Upcycled "Barn" Build Gets SIDING |Building a Metal Barn Animal Enclosure For Our Cabin Homestead

Upcycled "Barn" Build Gets SIDING |Building a Metal Barn Animal Enclosure For Our Cabin Homestead
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[@diyfferent]

To all the people who keep suggesting to use a circular saw with a backwards blade, DON'T. It's dangerous, it ruins the blade, it's deafeningly loud, throws metal everywhere, and you can throw your carbide tips. Just buy a blade made for cutting metal, or better yet- use a nibbler or shears. Also, don't use a grinder. They burn the paint and leave the panel prone to rusting. Gary was actually cutting the metal in one of the best ways. The snips are quiet, safe, don't leave metal shards on the ground, and they pinch the edge of the metal which helps protect the edge from rusting.

[@dalefriday5496]

Idea for the last two roof panels: Use clear or obscure poly roof panels and flood the room with light.

[@sprientjealloway8363]

Awesome idea!!!

[@cindyfeh]

I was going to type the same thing.....great minds think alike

[@rickygammon3522]

They probably make a dampener with a fan that’ll open the “flaps when the fan comes on. Idk if they have a solar powered one but I know they make fans with dampness that open with the fan. Love yalls videos I am an HVAC guy if ya ever have any questions. Thanks for all your videos y’all are doing awesome

[@janetpage8285]

why not just put chicken wire at the top.willgive you the air flow. You would not need to close it up till winter. It would work great for the goats as well. Winterwill not bother them as much.

[@karenspeer7378]

Hello Mel and Gary and Brittany!! 🙋‍♀️💕🦋

[@rongray4847]

Hello Mel and Gary, that shed turned out pretty nice, love the siding colours. If there’s a way Gary will find it. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@sandratweedale2579]

Really well done team! Best looking barn in the area.

[@tomjackson331]

If you can figure how to wire them a cheap bathroom exhaust fan on both ends would help remove the heat.

[@rosechastain7356]

The barn looks awesome

[@waynedavenport3919]

Great work guys. The chic coop looking phenomenal. A big shout out for ur help Brittney. ✌️😎

[@timwolters1969]

I like that you girls are working Smarter than Harder, good Catch Britny. Looking Good Like the new way :)

[@Betsy-sp7jr]

Love that you repurposed the critter barn.

[@ronnydowdy7432]

❤ I hope your chickens in the mail did survive the trip.

[@lilystilo710]

Looking good. Team work makes the dream work.

[@MelissaMalzahn]

Awesome barn for the chickens. That was a great idea repurposeing the old frame. ❤❤

[@rosekraemer8205]

Small attic fans?

[@elvacartwightneesites]

What a cool shed/pen/coop, totally awesome thinking out of the box, looks better than store bought...superb job😊❤

[@patriciarussell756]

What a totally cool barn!👍

[@mikeburch2375]

THAT IS REALY COOL GUYS GREAT JOB HAVE A GOOD ONE

[@NovaBill6264]

Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen

[@feathers352]

What if you put a tranluscent panel at the top of the peak to let light in. The louver vents should work and could certainly be sealed in the winter tight.

[@quiltgal5444]

Maybe a screen door And a regular door for when it’s cold. A solar fan seems also like a great idea. I am impressed at what you were able to do with 100% repurposed stuff! Looks great! I agree with others about doing a rain catchment for easy water for the animal area.

[@RidgeLife]

Pregger help is better than no help!!!

[@barbarahopkins5239]

It looks so cool, and finished just in time for the chickens today. I hope there isn't too many casualties in transit. Build it and they will come.

[@his4evr2c]

That's what I was thinking? Lol

[@rozie6568]

the metal barn, looks so good, great job you three, I always enjoy your videos, how you two both work together, have a great weekend, :)

[@tiggercares]

For ventilation you could make a screen door instead of a regular door for your entry, put small hole hard ware cloth on the door and for winter you could have a piece of tin cut to fit the screen door.

[@karenmcmillan1267]

If you have extra brown , put two in middle of roof , put two green to ends 🤔

[@jeanielipskey1272]

Looking good guys!

[@diyfferent]

For future reference: The self-drilling roof panel screws that you are using are not made for wood. Those are made for metal to metal applications. I would avoid using them in wood because they create a weak attachment. Regular sharp point roofing screws will easily push through a roof panel, or you can pre-drill and they are made for metal to wood installations.

