Throughout the weekend, I’ve spent a couple of hours cleaning up the dust and insulation scraps from the loft space and then began stapling in the final sheet of the plastic vapor barrier to seal up the north wall and ceiling.
Here are a couple of images from the progress being made on the loft behind the scenes:
On the southern wall I had stapled in some packing blankets to add to the sound isolation in the room, but since then have rethought that and taken them down. I’m not certain they would have been a good long term solution and would rather use them inside some hanging acoustic panels covered in canvas. It’ll look cleaner too.
By the end of this work week the vapor barrier should be fully encapsulating the space with a temporary divider draping the gap between the current project area and the storage area on the western end of the barn.
Another boost came from my workplace where the lumber department began pulling warped and chipped boards and offering them for cut rate prices. I was able to grab several 2x4s and similar structural wood boards to use in this loft project. Some of this wood will be used for the process of moving the access stairwell from the back side of the north wall to the eastern wall. Moving the stairwell will allow the lower portion of the barn to be converted into a two-car garage this summer. That conversion will be a huge project in it’s own right.
For now, the lower portion of the barn has space to park our Honda and room for my tools and scrapwood workbench.
As I continue to branch out into the content creation and maker projects necessary for the storytelling I want to do, I hope to make a workshop on the opposite side of the driveway to house the tools and long term project space. The barn I’m currently working in is rather small, the main floor will only have room for two cars, the stairwell to the upstairs, and a small cabinet to house car-related materials.
In a couple of years, we should have the house attached to this barn via an extension to the existing house structure, and I look forward to having the loft conversion done and useable for media creation by then.
I’m considering pushing a few affiliate links for the types of tools I use, or something like that to generate some income to spend on the projects. I am not certain whether that’s the best idea, but I’m open to feedback on it.
If you would like to connect and share your thoughts on the projects with me, just jump on the discord server and join in the general chat. XONIKZ Independent Industries on Discord