lupinfarm
Loving the herd life
Well, September will be upon us next week and although Luna desperately needs a run-in shelter this winter, at the same time, she is a little less "needy" than the goats are! ... Luna can stand to go a few weeks without a shelter in below zero weather, she was out all winter in a blanket and nothing more and didn't even care about the cold (she had a huge wooly mammoth hair coat LOL). I started work on our new goat house today. It is situated just across our driveway at the top of the piece of land I plan on fencing in for them this fall/winter/spring. The house will be 6x6 and will have a shed roof with a 6 ish ft head height at the front (I'm 5'10", I didn't want it to be too high since it is on the north side of our house). It'll have a dutch door stable door for their access, will be insulated with hard foam insulation because I'm not framing it out like a traditional house (I'm framing it like a pole barn, with horizontel 2x6's because its for 2 goats, not humans lol or horses).
So I've started it, today we're putting in the blocks for the base, because... the house is nothing without the blocks, I've been levelling them off, I've got one done now.. level and all. We were lucky that the front end is level as is, the back was level in relation to itself, but not in relation to the front, and I was pleased to discover that it was only 2 3/4 " off level, so I fixed that by digging down. Under the house will be mowed short, landscape fabric'd and then pea gravelled and blocked off from the goats. I'm considering putting a small pen out the back of the house for their use during the night, but I haven't decided on that yet!
Photos! .. I'll update with more photos as I go.
The right block is in, and is perfectly level! I'm off to do the left block now! Then the poles can go in, and the floor
Also, Note, because I know some will notice this... it is on blocks because we don't have enough soil to effectively sink posts for the house, otherwise I would. I can tell you, it'd be a darn sight easier than putting blocks in, but alas, what can ya do?
I got the basic frame on today and the posts in for the floor. I have yet to put the joists in because I ran out of P/T lumber (oops!). I had 4 P/T 2x6x8ft hanging about and decided to use them.
We are going with a shed roof, 7ft at the front and 6ft at the back (the front faces the driveway, will have 1 window and a dutch door hopefully, side will have a small door for the goats to go through (a pop door!!)).
I'm doing the Joists tomorrow.
So I've started it, today we're putting in the blocks for the base, because... the house is nothing without the blocks, I've been levelling them off, I've got one done now.. level and all. We were lucky that the front end is level as is, the back was level in relation to itself, but not in relation to the front, and I was pleased to discover that it was only 2 3/4 " off level, so I fixed that by digging down. Under the house will be mowed short, landscape fabric'd and then pea gravelled and blocked off from the goats. I'm considering putting a small pen out the back of the house for their use during the night, but I haven't decided on that yet!
Photos! .. I'll update with more photos as I go.
The right block is in, and is perfectly level! I'm off to do the left block now! Then the poles can go in, and the floor
Also, Note, because I know some will notice this... it is on blocks because we don't have enough soil to effectively sink posts for the house, otherwise I would. I can tell you, it'd be a darn sight easier than putting blocks in, but alas, what can ya do?
I got the basic frame on today and the posts in for the floor. I have yet to put the joists in because I ran out of P/T lumber (oops!). I had 4 P/T 2x6x8ft hanging about and decided to use them.
We are going with a shed roof, 7ft at the front and 6ft at the back (the front faces the driveway, will have 1 window and a dutch door hopefully, side will have a small door for the goats to go through (a pop door!!)).
I'm doing the Joists tomorrow.
