The B-52's had a hit song in 1990 entitled "Love Shack" that featured the lyrics "Your what? Tin Roof Rusted". I had that song in my head this past week as we worked on replacing the tin on the roof of our oldest freestall barn. This barn was built in 1997 and after just 13 years needed to be replaced due to major holes rusting through.
Diamond Doors out of Kiel, WI was the contractor that did the work for us. The project went very smoothly - although the cows seemed a bit excited for the first day of the project. Instead of laying down and chillaxing like we prefer them, they were up and about as if to be checking out the crew!
For those of you who know our family, the fella on the ground to the left of the boom is my uncle Kevin Fitzgerald who works for Diamond Doors. It was great having him on the farm for the week!
These guys have a great system in place for getting these jobs done. According to Kevin, they are all glad the job is complete becuase due to the constant bending they were all pretty sore at night.
To prevent this roof from rusting, we added some insullation to the roof before putting the new tin on. I suppose over the next few years we'll have to do the same thing on the barns that were built in 2000 and 2005.
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