Builder Bill Says Barn Outside Will Be Done in One Week

Pictures -
1 - West side from screen room
2 - Guest apartment looking toward bathroom corner
3 - Guest apartment from bathroom
4 - Workshop with 8 foot pocket doors
5 - south side facing toward lake

Bill Gwynn is the builder of our barn. He lives across the street from us and has been building in Tallahassee for 30 years. Bill said today that he expects the outside to be done in a week. He has a crew of about a dozen fellas that he keeps busy - usually 3 or 4 are here.

Some of the neat features are -

1 - The 8 foot wide pocket doors. When closed - they will have windows just like the rest of the place - when open they will go right into the wall to save floor space. The downstairs is 18 x 24 and would hold a car if you wanted.
2 - The upstairs 6 foot wide French doors - they fold all the way back against the walls.
3 - Two two concrete porches - they are constructed of wood - but the final touch is going to be a pad of concrete poured over a heat sealed membrane.
4 - The diagonal support posts for both of the porches.
5 - The truss construction of the roof and the upper floor - the floor trusses are one foot thick allowing for all plumbing - electrical - and other utilities to be inserted there.