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For over two years the steel building sat in waiting, a 24 x 30 foot structure that will act as a replacement for the decrepit barn that may topple under a heavy snowfall or powerful winds this winter. The new steel building will serve as a sheep and goat shelter, a garage for the lawn tractor and skid steer and also have a small insulated heated room for working in the winter. The contractor elected to put pilings in and more or less anchor the building with them, huge treated wooden posts. Atop the posts are treated planks which will be the sill to which the mounting plate will attach. There is no more time allotted to build this now, however; he will have time in November. Once the footings and base are in place the rest can be done even in the cold as it is primarily riveting steel pieces together. There is an insulated 9 foot garage style door and a man door and window at the back and the front will have a man door and a window and open to the insulated room. Fixing things, working on wood, even washing wool, can be done in the winter once that is finished. The masonry stove was purchased 3 years ago along with the steel building, but neither skilled labour nor money was available to erect the structure.
The very large circumference auger was attached to my skid steer and the holes were drilled for the foundation pilings. My farm is primarily beautiful golden sand with very little topsoil. One person remarked that I should sell sand and make my fortune, but I will leave that to another. I like my land as it is. Still, the lovely sand that was drilled up from the auger was pretty.
I helped a lot with the placement of the auger and then the leveling and attaching of the pilings. It took an afternoon and there is some more leveling to be done after the settling prior to attaching the plates on which the building will sit. Then I dug post holes for a clothes line, finally, a real clothesline to have sunshine and wind smelling linens! And I augered holes for a fence in my back yard which could provide an emergency pen for small animals. Currently the Nigerian Dwarf goat male kids I want to separate can get out of any fence I put them in. The back yard fence will be of wood and hopefully will solve that problem.
It was a very busy day and the beginning to a good end has begun. And that felt great!
The very large circumference auger was attached to my skid steer and the holes were drilled for the foundation pilings. My farm is primarily beautiful golden sand with very little topsoil. One person remarked that I should sell sand and make my fortune, but I will leave that to another. I like my land as it is. Still, the lovely sand that was drilled up from the auger was pretty.
I helped a lot with the placement of the auger and then the leveling and attaching of the pilings. It took an afternoon and there is some more leveling to be done after the settling prior to attaching the plates on which the building will sit. Then I dug post holes for a clothes line, finally, a real clothesline to have sunshine and wind smelling linens! And I augered holes for a fence in my back yard which could provide an emergency pen for small animals. Currently the Nigerian Dwarf goat male kids I want to separate can get out of any fence I put them in. The back yard fence will be of wood and hopefully will solve that problem.
It was a very busy day and the beginning to a good end has begun. And that felt great!
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