[@sylviawagner2859]

Your niece looks so much like your mom! 😊

[@patriciafuchs5970]

Gary, I get such a charge out of you figuring and measuring and I love your overbuilding to insure safety. You bring me such joy watching you make dreams and ideas come true! Mel, you work so well with Gary and now Britany. I love how you think on your feet! Brit, you’ve got some super role models who won’t just teach you carpentry but also life skills. Lucky you!! Great video!!😍

[@glendabrekke5475]

My son actually used a utility knife and it would just snap when gently bent.

[@barbarahopkins5239]

DYIfferent did that also

[@diyfferent]

That only works going down the long side, not across the ribs.

[@karenbrest187]

Good afternoon 🌞 The building is looking really nice 👍 Have a good weekend & nice Brittany helped out today 😊

[@StephFish1004]

Rather than dragging the ladder around you could still have the ventilation at the top and just use some more of the scrap wood to build a step stool high enough to reach, then keep it in the shed you're putting beside there so it's always in the animal tier

[@EmerickKing-j4o]

Gary turn your skill saw blade around. On it use old blade and skill saw. A tick I know. Take care my friends from the great white north. ❤

[@EmerickKing-j4o]

Forgot it's to cut your Metal roof

[@NovaBill6264]

With all that rain coming your way you all need those water barrels

[@GoodwillCriminalsOfDallas]

Ok, you guys are putting up the barn walls the real slow way. I understand the need to cap the screw tips and I applaud you for reusing the scraps. So most wood is soft when it sits out for a while in the weather. Your whole purpose is to cap the sharp tips so just run the screws on the metal panels. Next, come back and push the strips against the section of wall tips to cover. This will leave an indention. Get a deadman hammer (Sand-filled head). Hold the boards up against the screw tips and tap away. When the boards are embedded into the screw heads screw into the outside boards to secure them. If you have any construction adhesive that would be better than the screws. Drywall screws will rust fairly quickly in the presence of moisture. I am concerned about how the building is being held down. By what method did you secure the building to the ground? I am also concerned that the roof structure will not hold up under snow loads. Have you considered ways to bolster the structure? Even two poles vertically installed under all 4 arches during the snow season would greatly improve things. Get a 2x4 and nail another 2x4 to form a T shape. Take that and put another 2x4 on the other side to form a semi-plus shape +. This can be set so the top end is slightly offset to form a U shape at the top. Make it long enough to rest on a concrete block on the ground. This can be placed in during the snow season and stored when not. I am going to guess that you will use pallets for the floor which is a good reuse idea. Make sure to spread a generous amount of diatomaceous earth on the ground before you set the pallets. Place a layer of plastic then the pallets. this will help mitigate the moisture influx. You will have to figure out how the land slopes in that specific area to know how to mitigate problems with flooding.

[@cheriekreusel9453]

Are you going to add any hardware cloth around the open bottom and edges to prevent snakes from getting in? Nice build!

[@heidipustelniak652]

Looking good!

[@leann4925]

Have been keeping up with the tornadoes and flooding and will be trying to get caught up on other videos. Looking good as enjoyed watching. Going to be nice when finished. Thanks and Love y'all.

[@paulshuppert4975]

Maybe sliding door into the fenced area. Something you can close. And the opening window with chicken wire and shutters you can close for winter is a very good idea. Remember I just suggest. Your place. Do your thing. That what makes the videos special.

[@lanetteprice7508]

Looks good just a idea on the inside you may want if you have mill wood around the bottom because when you use it for goats they are goats and butt heads and walls. I forget what KZbin farm had the barn wall baned up by goats.

[@alandixon3246]

Great Work 👍 Gary Mel 👏

[@brendahaire8824]

A lot accomplished

[@Hunt-N-HollarRanch]

Good to plan ahead for separation as you never know what will happen with animals. Looking great! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

[@samoman67]

For hot summers you are better having vents/flaps that can be open at ground level to allow air through with vents in the roof to allow heat to escape. A good idea is to leave a gap at the top of the sheeting then put a raised centre cap on top. We had chickens in the tropics where it is always hot and this system worked well.

[@reginaphyfer9619]

Looking good😊

[@barbscarrow7300]

Great job guys let's just the dream tram and I like your thinking ❤️🇨🇦

[@dawnsutherland3461]

You have came along way . Everything is looking so good. Great job .

[@diyfferent]

I like the Irish-sounding pop song used at 15:44.

[@fearlesssquatcher5737]

Brittany was very helpful. Is she related to someone in the family or just a good friend and helper?

