Barn- South End Door Repair

 

The south end of the Winn Barn is the side that gets the harshest weather.  The wind, rain, snow and sun beat on this face.  Because of that the siding, trim and window take a beating and are showing some serious signs of wear. Trim had fallen off, and the teardrop siding had many holes in it.   It is time to do repairs.  We had been able to find used teardrop siding, that was an exact match, in the last  couple of years at Hippo Hardware in Portland, Oregon in anticipation of the need to do this project. The glass windows had already been replace in order to try to stanch the flow of pigeons and other birds.  That was done early on because it could be accomplished from the inside of the barn, thereby not requiring extreme measures to reach them. 

The sliding door on the eastern most side of the face was beyond repair. It was early on the list of repairs, mostly because it was at ground level.  Preston determined that it was best to remove it and replace it with a walk thru door.  My only stipulations was that there was no new wood showing, and that it fit in with the rest of the building. 

  This is the track that the door slid on, the supporting boards underneath it were weakened and not fully carrying the weight of the door or the track, making it difficult to open and close the door. 

Before he could remove the track Preston had to deal with the wasp nests.  It makes the work area a little calmer.  I think he went through four cans of wasp spray before he was comfortable with the situation.

Track down, now for construction! 

Framing was done  with recycled lumber from other places in the barn where we removed dividers or adaptation to the structure that are no longer needed.  We don't want it looking new. 

 

 The siding find at Hippo Hardware came in really handy on this project.

 

Framing is done, as well as repairing worn out siding, now for the new door.
 

Olympic Stain: Navajo Red and Navajo White

The newly constructed split doors are leaning up on the end of the barn ready to be hung, while Preston works on painting trim.     These doors were entirely constructed from the good wood out of the sliding door that was removed.

                     

Looks pretty good, don't you think?  The only problem is we didn't originally use the Navajo White paint.  The white is just too stark. 

I love how it looks like it has always been there from the inside.