Goat Barn - Part 3 - Siding
by chris - November 8th, 2009.Filed under: Uncategorized.
This weekend we got most of the siding on the barn. The last side is a little bit more complicated since it’s where the man door goes and I haven’t completely figured out how to frame that yet. We’re using a used door we got from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore so I have to build a jamb and hang the door before we put siding on. Here’s some pictures:
This picture shows the wall construction. First, horizontal 2x4 "girts" are nailed up onto the posts every 2 feet. Then, the T1-11 plywood siding is screwed into the girts.
Now we've got the siding done on the short side of the goat barn. This is the side that faces the garden and the main barn. The hole on the right will eventually be covered by a sliding wood door. In the center of the wall there will be a 20"x60" fixed window mounted horizontally which should let in a ton of light since it's on the south side.
Here I am fastening the second last sheet of siding on the tall side of the barn. Since the siding comes in 4x8 foot sheets, there is a seam about 8 feet off the ground. To keep the building waterproof and protect the siding, I installed metal "Z" flashing between the lower and upper sheets, this keeps the water from running into the joint and behind the lower sheet of siding. I also pre-primed the edges of the siding that touch the flashing to help seal up the wood. Once the whole barn is painted, this joint shouldn't stand out quite so much.
Here we're finished with the siding on the east side of the barn. I used the same flashing method on this side. There will eventually be two windows on this side to let some light in the barn. The windows we also bought from the ReStore, the are used Andersen double casement windows, about 30"x40". Pretty nice windows for a barn, actually.