Practical Barn Stewardship Part 4

Part 4 of the Rick Collins presentation is from the Indiana Barn Foundation annual meeting held on July 15th, 2023 at the Rustic Barn at Hopewell in Urbana, Indiana. Rick Collins is president of Trillium Dell Timber Works and is considered an expert in timber frame structures serving the Midwest United States and beyond.

In this segment Rick takes the audience questions. He addresses topic on barn flooring, timber frame restoration training, why are barns red and what paint to use, carpenter bees and other insects, timber joinery, threshing barns, moving barns and the cost involved, metal siding vs. wood, corn cob blasting and working with deteriorated wood. Just to name a few.