Feed and Tack Room

[baymule]

Well here we are again. We stopped on the Feed and tack room for whatever reason. But we went back to work on it. We got more Tin put up and got the end entirely covered.

DH and I put a couple of sheets up, then he called our friend Robert, who was already on his way over. LOL The three of us worked, measuring, I cut with tin snips and we put the sheets of tin up.

Prince kept coming in, getting in the way, and pawing at the stack of tin. DH chased him out over and over. It was comical watching them. I caught a picture of Prince sneaking back in and DH waiting to spring out and yell at him.

 

[baymule]

On Tuesday, 1-23-2018, we got the frame work built, raised and screwed in place to make the front walls all the way to the rafters.

 

[baymule]

Tomorrow we might get all the tin hung on the outside. We have purchased the wiring and lights needed for the barn, one of our neighbors is going to do the electrical in trade for a pig that we raised for him and his family. I want to get this done so bad!

 

[baymule]

Haha Bee, we already have the bent corner trim, courtesy of our neighbor Robert, and it was free to him. It is a dark green, should look good with the old tin, huh? We are going to trim around the doors with it, everywhere else, the ends are where the horses can't get to them.

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Ah, now Bay, i feel like I ought to get out and finish the coop we've been working on all month!!
Best cure for laziness I know of is to come here and see what everyone else has been doing! I'll be looking forward to the finished project. Your tack room looks great, and I know you'll have another project as soon as this one is ended... Which means I better get off my tail and get to work!

 

[Beekissed]

I think I love Prince! I've always loved the snoopy, get in your way animals, even though they are a pain sometimes, it gives you a good feeling that they want to be close to you.

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Prince is ready for the FEED part of the tack room

 

[baymule]

After a looooong time of STOP, we are back at it again. We have built and hung 2 doors. Robert came over and the 3 of us made the first door. We used a sheet of 3/4” plywood, framed out and reinforced with 2x4’s. We got one hung the first of the week, the other one built and hung yesterday.

The plywood for the doors is left over from a stage we built years ago when we held an Opry on Saturday nights. I have used a lot of that plywood.

I watched videos on YouTube on how to build a wooden sliding door latch. For the most part they were long and boring. I’m like, don’t waste my time with the labor pains, just show me the baby! So I skipped ahead to see the finished product. I found one I liked and took a picture with my phone. I ripped a 1x6 in half, took measurements and cut all my pieces. I have to sand off the sharp edges and round them off. Then I can install them. I snapped a shot of how I laid them out in the back of the mule.

After I get the latches installed, the next step will be to cut 2x6’s to fill the space between rafters at the ends to keep the dust out. Not going to worry about insulation or finishing walls, I just want it closed in and useable.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Country ingenuity at its finest!

 

[Lazy Gardener]

I wonder what grit a cinder block is?