Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Bruce]

Or she can win it herself and not have to put up with a man, lol!!

Or LS can be a kept man!
In his own house
On the other side of the property

It just won't die will it!

Hate to reroof it, then sell, and have it torn down for development.

Since you are planning to sell, why not just do rolled roofing? Cheaper and faster than shingles, and used on low pitch roofs where shingles just don't cut it.

I love making shepherds pie with lamb.

And what better to use given it is Sheep herder's pie!

The meal was a hit... with both of us. Very tasty!

Love me some shepherd's pie. I bet it was terrific with lamb, I've only had it with beef.

 

[FRED DESANTIS]

Sounds like a good plan.

 

[Latestarter]

With my sons help we got all the floor joists blocked and supported at 5.5' in from either end, vice 16' full length. Then screwed down the 3/4" PT plywood flooring. The goats now have a dance floor and can no longer get themselves stuck under the decking where it was really shallow. For some reason the site will not let me load a picture right now? It's showing 100% but is locked at that point. Tried drag and drop and it says uploads are not available...

 

[Latestarter]

 

[Baymule]

That's NICE!!

 

[Bruce]

Now bend a few cattle panels over the top, add a tarp and DONE!

Looks like the boys are jealous of the girls' dance floor.

 

[Mike CHS]

I doubt Joe wants to do cattle panels again. At least not without some reinforcement.

 

[Bruce]

I know, just teasing him. Hopefully he and his son can get some walls built and up and a roof structure as well. Don't know that there is enough time to get it roofed though I'm sure Joe would rather be on the ground while his son puts on the roof. But, que sera, sera.

 

[Latestarter]

More rain headed in tomorrow afternoon/eve. 20% chance tomorrow after 1pm, 100% chance tomorrow night and 90% into Monday. Tomorrow my son and I hope to do some meal time Veterans Day freebees. So there will be some running around involved. Right now my hands from the wrists down are so sore, they are almost inoperable... Having trouble typing. Luckily I type using only a couple of fingers. We'll head to IHOP for breakfast tomorrow and hopefully when we get home it will be warm and dry enough to start framing up walls. Ideally all the walls will be done tomorrow before the rain moves in. Some done after breakfast, finished after lunch, and we'll do the free dinner thing after dark at 6pm.

Weather is supposed to be back to sunny on Tuesday and we don't have to head to the airport till ~3pm, so fingers crossed, we can get the roof put on before he leaves. It's a single, low slope roof and I intend to use polycarbonate, corrugated roofing, that is translucent and provides UV protection. That way it won't be so dark inside. Since the panels are only 26" wide, it's fairly easy to stand a ladder along side them, between the purlins, and screw them down. Of course that's also predicated on having working wrists...

The goats were having a ball on their new dance floor this evening. Bang was trying to "rule" the entire area and chase everyone else off it. Last I looked, they are all out of sight, so must have climbed back under it for the evening. They'll have a bit more of a challenge now as they'll need to dodge all the support pillars we put in underneath. But there's a bright side as well... That floor is VERY stable and strong. No bounce at all. Additionally, they'll have a much larger covered area to hide under from tomorrow night's rain than they had before. I just really hope none of them gets stuck now... I do NOT want to have to try and get under there to drag one out.

 

[Ridgetop]

The translucent panels will be great for light in the winter,but in the summer it will have a greenhouse effect and make the barn suffocatingly hot. Or are you only putting up 3 walls and leaving one side open to allow ventilations?Are you going to do something else in the summer?