Had a productive vacation....

Winter is coming, and my pole barn is cold as heck. Here are a few before, during, and after pictures of our steps to remedy the situation.












The funny looking tray ceiling is the future home of a lift. The ceiling is 10 feet, but that spot is 13. We intend to blow in insulation and finish insulating the walls to seal the place up.

Ellen and I busted our butts to knock this out, and of course, the job was fueled with plenty of these:

Outstanding! I need to do that to mine as well...but I'm too Damn lazy!

Looks Great


TJ

looks great.....beer too!

[quote="Tommyj466"]Outstanding! I need to do that to mine as well...but I'm too Damn lazy!


I know what you meen! 40 sheets of drywall sitting in the corner for the past 3 years!

well worth the work.you'll be real glad you did this in a few months!

Thanks guys. I couldn't have done it without Ellen. I drank, she measured, and then I screwed. You need at least 3 beers before our wobbly ladder feels steady.

Cletus... could you define..."then I screwed"

Ranch71460 wrote:Cletus... could you define..."then I screwed"

Well,,,,, After a few beers, some of the details get a little foggy. But I'm hoping that I got lucky sometime along the way.....

Ummmmmm Beer.......

Beer is Good...Ceiling is Great.....I did mine the same way ,then blew insulation 6" deep on top of the metal. really is easy to heat now. You'll be surprised how big of a difference it'll make Jeff. You'll feel like drinking and screwing all the time out there now!!

56Tbird wrote:Beer is Good...Ceiling is Great.....I did mine the same way ,then blew insulation 6" deep on top of the metal. really is easy to heat now. You'll be surprised how big of a difference it'll make Jeff. You'll feel like drinking and screwing all the time out there now!!

he may get hot screw'n!

cool40 wrote:

56Tbird wrote:Beer is Good...Ceiling is Great.....I did mine the same way ,then blew insulation 6" deep on top of the metal. really is easy to heat now. You'll be surprised how big of a difference it'll make Jeff. You'll feel like drinking and screwing all the time out there now!!

he may get hot screw'n!

Na..... thats why the make Cordless Drills, no reason to do things by hand anymore.........

Nice job Jeff! Just in time before the winter sets in. Tell Ellen that Dad and I say hello too.

patfromjersey wrote:Nice job Jeff! Just in time before the winter sets in. Tell Ellen that Dad and I say hello too.

Thanks. I will !!

could of open and flatten them beer cans , use them for the ceilling . seen it done by gooks with Bud cans. I'll be down to pick up that 67 Mustang . Leave the dioor un locked . LOL nice car you got

X2 on the Stang..... any future plans for that baby. Love them Fastbacks.

dkp

All I seen was some beer and a trick ass fastback. Post more pics and info on the car cause I already have plenty of beer.

DanH wrote:could of open and flatten them beer cans , use them for the ceilling . seen it done by gooks with Bud cans. I'll be down to pick up that 67 Mustang . Leave the dioor un locked . LOL nice car you got

You guys leave that red fastback alone! I asked about it years ago! I've got first dibs!

People always tell me that we should fix up that old Mustang. As it turns out, we did almost 20 years ago. It is an S code, 3 speed, 3.00: 1, non GT according to the Marti report. It was aqua colored with a standard black interior. I found it in Richmond a long time ago, a gutted former 427 powered race car, and bought it for 125 bucks. I didn't have any money to fix it up, and my Mom always wanted a red Mustang, so she paid for me to fix it up with a 289/c4/8 inch and she drove it for years with the Porsche red paint. When she had enough, Ellen and I drove it for another decade and beat the wheels off of it. Currently it has a 460/C6 sitting in it on Crites mounts, but I'm leaning towards a 408/AOD drivetrain........ Don't let the red paint fool y'all, it is a 125 dollar car.

Looks great, some pretty straight screwin too considering the beers!! That sure is going to be a bunch brighter too with the white steel.

You'll be able to heat it real cheap, much nicer to work in the warm shop.

Bill