Ok, a new year, and time to stop being so lazy!
Moving forward, the electric is in, so now I needed to focus on getting the drywall up in the tack room so all the outlets and final plumbing could be finished. Of course, in addition to that, I trimmed out the underneath of the stairs with a closet and shelf for feed storage, got the jail bars up in the mini-stalls and full sized stalls along with the stall gates, and apparently, was informed that a gangway across the groom area with another loft over the other two mini stalls is in order for shavings storage.
Of course, one cannot be expected to carry square bales and cubes of shavings up all these flights of stairs! So I'm incorporating a trap door that will fold back creating a 2.5ft x 4.5ft opening in the gangway where those items can be winched up and placed on a cart for easy moving.
I found a few old tyme barn hay-lift trolleys that I'm going to see about using somehow
So, up next on the lesson menu is: Hay loft - Part Deux. Stall Kick Boards - Pee and hoof resistant. Tack Room Ceiling - Cedar beam and a vault? Why not? And everyone's favorite: Drywall mud - They make it look so easy!
Lastly, what's one to do with a new hay loft? Why, happy hour, of course! More to come....
Cheers
Dave