[@his4evr2c]

Good job Y'all Again Happy Anniversary. Liked your short in the Swings.

[@truckinut20]

Vent bottom and the top for best airflow... 3/8ths wire if you can find it for all the holes to keep critters out screen wire for da buggies ... And the clear roof panels for light is a good idea but maybe try to get panels in the middle...yea yea day late and a dollar short... Great work for the 3 of you...hey Abe has helped a bunch 😉

[@Judy-Flashphotography]

Looks excellent...........love it......................great job

[@debralawler-nt9si]

Gary I het your hands were tired cutting the metal. Looks good

[@mikeyoung5211]

Where's the barn door, Scotty beam them in.

[@GoodwillCriminalsOfDallas]

If you need cross ventilation, just go to the rear of the building where the upper triangle is and make those two triangles hinged to open outwards. Put the hinge on the long bottom side and put the top corner on a short chain. Heat will rise and this combined with the open door will move air out that way. Make the door a Dutch door so you can have the door half open to allow air in but keep it so the dogs and other animals can't just walk in. You will also have to deal with critters digging in under the walls. If you trench around the outside down about 2 feet you just have to install heavy gauge wire at a 45-degree angle. You then backfill and bury the wire. A small solar-powered light would not be a bad idea. You could also run an extension cord in conduit via a trench out for power. If you line the walls with foil back material the inside will stay better at the temps you need. Heat will be reflected away and if a heater is used in winter the heat will stay inside more.

[@jerriewyatt905]

Maybe put chicken wire up there that won’t interfere with the open and closing of the triangle to help keep out critters that might try to get to the birds or whatever is housed in the barn..

[@stephenkennedy7931]

It looks awesome should serve its purpose easily. God Bless from your Canadian Friend.

[@pamlucas1326]

Great video. You have built an outstanding barn for the chickens/goats for minimal cost,and recycling old timber. Well done. Very impressed.❤❤❤❤❤

[@paulshuppert4975]

You can buy louvers for ventilation then put plastic over them in the winter

[@diyfferent]

For chicken coop ventilation, you want your coop vented all year, especially during the winter. It's not a good idea to close your coop up in the winter. It causes moisture problems, frost bite, and sickness.

[@SgtCude59]

Ha ha ha, why not just Grind off the end of the screws sticking out of the wood.

[@emmamorton5701]

I saw and heard a lil bean 💚💚💚💚

[@CarolMains-dy7zh]

BROILER BARN; if you need yo create more air flow, you could cut your side wall tin with horizontal cuts, and create doors that are hinged @ the top, make so you can prop the bottoms up to make awnings, let's the air flow through, with plenty of shade, can beef up the horizontal at your hinge board, when you sandwich your hardware cloth to, with a 1x. Or 2x

[@CarolMains-dy7zh]

That way can rain, and inside should stay relatively dry

[@AuntieAnn]

Wow it's turning out so cool 👍.. I'm so impressed using what you had 💪❤️❤️

[@leonmiller7711]

You guy's are doing Great!!

[@CCRider5312]

Great job guys😁👍🏼. I will suggest not putting any big animals in that building like goats 🐐 or pigs 🐖 or anything bigger than chickens or rabbits. Because that thin metal frame with all the weight you’ve added with the heavy slab wood as soon as big animals such as goats 🐐 pigs 🐖 ect get to pushing against the walls that metal Frame is highly likely to bend & collapse. Unless it’s really thick metal, which I don't think it is, I think it’s only designed for canvas or tarp material covering only not all that weight that you’ve added. Because now you have compromised the strength of that small tubular metal by screwing screws ect into it. That’s why I suggest only putting small animals that won’t be pushing and leaning on those walls or you may have a collapsed disaster on your hands. I will be surprised if it holds up to any abuse from animals or weather. But if It does good for you, but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it. If I’m not mistaken that tubular frame isn’t thick gauge steel only pop metal and only designed for a Makeshift shelter with only a canvas or tarp material over it without much weight bearing down on it & definitely not designed for live animals bearing any weight against it. Now had you bent rebar to run along side the frame and attached it to give the tubular metal extra strength from not being able to bend because of the extra strength of the rebar being sistered up beside it.... Then I’d have confidence in it not collapsing. But knowing what that metal frame is really designed for, I’d not Trust it to hold up to weather ( High wind, Snow load) and animal pressure bearing against it. I’m just giving you my opinion based on the metal frame thickness & integrity. If it was mine I’d get me some rebar and bend it to go all along the frame and use some small metal hose clamps and attach it to the frame to give it strength. Because I doubt the metal is thick enough to tack weld the rebar to it, but either way small rebar running all along that frame will make the frame have a 75% less chance of ever collapsing due to stress. I understand the whole concept of utilizing what you had to build the building & I admire that. But Just try and visualize what I’m sayin about the residual strength of that metal frame. I never seen the video of the Metal frame going up, but if I had to guess from the looks of it I’d say it’s a frame that takes a tarp to make a makeshift outbuilding like you stored your things in when you first moved there . ? If I’m correct then Yeah those building frames aren’t of thick enough metal to be adding all that extra wood and metal siding weight to. And Definitely not designed to have livestock in them putting weight against them. Just my take on the situation & if it were mine to prevent any chance of collapsing I’d go get me some smaller diameter rebar easier to bend and run rebar synched up tight or tack welded if the metal is thick enough all around that frame to give it the strength from not ever bending to a collapse. That’s just my opinion, But opinions are like A**holes everyone has one, and I also know some stink more than others ! 😂🤣

