Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter

[Hens and Roos]

can you install some fans in the ceiling to help with cooling? We have 1 fan in our goat shed and that helps keep the air moving.

 

[Mini Horses]

I used to have temp controlled exhaust fans in my barns, one in my house now. They only run when temps you set happen.

THEN -- the sides. Have you asked some of your building suppliers about the types of panels they have, or can get? Large & ready to use will sure make the project move better, faster.

 

[Bruce]

I want something that looks "barnish" but not necessarily something that I have to paint.

I guess it depends on what you consider "barnish". Most of the dairy barns here have "curtains" that raise and lower depending on the temp. Hard not to call them barns

How much rain do you get in a year? You don't HAVE to paint wood and since it would be open to the air on both sides, I think it is less likely to hold moisture and rot.

 

[babsbag]

I guess it depends on what you consider "barnish". Most of the dairy barns here have "curtains" that raise and lower depending on the temp. Hard not to call them barns

How much rain do you get in a year? You don't HAVE to paint wood and since it would be open to the air on both sides, I think it is less likely to hold moisture and rot.

The barn runs north to south with the south being the wind and rain direction...it gets closed in. The west side gets HOT afternoon sun in the summer and sometimes driving rain in the winter so it needs to be solid too. I am thinking about adding some shuttered "windows" on the sides. The north side stays open. Goats don't do well with closed in spaces as far as respiratory, they like to breath.

As far as the rain... a normal year is about 35". I had redwood 2x4's for my pony wall and it wasn't painted. If I could afford it I would use redwood again but it is $$$, more so all of the time. The stuff I had used before was some decking we bought by the pallet load, lots of pallets, so I got a really good price. It is the 4x8 sheets of paneling that I am not particularly fond of.

Today I was looking at the remnants of my barn yet again and it is just really hard to give up that design. The fans are in option, I know that they make solar exhaust fans so maybe that would work. But our temps are 110+ in the summer, sometimes for days on end and the nights might not even get below 85. That metal will be so hot that you can't even touch it. Just not sure that it is a good choice. This is not a decision that I want to get wrong. But boy oh boy was it a lot of work to build.

Mia and Alondra got in another fight tonight. I am just sick about them.

 

[Baymule]

We have a carport. When it is raining it is very loud under the carport. Could you deck the carport with plywood before putting on the metal roof? If so, cover the deck with tar paper, then roll out radiant heat barrier or better yet, lay down the board type insulation with the radiant heat barrier already on it. We used radiant heat barrier on our sheep barn, it makes a 10 to 15 degree difference in the temperature under the barn.

Looking at how far apart the supports are in our carport, you might have to lay down a lath support for the decking, but it sure would help keep it cool underneath.

 

[Devonviolet]

Could you deck the carport with plywood before putting on the metal roof? If so, cover the deck with tar paper, then roll out radiant heat barrier or better yet, lay down the board type insulation with the radiant heat barrier already on it. We used radiant heat barrier on our sheep barn, it makes a 10 to 15 degree difference in the temperature under the barn.

Interesting. Great minds must think alike! I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Baymule]

Interesting. Great minds must think alike! I was thinking the same thing.

That's why we are such close friends! I don't know about the great mind though.…..LOL maybe yours is great

 

[Devonviolet]

That's why we are such close friends! I don't know about the great mind though.…..LOL maybe yours is great

 

[babsbag]

I think that if I was going to do the plywood and tar paper I would just build the entire thing out of wood, which I have thought about too. We have the skills to do it just about anyway I decide but I am trying to make it easy and not spend a fortune. Yes, the metal roof would be noisy, thank you for the reminder.

 

[Mike CHS]

Something to thing about maybe - Our shop and our soon to be add-on used engineered metal trusses which actually came in under the stick built estimate when we were doing our planning.