Sunday, November 3, 2013

Update on the old Barn

Well, the work on the barn continues ... finally.

Bob spent two days crawling around the tin roof, pounding at least 3-5 lbs of roofing nails into the roof, pulling the old tin in place, replacing those that blew off, and in general making it much better. Before we could do the work on the roof, we had to improve the strength of the roof.

We cut 3/4 in plywood into 34 inch long by 11 inch tall flat triangles. By crawling on the ladder resting in the back of the pickup or resting on plywood on the hay, Bob was able to crawl high up in the peak and by using liquid nails, and 8 screws these pieces greatly strengthened the peak. In fact, when Bob was on the roof working on the tin, he commented it felt much more secure.