[@lenprice6315]

I would use the brown on the backside on the top …. I really enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing. Tiny Houston MS

[@RidgeLife]

Was the MATH MIX UP, forgetting to deduct the overlap of each panel on each side of the panel?

[@scottcarpenter2025]

You should get some metal snips for the drill

[@rosefazio1859]

What are you going to do for lighting? It’s going to be dark in that building, even during the daytime once you close up the roof and put the medal on the other side of the building.

[@paulajones9956]

Put flap doors on all sides, as it is now its nothing but a easy bake Chicken oven and goat's need an open barn with 3 closed sides for winter 😮

[@tracyboyd4867]

Good work guys...😊

[@lukerange366]

Put a fan in the door and one on the back end

[@muleskiner25]

Put a clear plastic peace on the roof for light.

[@denniswray470]

Gary have you seen the rotary metal cutter you attach to a drill very good and cheap on TEMU well worth a look.

[@camillegrayson804]

Remember heat rises. I'd put the fans lower. Maybe they'll help the heat get out

[@carolynmesser7199]

You did good today not much more to finish 😀

[@RvlifeIndiana]

Did you know that you can take a old circular saw blade and put it on backwards and it will cut that sheet metal

[@diyfferent]

Too loud and not proper.

[@kathyhays9819]

Looking good

[@georgiasteen8368]

You can make a walk out door on the side into the pen area

[@iamwhoiamd7056]

Excellent video

[@melissaemery2365]

Aren't the chickens going to be super not in there unless the back wall is going to be sections of Hardware cloth type fencing

[@paulshuppert4975]

I think you all could go into the pole barn business

[@nicoleaugustine3039]

Are you going to put something around the perimeter of the barn to keep predators from digging under?? I used chicken wire about 1 1/2 foot out buried about 1 ft deep around my coop and chicken run also put bricks around it.

[@Steven-jo7cj]

Amazing video

[@steffaniepickering596]

R u goin to have a light in there, it sure will b dark.

[@staceysala3892]

Sorry jumped the gun! Lol

[@LeonardMagnusson]

looks like house to me cool.

[@margaretmengle3124]

so how are you going to let Goats in and out using the door where it is located you will have to put a fence? Not sure whats your idea on that?

[@emmamorton5701]

Love new intro. Mel. 💚💚

[@lorilarkin827]

💞awesome video 🥰

[@alandixon3246]

I like To Play Game it's a Hexa Sort I like it a lot it's Fun

[@ORourkesLittlefield]

Nice

[@veronicajones8174]

hi guys, your chicks are going to need a run of some type, as they grow , they are going to get bigger, and maybe the end that is still open, why dont you just put mesh on it, that would give them plenty of fresh air, as you said , that is going to get really hot inside when the weather starts getting very hot . Sending love and best wishes to you all from across the pond 🥰🤗🤗

[@staceysala3892]

How do you get in the building there is no door?!

[@diyfferent]

They showed the door in the video.

[@brendaalbee7922]

❤

[@bettybay2181]

will it matter if it is very hot in there in the summer?

[@conradfamily8644]

4 person team today with Brit and baby

[@CarolMains-dy7zh]

DOOR. You'll find, that you may want to place a thresh hold board, to step over , that you can easily remove, so the little ones won't sneak out so easily

[@RoyBelcher]

The rattlesnake and copperhead pile. Be careful.