new hat on the barn

[INCase]

not ideal to do the top 1st and not ideal not to do the whole thing at once but this is what $ was in the "save the barn fund"

we had bought wife's family farmstead (house and buildings on 4.5 acres) and she is the 5th generation. her great great grandfather built the house and barn 1890 and 1905 and the slate you see is the original 120 year old slate. since slate is only good for 80-120ish years this roof was shot. the upper part being steeper catches the winds worse than the lower sections and more prone to blow off. had an amish guy fix the slate last year and a new steel ridge hoping it would get me thru 3-4 + more years. nope. about 6 months in i had 2 new large holes and many other places where the slate shifted and opened gaps. paid almost 1/2 of the steel $ to fix the slate.

hindsight on the color. we were looking for something to match the slate... sort of. the color card sample did not look like what we got. mostly the card was darker and a bit more grey. Should have just gone with black like all the other buildings on the farm. Hopefully next summer or the year after we can get the rest done. have some issues with the back part where the 1950's add on valley mates to the slate. from inside it looks like the valley metal isn't long enough.

amish guy rented an 80ft lift to do the job.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Still looks god on there. And yes it is a different story to work up there on the top half even though you can walk on it compared to the bottom half.

 

[showcrop]

You are to be commended for saving the old barn. Our town years ago voted in a law that improvements on old barns are not taxed.

 

[DaveBN]

I think that color grey is what a barn roof should be. It will be a lot cooler than black.
Looks good.
Dave

 

[INCase]

You are to be commended for saving the old barn. Our town years ago voted in a law that improvements on old barns are not taxed.

the gooberment will give you a tax rebate of 1/2 of the barn repairs up to $xxxxxx? but it has to be registered as a historical building and the process for that in Ohio seemed a bit odd and the website didn't seem to help and it looked like it could take 2 years so i didn't bother. already have too much water damage as it is.

 

[INCase]

I think that color grey is what a barn roof should be. It will be a lot cooler than black.
Looks good.
Dave

thanks.
yeah. i thought black is too hot as well. everything other than the machine shed (concrete block and gavanized tin) are white with black roofs. I thought black would be too hot and would look goofy with the 1/2 slate showing. at least i was able to remove all the buckets i was catching rain in.

 

[showcrop]

the gooberment will give you a tax rebate of 1/2 of the barn repairs up to $xxxxxx? but it has to be registered as a historical building and the process for that in Ohio seemed a bit odd and the website didn't seem to help and it looked like it could take 2 years so i didn't bother. already have too much water damage as it is.

Maybe you should have started the process a few years earlier if you have water damage.

 

[INCase]

Maybe you should have started the process a few years earlier if you have water damage.

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Grandpa was not a carpenter (or mechanic) and neither were the people he hired unfortunately (they also tended to do things on the cheap) the longer we've owned it (3 years now) and look over things I think the water leaks started probably 60-70 years ago based on the number of patches in the slate. after the slate repairs last summer we realized the slate is toast (will almost fall apart just holding it.