New Building Well Under Way!

Our original barn was built by Jerry Michaud back in 1989 and was a great piece of work. Jerry, his wife Barb and his brother Michael built the barn in just two weeks and everyone marvelled back then on how quick and well built the barn was.

When Nadiene and I had to pick a builder for the new barn, we called Jerry again and we were lucky enough to get him to come over and get things going. Over the weekend, we decided that a "salt box" three bay building would look good, be extremely strong under adverse conditions and be cost effective in design. We gave Jerry the heads up on the building and he finished up the details and got materials organized and on site to start the following week.

The weather warmed up and Jerry and brother Michael arrived and soon got the building underway. Even with all the snow on the ground, the building went up on the pad at a record pace. It was so warm the second day, that Jerry got rid of his shirt despite the snowy background and Mike managed to sunburn his head.

This week, Jerry's son Derek had the week off from school, so we have a second generation builder helping out and the building is going great as you can see from the photos! I checked the acoustics today with a few tunes on my Low D and this building sounds as good as the old barn and as you know, that was Acoustically Perfect!

Cleanup photos of the Acoustically Perfect Barn

This collage of photos shows the cleanup from the barn collapse. Our neighbors, Gerald Easler and his son Ed did the complete cleanup of the barn starting as soon as the blizzard calmed down enough to allow access to the site. They opened up the driveway with the large payloader to make room for the skidder to reach the barn and lift out the contents and remove the standing walls. The contents including the vehicles were carefully sorted out of the snow and set aside for storage and the standing walls were taken down and recycled to another site. All material and items in the barn were recycled and saved and the entire site was carefully cleaned despite the extremely cold and windy conditions.

When Gerald and Ed finished, the site was ready to accept the builders for our new building. They did a great job and accomplished it in record time. Thanks Gerald and Ed for turning a disaster into an unforgettable experience with you wonderful attitude and cheerful dispostions while doing a very tough job!