He's Using Old Silo Wood In New House
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We recently spotted a small ad in a Wisconsin newspaper placed by Kevin Hahn, who buys old wooden silos. He says wood silos and old barns are disappearing fast from the Wisconsin countryside and he wants to save the wood, which often includes center cut fir, 24-ft. beams without a knot, and 20-ft. boards a full 12 in. wide.
“I helped a friend tear down a wooden silo several years ago and thought that wood was really something special,” Hahn says. In 2013, Hahn is realizing that dream as he steadily converts an old 40 by 80-ft. dairy barn into his living quarters. He’s using wood from old silos in the construction project and also erecting a renovated 30-ft. tall wooden silo next to his barn house. The silo is supported on the inside by an old commercial propane tank 4 ft. in diameter and 30 ft. long that Hahn has mounted upright on concrete footings. He plans on assembling the wood silo and binding it tight with rings so it looks authentic when it’s completed.
Hahn has plenty of old silo wood to work with because he located 7 silos to tear down as the result of the ad he placed. “Some are fir, some are redwood, and they’re all different sizes, from 16 ft. tall for the shortest to 36 ft. for the tallest. All of them are 12 ft. in dia. and the wood is for the most part in excellent shape.” One of his bathrooms is lined with silo wood, a fireplace surround looks like an old silo, and another one will be re-built as a miniature silo in a rock garden landscape feature. He also used silo wood for window trim on some of the barn windows.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Kevin Hahn, 21502 Schreiber Rd., Kiel, Wis. 53042 (ph 920 284-2821; geminiinstallations@yahoo.com).
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He s Using Old Silo Wood In New House BUILDINGS Miscellaneous We recently spotted a small ad in a Wisconsin newspaper placed by Kevin Hahn who buys old wooden silos He says wood silos and old barns are disappearing fast from the Wisconsin countryside and he wants to save the wood which often includes center cut fir 24-ft beams without a knot and 20-ft boards a full 12 in wide “I helped a friend tear down a wooden silo several years ago and thought that wood was really something special ” Hahn says In 2013 Hahn is realizing that dream as he steadily converts an old 40 by 80-ft dairy barn into his living quarters He’s using wood from old silos in the construction project and also erecting a renovated 30-ft tall wooden silo next to his barn house The silo is supported on the inside by an old commercial propane tank 4 ft in diameter and 30 ft long that Hahn has mounted upright on concrete footings He plans on assembling the wood silo and binding it tight with rings so it looks authentic when it’s completed Hahn has plenty of old silo wood to work with because he located 7 silos to tear down as the result of the ad he placed “Some are fir some are redwood and they’re all different sizes from 16 ft tall for the shortest to 36 ft for the tallest All of them are 12 ft in dia and the wood is for the most part in excellent shape ” One of his bathrooms is lined with silo wood a fireplace surround looks like an old silo and another one will be re-built as a miniature silo in a rock garden landscape feature He also used silo wood for window trim on some of the barn windows Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Kevin Hahn 21502 Schreiber Rd Kiel Wis 53042 ph 920 284-2821; geminiinstallations@yahoo com
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