neil 524 #1 Posted March 25, 2014 I started to build this small barn in the autumn last year 2013 , i needed somewhere to store some of my tools & a few wheel horse tractors along with a few other Bits n Bobs, & also somewhere to do a few jobs . I managed to use up all the left over bits of wood that i had accumilated from customers jobs & i managed to pick up a Mahogony exterior door from the bay of E for Ten Quid . i could buy the glass for that sort of money . I have only managed to complete the front & side section so far and i built the barn doors only this week end . Hope to have the roof pitched sometime this week. i would have like to use reclaimed clay roof tiles but the budget would not stretch to that ,so i am using Box profile steel roof sheets , 1 chris hall reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #2 Posted March 25, 2014 That's a nice size barn Neil, and I like the way your recycling materials to build it Have you built it in a flood free zone of your garden? I like the way the decorations have appeared before the roof is on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 524 #3 Posted March 25, 2014 Ian , yes sadly the barn is built in the flood zone , but then the whole garden is . I intend to install a raised timber floor inside in the hope that the water will not rise above the floor level . I am hoping that due to the recent flooding within the Bridgwater area that the Government & the Environment agencies will dredge to local rivers to prevent the flooding happening again . Hopefully they wont want the embarrasing situation of flooding to arise again due to un dredged rivers , Infact, strangely the local water exit coarses are all extremely low for the time of year so whatever they have done seems to be working . The decorations were put up on the new barn early so that the flood water didnt float them away . I am going to have to complete the barn with the view that it may flood again in the future, so i will have to keep tools etc off the ground . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-101plowerpower 548 #4 Posted March 25, 2014 Nice little barn you got there neil, now i want one too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #5 Posted March 25, 2014 awesome work Neil, just what the horses need - somewhere dry. I wish I had the space to build something as big as that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anglo Traction 998 #7 Posted March 25, 2014 Looking real good Neil. Maybe you should've built an Ark/Barn on a pontoon base, it would then rise with any flooding. Lets hope it always stays dry in there now. Shame your a long way away, we've just repaired/re-roofed some of the outbuildings in Billingshurst and have over 650 Keymer Victorian wavy Roof tiles. Probably be going to an Architectural Reclamation Yard for a fee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
