Challenge of old barns and building in America -- Jan 29 - Feb 03 2024
Feb 4, 2024 18:25:36 #
cmc4214 wrote:
A couple more.
I think the vines and chipped paint are all that's holding these two old beauties up at this point 🤍🎯🤍
Feb 4, 2024 18:40:40 #
Feb 4, 2024 18:41:14 #
photophile wrote:
Another one...
So that's where that rocket ended up 😲😲😲
Feb 4, 2024 18:45:50 #
Feb 4, 2024 22:13:06 #
Feb 4, 2024 22:14:51 #
photophile wrote:
Another one...
Wow! Great capture of an unusual silo photophile!
Feb 4, 2024 22:15:30 #
Feb 5, 2024 10:29:53 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
Being an engineer, I really like the old barns but not in the same sense. I'm always impressed by the joinery for the timberframed structures. Somewhere in my collection of pictures, I have photos of the early timber connections, hand hewn timbers, etc. I had photos of a couple of dozen timberframed barns. One old barn, the main floor beams were 14"x 16" w timbers x 75' long. I've encountered wall cladding that was 1" boards x 32" wide. That's where the marvel is.
Feb 5, 2024 12:15:22 #
Feb 5, 2024 12:16:11 #
JayRay wrote:
Wow! Great capture of an unusual silo photophile!
Thanks JayRay.
Feb 5, 2024 12:16:47 #
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Feb 5, 2024 12:24:21 #
cmc4214 wrote:
This barn was given to me by a friend of a friend who was no longer using it, I spent a few weeks dismantling it and hauling it home where my brother and I sorted and covered it. The following spring we bought new beams to replace the ones that were too rotted to use, morticed and tenoned them, and with the help of a couple friends erected it that summer (over 20 years ago)
I much prefer them going up than falling down. (These were taken on film with my old Pentax K 1000, and scanned)
I much prefer them going up than falling down. (These were taken on film with my old Pentax K 1000, and scanned)
I enjoyed the dog and cats being included.
Feb 5, 2024 14:07:54 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Dikdik wrote:
Being an engineer, I really like the old barns but not in the same sense. I'm always impressed by the joinery for the timberframed structures. Somewhere in my collection of pictures, I have photos of the early timber connections, hand hewn timbers, etc. I had photos of a couple of dozen timberframed barns. One old barn, the main floor beams were 14"x 16" w timbers x 75' long. I've encountered wall cladding that was 1" boards x 32" wide. That's where the marvel is.
I too enjoy looking at the construction techniques used. The mortise and tenon joints were cut while on the ground and then assembled in place. My grandpa did a lot of that and those old guys were pretty good with geometry. As a small boy my dad’s job was to make the wooden pegs they used on the mortised joints. They’d take a square piece of wood about 1”x1” and drive a pipe down over them to round the corners.
In Missouri most of those really wide boards were cottonwood or sycamore because both trees would grow really large. Cottonwood is very susceptible to decay but has an outstanding ability to hold paint and retain it for years, thus it was often used for siding.
I once tore down a big old barn and found a number of empty whiskey flasks shoved behind the posts and on top of the beam holding up the loft floor. I’m guessing the missus wasn’t real fond of her husband’s drinking, thus he had to do it in the privacy of the barn.
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