Some pics of the barn we are finishing. Had to move a lot of dirt, it has a bath, automatic waterers for the horses, a 14 x 20 finished workshop, porches, 12′ roof overhang for horses, and a tack room with a bay window and will have ceramic tile. Largest project for us to date $ wise and we did everything but flatwork, and electrical. Almost done.
Also installed 6000′ of tenon joint fence around his first 40 acres, and need to fence the other 50 this winter. Good customer
Cole
Cole Dean
Dean Contracting
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Good looking barn-the stall picture is very nice. A lot of hard work went into that project. I can't imagine doing 6000 feet of fencing, you're a better man than I.
Greg in snowy Connecticut
Where are you located?
Greg,
I am in not so (unfortunately) snowy Colorado, although it's trying. I was brought up in the construction business with a fence company. After the learning curve is peaked, the money can be good. We can install 1000' of six foot commercial chain link fence in two days with a decent grade and access for our Bobcat, although there are the other projects. Hump material to them and hand dig over utilites.
Thanks for the compliment
ColeCole Dean
Dean Contracting
I know Colorado has some hidden allure. I have two cousins who went there thirty years ago on vacation, never came back.They fell in love with the mountains and mountain air.Have a great evening.
Greg in to early for snowconnecticut
Nice looking building.
In an effort to learn............isn't that overhang subject to uplift? That's something I learned about here and for some reason has piqued my curiosity.
BTW, there are a couple of guys around here doing fencing; one has a 4 wheel drive f 350 with an outboard auger. Seen them do what looks to me to be miles of horse fence. I KNOW it is. Seen the trailers dump a whole load of posts. And more leave the rails.
One crew on posts, another putting up the rails. They kick butt, and I've seen them working through the winter.
Lottsa new money buying up the old places and fixin 'em up all purtty!
Eric
I Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
Thanks Eric,
We built those overhangs with 2-11 7/8 LVL's that are bolted to custom brackets I welded to the tops of the posts. The posts are 1/4" x 4" X 4" steel that we had powder coated to match the steel siding. They sit on 12" x 42" caissons with imbed plates cast in with 3- # 4 rebar welded to the bottom and bent in an ell down 12". I welded the posts down to the plates. It was plenty good for the Building Dept here, and she has seen some serious wind already, excess of 70mph a couple of times and it hasn't moved.
ColeCole Dean
Dean Contracting
>>and she has seen some serious wind already, excess of 70mph a couple of times and it hasn't moved.
WOW, with specs like that no wonder it's not moving. What attaches the rafters to the LVL's?
I thought I saw steel siding on the pic from inside the Bay Window.
EricI Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
Eric,
Actually, the main roof is trussed on 2' centers, and decked with OSB, steel on top of that. The trusses sit on the doubled LVLs on the main barn and are tied to the beams with TECO ( Hurricane ) (BLUE : )) ( see other thread re: wasting time ) clips.
On the porches front and back the trusses bear on doubled LVLs with teco clips. The LVLs sit on top of the steel posts I referred to. The 12' cantilevered porch is actually built into the trusses, they bear on the outer wall of the main barn, and again on the double LVL beam 12' away, again all tied with teco's. The cantilever is a 3:12 and ties to the main roof about 2/3 of the way up and goes to a 6:.
This project is in Wellington, Colorado which sits close to Cheyenne Wyoming, and the wind almost always blows around there, and usually hard. Just getting the steel on that roof was an exercise in futility occassionaly.
I appreciate the feedback as this is my first post of jobs in progress.
Thanks,
ColeCole Dean
Dean Contracting
>>Just getting the steel on that roof was an exercise in futility occassionaly.
>>I appreciate the feedback as this is my first post of jobs in progress.
And thanks for the replies. That appears to be a very well thought out and built structure you have completed. Good for you, and keep it up.
Good luck to you,
EricI Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.