Finally got down again today to finish off one of the gable ends. It was 10 degrees when I started and then warmed to a balmy 35 or so by the afternoon. So going up and down a ladder was a good thing at 8:30 AM. It's been a really nice slow process. Lots of cuts. The window trim is old siding from the train station. I'll end up painting it in place in the future. I'm using it for the vertical trim on the corners as well and for a splash plate at the bottom of the building. So far I'm happy with the way it's emerging. I'm excited to take some pictures in good light. I always seem to wait until the sun is going down at the end of the day to pull the camera out. Maybe tomorrow.
At the end of the day, I finally cleaned up all the cut and discarded wood. The siding created an outlandish amount of scrap. Went home and burned the whole lot in a nice evening blaze outside in the field.
Over the last week, I got all of the wood moved from the old train station source. I've sided 95% of the building, and I still have stacks and stacks of wood remaining. I believe I've used 40% of the total. Seems like 100 dollars well spent. At this point, I have about 410 dollars into the building. To the best of my knowledge, that should be the total. It's especially good given the fact that I have about 600 square feet of clear douglas fir left over for flooring in the house, and about 1000 square feet of tongue and groove left over to finish the interior of the barn.
Given the value of the remaining flooring, this may well be a cash positive barn. I spent 410 bucks on it and have 1200 dollars of material left over. I think Henry David Thoreau may have overspent on Walden.
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