Well my Garn Boilers are here.

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Como

Como

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The system inside the building is pretty much done.

I have the Garn Barn to build, the pipes to lay and the connections to be made.

And then my Propane bill should start heading down.

I have an outline sketch of the Garn Barn on my blog and a picture of the Boilers. Need to come up with names. Or just 47 and 48?

Construction of the barn, well concrete footers, 4 ft foundation wall, poured, or blocks, maybe AAC. Walls either PU 4" SIP R27 or AAC with blue-board. Roof SIPS or conventional. Clad in Hardie with either a metal roof or 50 year shingles. The latter would make a good try out for the main building.

The building keeps on getting bigger, but no more. Orientated in line with my wood pile and the south for possible Solar HW later. Much later.
 
David - congratulations. This has been quite an odyssey for you. I have not checked your blog in a while.

Names . . . hmmm. Mercury and Vulcan? Tom & Jerry? Peanut Butter & Jelly?

Good luck with the building. I am not a fan of asphalt roofing, so I vote metal. Slate would be my first choice, but I suspect sourcing it locally will be tough.
 
Good deal. I Know you've been wanting to get those in. I'm excited for you! I also vote metal roof, standing seam type is my favorite but a little pricy. Ok get off the computer and get to work. We need pictures !
 
Garn & Garnet.... thank you very much, lol. Good luck with the install, Randy
 
Definitely metal. I used Snap-Clad aluminium ( it will never rust ). I even installed it myself (but that is another story).
 
Congrats Como: I am sure you will be pleased with the results.

AFA roofing my vote would be fiberglass reinforced shingles or some other variant of same with a 50 yr warranty. Did a larger home with a recycled tire shingle this spring, a little heavier than standard shingles, 50 yr warranty, actually quite a good system, about 10% more than standard shingles & 100% recycled content if that matters.

The reason (in your case) that I would say NO to metal is that I see far too many commercial installs of metal roofs that are then forced every winter to put up barracades & warning signs (Danger Ice & Snow Falling) as the roof load can let go without warning in big neck breaking pieces, not very Hotel friendly, actually not very friendly in any location except maybe the barnyard where it's just me & the tractor.
 
Congratulations David, I look forward to your input this winter.

Jack and Jill type names, satisfy both genders to satisfy legal complications in the future? :cheese:
 
Hmmm

I vaguely remember Janet and John.

Then of course Bill and Ben but the third character was Little Weed which now no doubt has a completely different meaning.

Then Twizzle, but my favourites were Captain Pugwash, who can forget Seaman Stains and Roger the Cabin Boy and the other double entendre The Magic Roundabout!

Perhaps I should mention the wind..., snow blows off. We also have massive UV at this altitude and the killer for many products are our freeze thaw cycles. I am told we can have more in a day that the manufacturers testing assumes in a year.

I am just waiting for pricing for one more product to come in.
 
Congratulations and excellent job on the blog.....I'm also looking forward to hearing how they work out for you.
 
Garnzilla and Garnivoir
 
And then my Propane bill should start heading down.

Just in time too!! I have been hearing some pretty scary prices for LP recently. $2.50+ / gallon on mid summer pre-buy programs around here. Last year it was $1.69-1.89.

Odin and Thor would be my choice of names.

Steel on the roof or slate like Jim K says. I toured through the NE a few years back after the ISH show in Boston and saw more than a few slate roofs on barns that locals told me were over 100 years old.
 
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Steel on the roof or slate like Jim K says. I toured through the NE a few years back after the ISH show in Boston and saw more than a few slate roofs on barns that locals told me were over 100 years old.
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The "cheap" slate lasts 100 years. High quality slate like Monson, VA Buckingham, or Peach Bottom (no longer quarried) could last hundreds. I put VA Buckingham on my house, and have 20 sq. of salvage Peach Bottom sitting on pallets ready to go on my shop/barn.

Sorry for the hijack. As you can tell I love slate roofs.
 
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