Time to get some basic carpentry skills mastered and get some flooring in, so we can walk around in our beautiful timberframe barn. (Like the cheesy photo-op?)
We started the week by framing out our first story floor system. Oversized 2x12 rough-sawn floor joists with loose underside decking in between will give us plenty of space for blown-in cellulose insulation, creating a super-insulated floor system, sitting about 2'-0" above grade.
Nico and Ben.......men at work! Nico is toe-nailing the floor joist into the base of the timber-frame. The area that Ben is standing in will be floor-less, as it will be a tractor bay for Knoll Farm.
Ahhhh, finally, a floor we can walk on. The floor is made up of
rough-sawn 2x8 planks nailed right into our floor joists. Some may say it looks rough, however, it sure does have the beautiful aesthetic of an authentic barn.
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