The Complete Guide
to Building Barns & Outbuildings: A Step-by-Step Guide
Publisher: Atlantic
Publishing Group, Inc.
Soft Cover, 192
pages, published 2012
ISBN #:
978-1601383723
By: Tim Bodamer
The
iconic image of the American barn is as old as the farms on which they are
built and yet they still serve a much needed purpose today, housing the animals
that so many small farm owners work with and the feed and supplies needed to
maintain those animals. Every well meaning farmer or property owner with
livestock, small animals, or farming equipment has need of a barn or a series
of outbuildings for housing them. Knowing how to build these buildings is a
necessary first step.
This
book has been designed with the goal of ensuring everyone who is currently or
has ever thought of building their own barn or outbuilding knows exactly what
is entailed, from inception to the final design stages. Starting with the most
basic steps of assessing the needs of your specific animals, you will learn
exactly what you need to start building outbuildings and barns for your pets.
You will learn how each animal needs to be cared for and what space they need
in a barn as well as the dimensions, necessities, and spaces you may not have
considered in your outbuildings, from motorized machinery, to shop space for
fixing things and loft space for everything from hay bales to feed and farming
equipment. Regardless of what you need for you farm or small property, you will
have a complete list of spaces and suggested dimensions in your barns and
outbuildings.
Small
farmers and construction experts were interviewed for this book and have
provided detailed information about how you can create and build the proper
necessities for everything you need. You will learn which building materials
are best for creating your barn as well as the best designs, methods of
building, places to look for equipment or hire help, and backup plans in case
of any problems that might occur. You will learn how to effectively draft and
prepare plans that go over everything you need in an outbuilding from start to
finish and then learn how to implement it effectively. For anyone looking to
build their own outbuilding or barn, this book will walk you through every step
of the process.
