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Housing the Little People Continues
The Barn
The third building to be installed was the barn. It was purchased online May 29, 2009 as a new, pre-painted kit - Piko 62120. It was very easy to assemble. The complications started when I decided that the barn needed a high foundation to make it look more massive than the farm house.
Publicity photo, not mine.....
Above - July 13, 2009 - The foundation height
is roughed in.
Above - July 14, 2009 - The
Garden Boss and I decided that the way to get the barn up higher would be to put
it on a high stone foundation. Forms were made, mortar was poured and small pea
gravel was floated on the wet mortar. Because the form is tapered at 45 degrees
under each end, smaller pebbles are being used at each end.
Above - July 15, 2009 - The
side foundation walls are out of the forms. Note the 45 degree angle on the wall
and on the (upside-down) transverse form piece underneath.
Above - July 27, 2009 - The
forms were shortened and the end pieces of the foundation were poured.
Above - July 27, 2009 - The four pieces were then assembled using
mortar cement. A reinforcing screen and treated lumber mounting piece were
fabricated. The foundation will be filled to the top of the 2x4. It will create
a void to allow the final pour on site to fill in the pea gravel base.
Above - July 27, 2009 - The 2x4 was wrapped in parchment paper to
assist release after the pour. The wire handles help with lifting the
increasingly heavy piece.
Above - July 27, 2009 - After the initial pour.
Above - July 27, 2009 - Preparing the base with pea gravel.
Above - July 30, 2009 -
Here's the deal: (1) The wood plug (2x4) was knocked
out leaving a hole in the center for mortar to run through so it could lock onto
the gravel (2) The screen and treated wood mounting assembly was put in place
(3) the mortar was poured (4) the mortar was smoothed (5) the gap in the corner
will be repaired.
Above - August 1, 2009 - The barn is mounted on the
foundation. Note the screw in the lower middle of the long wall.
Above - August 1, 2009 - The screw noted above, and
one on the opposite side, is attached to a treated piece of wood inside the
barn. That piece, in turn, is screwed down to the original piece of treated wood
that was floated in the mortar as shown two pictures up.
Above - August 1, 2009 - The newly painted barn roof
was installed. The graphics on the roof, shown in the first two photos, were not
in keeping with the times.
Above - August 1, 2009 - The corner gaps were
sealed.
Above - August 1, 2009 - Dirt has been moved in
around the foundation and a driveway up to the door put in place.
Future - The plants, people and animals are next.
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