Newer pictures are at the top.  Click on small pictures for a larger view.

October 28, 2005 - Built a ladder to the cubitle. Enjoying the view.

August 18, 2005 - Finally raising the cubitle

July 5, 2003 - The last layer of driveway base

June 29,30 - (after many rainy weekends)  Finishing the granite block side walls and starting the fill

May11 - The granite block side walls and the granite wall caps

May 4 - Starting to build the ramp, the cinder block retaining wall

Last week of November - Will finished up the last details, just in time for the big snow storms.  The tractor is now in its new home.

Week of November 18 - Moved the paint shop into the basement.  Racing the snow to finish doors and windows and trim.

Week of November 11 - Turned the garage into a paint shop and did windows and doors

Week of November 4 - Putting in the perimeter drain

    Thursday - I rented an mini excavator and dug the trench (wind chill ~10°)

    Friday - laying the pipe

    Saturday - Claude and the roofing crew put on shingles (unfortunately I did not get pictures)

    Sunday - Finished the drains, used 13 cubic yards of stone

Week of October 21 - Finishing most of the siding, back to the roof

Week of October 14 - More siding

Week of October 7 - Starting the roof sheathing and the siding

October 2 - Finishing the side shed rafters, the frame is complete

September 9 - The side shed frame

September 6 - THE BARN RAISING!!! 

    Finishing assembly of the south wall:

    Lunch while waiting for the crane:

    Putting up the walls:

    Adding the cross pieces:

    Putting up the roof system:

    The rear ridge pole:

    More roof:

    The front ridge pole:

    The roof purlins:

    Josh climbing up to put up the traditional pine branch - new 10/7/02

 COMPLETE:

    The crew  - new 10/7/02

August 27 - Starting to put the walls together

August 24-26 - Decking complete, ready to start assembly

August 20,21 - Floor joists done, starting the decking, finished ridge poles

August 17 - More floor joists and some work on the ridge poles

    Will working on the five sided pole

August 3-6 - Cutting floor joists and putting the floor system on the piers

July 30 - The forms are in for the piers.  Ready to pour the concrete.

July 17-18  Real on-site work begins.  The trees that were cleared for the site, are milled into floor joists and siding battens.

  Will Truax, the timber framer, with the forklift used to move the timbers around the site.

         Jim Rogers, the sawyer, milling 12 foot tree sections into floor joists.  It turns out that Jim  won a prize for the five sided ridge pole that he cut for our barn.  You can read about it here: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=151241

Some of the frame pieces in the field waiting to be assembled:

Some pictures that Will sent of pieces being worked on:

Where the barn will be:

Last updated: 1/7/2008