Slick Way To Remodel Barn
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"My father's barn was built in the late 1940's and has served him well for many years. It was built to store hay and had a 7-ft. ceiling clearance on the main floor with a huge hay mow upstairs," says Ken Marcotte, Rosemount, Minn., about his father George Marcotte.
"The sidewalls were built with 11-ft. studs with the joists attached at the 7-ft. height. It had three rows of beams and posts that supported the joists. I mentioned to my father that we should raise the joists to the 11-ft. point, cut a door in the sidewall, and put the barn to better use.
"Before I knew it, my father had a plan and we went at it. We cut the hay mow floorboards to create three sections. Next, we knocked the joists loose at the sidewalls and took a reciprocating saw to cut the nails. The joists were left resting on a 2 by 4 that was attached beneath them on the sidewalls. With six handy man jacks, we proceeded to first lift the center section to the 11-ft. mark. When we hit the top, we renailed the joists to the side and placed another 2 by 4-in. beneath them on the sidewalls. Then we raised the two end sections.
"Now we were down to one problem: there were two posts remaining that supported the center beam. My father thought about it for a couple days and then said, "I have it figured out."
"The hay mow still had the track running down the center that we used to pull bales up on. We bought two pieces of U-channel iron and placed them where the two posts were supporting the center beams. Then we took a cable and went from the one side of the channel up through the haymow over the center track and back down to the other side of the channel. Presto, no posts in the entire downstairs area.
"We cut a door in the side of the barn and now it works great for storing our tractors, camper, etc. We spent less than $200 on door parts, channel iron and other miscellaneous parts. The barn is rock solid and is once again of value."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Marcotte, 12931 Shannon Parkway, Rosemount, Minn. 55068 (ph 651-423-5024).
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Slick Way To Remodel Barn BUILDINGS Livestock 23-6-13 "My father's barn was built in the late 1940's and has served him well for many years. It was built to store hay and had a 7-ft. ceiling clearance on the main floor with a huge hay mow upstairs," says Ken Marcotte, Rosemount, Minn., about his father George Marcotte.
"The sidewalls were built with 11-ft. studs with the joists attached at the 7-ft. height. It had three rows of beams and posts that supported the joists. I mentioned to my father that we should raise the joists to the 11-ft. point, cut a door in the sidewall, and put the barn to better use.
"Before I knew it, my father had a plan and we went at it. We cut the hay mow floorboards to create three sections. Next, we knocked the joists loose at the sidewalls and took a reciprocating saw to cut the nails. The joists were left resting on a 2 by 4 that was attached beneath them on the sidewalls. With six handy man jacks, we proceeded to first lift the center section to the 11-ft. mark. When we hit the top, we renailed the joists to the side and placed another 2 by 4-in. beneath them on the sidewalls. Then we raised the two end sections.
"Now we were down to one problem: there were two posts remaining that supported the center beam. My father thought about it for a couple days and then said, "I have it figured out."
"The hay mow still had the track running down the center that we used to pull bales up on. We bought two pieces of U-channel iron and placed them where the two posts were supporting the center beams. Then we took a cable and went from the one side of the channel up through the haymow over the center track and back down to the other side of the channel. Presto, no posts in the entire downstairs area.
"We cut a door in the side of the barn and now it works great for storing our tractors, camper, etc. We spent less than $200 on door parts, channel iron and other miscellaneous parts. The barn is rock solid and is once again of value."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Marcotte, 12931 Shannon Parkway, Rosemount, Minn. 55068 (ph 651-423-5024).
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