2008: Initial construction
We bought our first RV in 2007, it was a 1994 Dodge van and it sat outside all winter. We planned to upgrade the rig to a newer one and leaving it out in the weather in the winter was not what we wanted. I designed a barn to store our next RV, which we were sure was going to be on a Mercedes Sprinter chassis.
We planned to build it on a monolithic cement pad and had the site prepped.
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| Ed and Jean Allen came over to help put up the walls. |
The pad was poured in the spring of 2008 and we started framing in September of 2008.
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| Summer 2008 |
The framing was going well but winter was coming.
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| Thanksgiving 2008 |
By Thanksgiving it was taking shape.
The hope was to get the plywood on the roof before snow.
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| Pulling plywood up onto the roof, this was 06Dec2008. |
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| 13Dec2008 work stopped! |
13Dec2008 - work stoppage. On this day, I came off the roof, gravity works every time. I was lucky, only broken ribs, a loose tooth cap and a bump on the head.
Things had to go on hold until spring.
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| 8 Fractured Ribs...Oops |
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| Em snow blowing |
The project went on hold for the winter. Emily took care of snow clearing while I healed.
2009:
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| This picture was taken on my birthday 27March2009. |
Work started again in the spring of 2009.
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| April 2009 |
By the end of April I Was putting paper on the roof.
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Steve Dumas helping install windows with my neighbor John Anderson supervising. |
In September, I hired Brian Cross and Jimmy Slattery to do the roof shingles.
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| December 2009 |
01Dec2009, it was buttoned up for winter. Overhead door company out of Williston installed the doors.
2010:
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| Digging the trench for power. Using my 1973 Power King. |
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| Finished Fall 2010 |
Siding was put on by Clover State Siding out of Vergennes.
The weather vane is a moose.
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| Winter 2010/11 |
We purchased our Sprinter in October of 2010, it was tucked away inside for the winter.
