Unusual "Remodels" Made Buildings Useful

Unusual "Remodels" Made Buildings Useful BUILDINGS Miscellaneous 34-2-27 When Nick Ries learned that a neighbor 10 miles away was going to tear down an old 30 by 16-ft. wooden building, he decided to recycle it and "class it up" at the same time by mounting it on attractive rock sidewalls. The Hastings, Minn., farmer brought the building home on a specially-rigged hay wagon. The bottom 2 ft. of the building was rotten so he sawed it off. Then he dug footings for rock walls, added a smooth, level layer of cement on top, and bolted the building's walls to the cement. He also added a cement floor, a new roof, and replaced the wood siding with metal. "The rock walls make it look pretty, but it's actually a very useful and low-cost shed," says Ries. "I use it as storage for lawn mowers and other tools and as a general purpose garden shed." To transport the building, he bolted an X-shaped wooden rack to the wagon, adding "mini rafters" that supported the shed's rafters and walls. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nick Ries, 17205 230th St. E., Hastings, Minn. 55033 (ph 651 226-8314).

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