairs storage.
It's a good idea
Barn roof looks great! Metal roof will last for ever i have a metal roof on my home.hopefully soon on one of my sheds metal roofs in my opinion only way to go
Hi Todd, I love your videos but, I MISS RACHEL!!
I miss her too ❤️
Hello my name is Harold my wife likes you guys's program. I would like to bring my wife up and meet with you guys if we can make it happen .We live the south of Toledo.
Maybe in the spring when the garden gets going. Email us @ that1870shomestead@gmail.com