Blog series by PaBull consisting of 3 parts so far |
Part 1: These buildings need to move.
Today is the day we will be moving two buildings (I hope) from our old house to the new house, on the same property. This is the playhouse; 10’ by 10’. It needs to be moved to the back of the new house. This is the heaviest of the two buildings. This is the other building. It is our library barn. I build this about 7-8 years ago on skids on wood foundation. This building is 12’ x 16’. This one will go to the front of the new house. This is ...
Part 2: The move of the playhouse.
The houses made it up the hill. Here is the first one, the playhouse. The playhouse was given to us by a lady that stopped me walking around in Costco. She was very insistent that I should take her playhouse. The price was right; free. It was sitting on a concrete slab, so we had to jack it up and roll a floor under the house complete with floor joists and skids. This was a whole day operation. We rented a 16000 lb forklift and a flat bed full size truck (the ones hauling machinery around)...
Part 3: The move of the barn
I build this barn 4 to 5 years ago. I started with 12”x12” tiles added treated 4×4 risers, skids, floor joists, and build the rest on top. I did this knowing that I would some day move the building. That day is today.