That is one fine looking barn, and supervisor!!

The drainage is perfect. Easy to see it in these photos.

I must say that's the prettiest barn I ever saw in my life! I agree with the others --- with a barn like that who needs a house?

Elsie is sooooo purty. Love the photo.

In a word, "Wow!"

Thanks, Vic, for sending me a link to this Great Adventure! Today is the first I've seen it, have now read it from the beginning to now. What a fantastic barn, Dave and Trish! I love it!

People and critters alike are gonna love hanging out in there! Shazaam!

Shoe (barn jealous) :>)

The resident carpenter wishes he was there building it.

The carpenter's assistant wishes she was too

The supervisor has to "gets" to live there, she has a vested interest in watching the build!
Love the green whatever the shade, nice hayloff area too.

Dave, is there any insulation under the metal on the roof? I'm thinking that dark color will make it pretty hot in there. Are you counting on the natural air flow for cooling?

The reason I wish I had insulation under the roof in my barn would be to prevent condensation. Under certain weather conditions it can be so heavy that it "rains" in the barn.

I can see that Porkpal. We actually had a shed once which we did have insulation under the roof (shingles). It was more like a "get away" room the way we used it though & we had a window unit a/c in it. Insulation but no drywall. Under certain conditions you could see the paper facing on the insulation under the roof get wet.

We put down OSB under the metal sheeting, both for some insulation value as well as to catch any potential condensation.

Dave, I think your late on the barn update.

Thinking the very same thing.

There hasn't been much of an update. We did finish up all the metal and we installed the roll up doors. I finished all the electrical wiring - all that's left on that is to run a conduit to the house and tie it in.

At this point we're waiting for the metal guy to finish up the door frames, then we'll take them to the powder coater and then install them.

I'm pretty anxious to get it going. I'm really looking forward to starting to milk in the barn.

Thanks for the update Dave. Sounds like everything is coming along nicely.

Dave: Tap, tap, tap
Trish: Tap, tap, tap
Dave: Tap, tap, tap, tap
Trish: Tap, tap, tap, tap
Daisy: Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap

It's the little stuff that takes so much time, and is much less interesting because often there isn't a lot to see.

This is true!

Gee...are ya gonna change the color of the barn badge for farmer to green?

I had thought about it, actually!