Barn Restoration

[ovrszd]

Attaching Photos::::

Click "Go Advanced".
Click on the blue "A" at the left end of the top row of icons above. This turns the blue color off.
PLACE YOUR CURSOR WHERE YOU WANT THE PIC TO APPEAR.
Click on the square icon that looks like a picture with four black dots at the corners. It's located in the second row or icons above, sixth from the right. If you hold your cursor there it reads "insert image".
Follow the directions listed in the box that will appear on your screen. You'll have a choice between "computer" or "url" for your pic. I use "computer". Don't forget to click on "upload files" when you have chosen the pic you want.
When the pic has appeared in your post "double left click" on the pic. A dropdown menu will appear on the screen. This lets you choose what size you want the pic to be in your post.
I always choose "full size". This allows readers to see the pic without having to click on it to enlarge and then close it to go to the next pic.

If you do all this correctly you will end up with a pic like this. I even attached a barn pic to stay ontrack with the thread!!!!

 

[cat fever]

Gonna try what you just posted Richard.



Can't seem to get the large picture.?? After I upload the file, it's not a picture. Just a file link/number.

 

[cat fever]

Gonna try what you just posted Richard.
View attachment 495320I think I figured it out.


Can't seem to get the large picture.?? After I upload the file, it's not a picture. Just a file link/number.

 

[ovrszd]

Gonna try what you just posted Richard.
View attachment 495320


Can't seem to get the large picture.?? After I upload the file, it's not a picture. Just a file link/number.

Hmmmm..... I've never had that problem. When I do it a small pic shows up wherever my cursor was sitting.

I'll hafta investigate that? Maybe someone else has had that problem and can chime in also.

Your pic looks great, it's just small. When I click it expands to full size.

Did you check the file size and type before you attached it?

 

[ovrszd]

There ya go. Second attempt posts full sized!!!

 

[cat fever]

Gotta try this one more time.

Thanks Richard, been trying to figure that out for a long time.

 

[ovrszd]

Perfect!!!! And keeping with the thread tradition of barns!!!!! :thumbsup:

 

[Raider43]

OK, now lets see how I can do this. Apparently you are all youngsters this is our truck and L35 making their way up north from CT.

 

[Raider43]

Thanks Richard, you got me closer. No I am trying to find out why many load upside down.?

R43

 

[AllenBurns]

I love that old barn… Ours isn't in too bad of shape. A few sills have been replaced. There are a few roof leaks and some of the loft floor boards are rotten from water getting in. It's not used for anything now but storage.

I know tackling a project that size isn't easy, but keep us updated!

 

[Raider43]

All jacked up and now for the stone work. Very happy with the way it is working out.

R43

 

[PAGUY]

Raider43 - You are doing a beautiful restoration job on that old barn. If only it could talk - the stories it could tell about its past.
Do you happen to know when it was built? It is really thrilling to see it getting a new chance on life instead of just a pile of rotten wood falling down.

PAGUY

 

[Raider43]

Hello Paguy,

I have been told the barn framing is late 1800's. I believe the siding is mid 1900's (there is paper backing under the siding on one side). It was so close to falling down and could not let that happen on my watch. Found a rather old shoe under the floor boards kind of strange. Some of the older nails are square cut 4" long. Slate roof only needs a dozen or so replaced, pretty, pretty good.

 

[Raider43]

Winter has slowed us down. Had a warm stretch end of February and had the foundation started. March has come in like a small lion and now going to be full grown tomorrow in Ct and NY.

 

[hawkeye08]

Nice work, thanks for sharing

 

[Cord]

Coming along nicely! Take lots of photos of the process so you can look back upon it when you are done. This was our project which we finished a couple of years ago: Restoration of the Ebling Homestead Barn - 2cellos version - YouTube

 

[oosik]

I can remember, as a kid, there was a barn on my place. The original homesteader built it in the 1890's. By the time we moved onto the property in 1982 it was flat as a pancake. A builder of custom home bought the salvageable barn wood, paid an outlandishly high price and was happy to get it at that price.

I wish I still had the old barn. You are doing a fantastic job of restoration - the pics show how very much work is required. WHEW............

 

[Raider43]

Yes Oosik it is a fair amount of work. I have an older gentleman and his nephew doing the work. I lift a rock here, move o board there and basically neaten things up. Oh and take photos. Had to do it as it started to come down last summer. One of the corners settled about 6" in a month.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I'm enjoying this!

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the update, that's some serious work you're doing!!!!