Tag: Barns

DIY: Fixing the Hinge and More…

Finally, a small victory. I fixed the bottom hinge on the front door to the barn yesterday. It was a tad bit more complex than I thought it was going to be.

To celebrate, I decided to continue pulling vines off the rest of the barn to get the other doors open. (See videos below). In the process of doing so, I discovered that the barn has 5 doors on the first floor, and 1 door on the second floor. I will need to repair at least two of them, one by adding a cross bar, the other by making one completely new.

The Barn-Reclamation Project (BRP) continues…

The Second Floor

 

The Side Doors and More

Most of this was done yesterday, so you can guess that I’m quite tired today. But if I get a couple more days like yesterday, hopefully things will progress along.

Needs:

  • Fix one of the side doors.
  • Replace the other side door.
  • Get the upstairs door open so I can sweep out the upstairs.
  • Start taking down the inner stalls. This is where I will get much of my lumber for the floor that I eventually want to put down. (Long-term goal.)
  • Run electricity to the building.

 

 

 

DIY: Inside the Barn

Progress on the barn is slow, given that much of my time is the other major DIY projects: unpacking and finding room in the crawl space.

But given that, here are some pictures I took once I cut away enough of the vines to open the door and one window.

I like the horse trough because you can see where the horses chewed on the wood above.

This the door to the main entrance to the barn: see the red trimmed door below.

This is the main door into the barn. I tried to cut away enough of the growth from the inside to open it, only to discover once I cut my way over to it, that it has a Master lock on it. Only one way to get into the door: cut the lock. Fortunately, Heidi has a pair of bolt cutters. (Marriage tidbit: never marry a woman who doesn’t own a pair of bolt cutters).

Getting this window open was really helpful in helping me look around. When I took the picture, I didn’t realize I was also getting a good look at the second floor, from underneath. It’s all good wood.

All photos copyright © Timothy J. Hammons, 2026.