Projects

Although it is nice to be able to work in new construction and nice rennovation projects, the rural area in which we reside requires us to be willing to do some not so glamorous projects in order to stay busy. This year in particular has seen a marked slowdown in new constructions and we have built several farm buildings and have done a lot of roofing to fill in the slack.

Yesterday, I finished a project yesterday that entailed building a shed out of second hand materials. This particular farmer has provided us with a lot of building projects over the years. He travels to auctions and buys seconds, leftovers, and damaged building products and stores them until he has enough on hand to put up a building.

Typically, the buildings are overbuilt and the mystery is unveiled when the finish siding products are brought out of the shed. Usually, they consist of a wagon load of industrial steel contained in a myriad of colors. This garage boasts around 15 different colors. And while the look might not be up to some folk's standards, the fact of the matter is that it will make a nice shed and the materials were purchased for pennies on the dollar!

While some carpenters hate working on the farm, I have never minded it. This particular place is about an hour from my house and is out in the middle of nowhere. It is a quiet place in which to work. The only curious bystanders are the mules and horses, who curiously wonder what we are up to as they contemplate being hitched up to the plow in the spring.