Barn footers

FInally we have the permit for the barn. We had to do a geology study, a neighborhood compatibility study and and engineering study. It took nearly a year to get it.  But we now have it! Yea! Yea! Yea!

It does not look like much. It's just a peice of paper with a seal and a list of things for which we have to get approval in order to get the whole barn finally signed off.

Now the fun begins. This weekend we are going to dig the footer. The footers have to be 2 feet deep. At the ends of the building they span the width of the barn. And then in the front and rear wall they  are under where the doors are not.  The Hardi frames will attach to the footers. Hardi frames are used to increase the sheer strength of the building and to provide earth quake protection. I will try to blog about the barn steps as we build the barn.