Posted by ppeery on December 23rd, 2010 in General
Today most of the guys worked on completing the upper beam over the kitchen section–which at 30×40 is about an eighth of the size of the main venue foot print. I remember building a number of 30×40′s and thinking they were good size barn–what I refer to as medium size. Working on this colossus has [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 23rd, 2010 in Geobarns Updates
We had a very good day today although it was a bit blustery–getting the floor done with Ben, Curt and Kevin in the kitchen area and moving onto the upper beam after putting up some safety rails. Meanwhile–Matthew and Bruce diagonally framed all day and we are almost all done with that phase until the [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 23rd, 2010 in Geobarns Updates
We had an awesome today–led by the wonderful weather which finally relented and gave us a beautiful dawn, plenty of sunshine and no wind, and long evening daylight so we could put in a full day. We had a small crew doing bandboards and wall framing at the kitchen end to get us ready–and the [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 23rd, 2010 in General
It started snowing just as the crew got here…and snowed harder and harder until everything was covered, slick, cold and gorgeous. Some of the crew decided to leave mid morning given that this is VA and woefully unequipped for snow removal–but a few of us maniacs decided to keep on keeping on and were able [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 23rd, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General
Today was a busy day with cold but good weather. We divided into two crews with one setting the girders, interior posts and buttresses in the kitchen section–and the other crew working to put the upper beam onto the recently installed post saddles for the rest of the main venue–proud to say we almost finished [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 14th, 2010 in General, Geobarns Updates
I walked into my camper to compose this email and it was 37 in here before I got the heat going–it has never been this cold or windy since we started. The wind chill is about zero–with the temperature about 20 and the wind about 40 mph–my hands were so cold I had trouble moving [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 14th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Geobarns Updates
We were able to see the building take on more of its final shape today with the remaining high buttresses installed as well as most of the wall framing on the tasting room side where we now have the massive wall/foundation in place. I left at midday knowing the crew was in very capable hands [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 14th, 2010 in General, Geobarns Updates
Today we somehow managed to make more mistakes that we have cumulatively since we started which was no easy task..:-[ A few guys were late, I was highly distracted, and we were starting a whole new phase on the other end of the building which is now poured and ready for us to rock and [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 14th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, Geobarns Updates
Today we got everything done we could do as far as we have gotten–and the new concrete sills await our posts tomorrow. The crews cut rafters, finished the diagonal framing as far as they could get, and we began cutting blocks for the roof system for when we hope will be the week right before Christmas. [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 14th, 2010 in General, Geobarns Updates, Project Updates
Today was a great day–even though it was actually colder than yesterday…the difference being we were more prepared for it and caught less off guard that we are actually working in winter cold. The guys were great–Matt and Thom diagonally framed all day, Ben and Curt cut rafters all day long after we ascertained how to lay them out [...]
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