Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

We had the contractor who built our shop out today to discuss options for extending the roof on our shop both on the side over our handling area and also on the rear to give us more options during lambing. He had several ideas that we had not even thought about so we shall see what he comes up with.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Thats great, i hope his prices can incorporate some savings for you ....so excited to see what you decide to do with the expansion. .....i just love projects

 

[Mike CHS]

This is one of those projects that could be done a lot cheaper but we are trying to avoid a repeat of what we put the sheep through last summer. At one point we had around 50 sheep and when we brought them in to work on them, it could be an all day affair. In the heat of the Sun, they were really stressed out not to mention the heat had us all about done in.

 

[Baymule]

Make sure that you have use radiant heat barrier under the metal, it sure cuts the heat! I have it under the roof on the sheep shed. If I have them on the pipeline pasture when it is hot, they come to the gate and yell at me so they can go back HOME where it is cooler to ruminate. And like a good little sheep slave, I accommodate them.

This stuff makes a huge difference. Not telling you how to do things, but we put a plywood deck, tar paper, then the heat barrier. It makes a big difference of 10 or 15 degrees.

https://www.amazon.com/RadiantGUARD...ocphy=9027733&hvtargid=pla-396355248689&psc=1

 

[Mike CHS]

We are using the same metal for the roof as the shop roof since they are going to be tied together. We will be taking the metal trusses off of the porch and making the whole run a single space of 40' long by 16' wide vs the 10' x 10' the porch is now. We gave him the OK a few minutes ago to order the metal trusses tomorrow so he can start getting us in the rotation.

 

[Mike CHS]

The estimate for doing the front of the shop was quite a bit under what we had expected so we are now having him do an estimate to do the back of the shop also. That is on a slope but I can fill it in some to make it more useable.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

The estimate for doing the front of the shop was quite a bit under what we had expected so

How often does that happen? What a nice surprise!

 

[greybeard]

Make sure that you have use radiant heat barrier under the metal, it sure cuts the heat! I have it under the roof on the sheep shed. If I have them on the pipeline pasture when it is hot, they come to the gate and yell at me so they can go back HOME where it is cooler to ruminate. And like a good little sheep slave, I accommodate them.

This stuff makes a huge difference. Not telling you how to do things, but we put a plywood deck, tar paper, then the heat barrier. It makes a big difference of 10 or 15 degrees.

https://www.amazon.com/RadiantGUARD...ocphy=9027733&hvtargid=pla-396355248689&psc=1

Why not use the sheathing that comes from factory with the radiant heat barrier already on it?

I have it on my house, walls and roof, with R panel metal roofing and no attic at all and touching the ceiling even in July and Aug won't even feel warm.

 

[Mike CHS]

It's already on the panels that are the roofing material that is the same as the roofing material that is already there.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That will be a very nice enhancement....it will give ya many options.....