Jolleybell horse barn OTOE Co Nebraska

by | Sep 1, 2014 | Your Barn Stories

Story by Dane in Unadilla NE This Horse barn was built in 1900 and sit atop a 160 acres of crop and pasture land. No longer used by my family cattle business it has now become my project for a residence. I am amazed at how calming it is while working on the site and...

rid old barn wood of bugs

by | Aug 21, 2014 | AskTheBarngeek

Asked by Cynthia Kulak from Cary, NC USA   I have acquired some barn wood locally but it has been in a pile in the woods. I have sprinkled Board Defense a termite, insecticide and fungicide concentrate on the boards and have left them in my garage. I want to use...

White fungus or mold on barn

by | Jul 17, 2014 | AskTheBarngeek

We have an old granary we made into a summer home. We have not insulted it. One side of the roof (NW side)was repaired . The original roof was torn off but the wide planking was left on and they added plywood over it to nail the shingles to. The problem is we are...

Gatlin barn Corinth,MS

by | Jun 23, 2014 | Your Barn Stories

Story by Daniel Mckee in Corinth,MS I became interested in old barns and soon decided with my dad’s help to start to restore my grandpas barn that he built about 1960. It had been out of use for quite some time but was in great condition. We fixed a few places...