Post by fernwood on Oct 26, 2019 13:43:38 GMT -5
New photos at end of post.
For those who do not know, on July 20th, there was a major storm at my place. Last I read, the sustained winds are now listed at 70 MPH. This lasted for over 20 minutes. I also had a tornado go overhead. It did not touch down at my place, but did about 12 miles away. I hit the basement when I heard the roar and saw 3 to 4' branches swirling in my front yard. Until then I had been on phone with NWS reporting what was happening.
The most major damage I had was to my horse barn. Recently discovered that some of my metal roof on house was uplifted.
Once contractor is done building the new barn and demolishing the old one, he will be addressing my roof. I am guessing there has been some leaking, but I cannot access my second story or attic due to popped floorboards on main level.
Thankfully, everything is covered for replacement cost by insurance.
So here are some photos. First is damage to the horse barn. Next two are photos from early and later today of the new horse barn. Last one is the original, revised plan for horse barn. Contractor said that his material supplier revised the plans. The building is much taller than what was originally planned, but that is OK. If in the future a horse barn is not needed, this would be a great garage with loft.
The smaller, red building behind the barn is a chicken coop with electricity and outlets. Very easy to run an underground electric source for the barn/garage.
On a sadder note, there are still many of my neighbors who sustained major damage to their homes and are living in them. Even though they were insured, it has been difficult to find contractors. Some are living in houses with leaking roofs. Others have plywood walls with tarps on their homes. Winter is arriving full force next week. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
A new horse barn. This is a pasture run in shelter. Have the main barn with stalls.
The shelter faces SSE.
Two views of shelter. One showing the guys completing the fence extension. The extension was needed to block horses from pasture containing the shelter to be demolished.
For those who know horses, the mandatory T-post toppers were installed. Have never understood why some horses impale themselves on the tops of T-posts. None of my horses have never done that, but I always installed the toppers. I have also used 7' to 8' posts with at least 2' in the ground.
My beloved Ms Regal Satin is shown in the last photo. She prefers men to women and bonded almost immediately with the work crew.
It helps to have a neighbor contractor who also has a farm with horses. He went above and beyond to ensure the safety of horses and his crew also gained some new knowledge. I "caught" one feeding horses a carrot, lol.
For those who do not know, on July 20th, there was a major storm at my place. Last I read, the sustained winds are now listed at 70 MPH. This lasted for over 20 minutes. I also had a tornado go overhead. It did not touch down at my place, but did about 12 miles away. I hit the basement when I heard the roar and saw 3 to 4' branches swirling in my front yard. Until then I had been on phone with NWS reporting what was happening.
The most major damage I had was to my horse barn. Recently discovered that some of my metal roof on house was uplifted.
Once contractor is done building the new barn and demolishing the old one, he will be addressing my roof. I am guessing there has been some leaking, but I cannot access my second story or attic due to popped floorboards on main level.
Thankfully, everything is covered for replacement cost by insurance.
So here are some photos. First is damage to the horse barn. Next two are photos from early and later today of the new horse barn. Last one is the original, revised plan for horse barn. Contractor said that his material supplier revised the plans. The building is much taller than what was originally planned, but that is OK. If in the future a horse barn is not needed, this would be a great garage with loft.
The smaller, red building behind the barn is a chicken coop with electricity and outlets. Very easy to run an underground electric source for the barn/garage.
On a sadder note, there are still many of my neighbors who sustained major damage to their homes and are living in them. Even though they were insured, it has been difficult to find contractors. Some are living in houses with leaking roofs. Others have plywood walls with tarps on their homes. Winter is arriving full force next week. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
A new horse barn. This is a pasture run in shelter. Have the main barn with stalls.
The shelter faces SSE.
Two views of shelter. One showing the guys completing the fence extension. The extension was needed to block horses from pasture containing the shelter to be demolished.
For those who know horses, the mandatory T-post toppers were installed. Have never understood why some horses impale themselves on the tops of T-posts. None of my horses have never done that, but I always installed the toppers. I have also used 7' to 8' posts with at least 2' in the ground.
My beloved Ms Regal Satin is shown in the last photo. She prefers men to women and bonded almost immediately with the work crew.
It helps to have a neighbor contractor who also has a farm with horses. He went above and beyond to ensure the safety of horses and his crew also gained some new knowledge. I "caught" one feeding horses a carrot, lol.
