199: The Final

Our county building permit system has a convenient method for calling in inspection requests by phone. You punch in your permit number, and a code for which inspection you want done, and an inspector is usually dispatched the next day.

The permit paper prints out with all of the expected categories that need to be approved for your type of project: 110 for footings, 115 for framing, 305 for underslab plumbing, 325 for mechanical rough-in, 315 for plumbing rough-in, 345 for water service, 160 for insulation, etc., etc. As inspectors come and go, they sign in the little boxes next to the codes (or write you friendly correction notices instead, as the case may be). Slowly, you fill up the piece of paper with new milestones completed.

And the pinnacle is 199: The Final. We have earned a fancy dinner out to celebrate that last signature. Cheers to completion!

Nancy - Olympia WA Says:

September 3, 2011 at 6:07 am

Congratulations to you for all your hard work. It sure is a nice looking barn. HUGE!!! Does it look that huge in person?

Michelle Canfield Says:

September 3, 2011 at 7:35 am

Thanks Nancy, LOL, yeah, I suppose it does look large- it’s certainly bigger than our house by quite a bit. We almost don’t need a house now, we’ll probably spend all our time in the barn! It’s 120′ long, but the old one was 177′, so it’s not as big as they used to make ’em!
Michelle

Tammy Ellis Says:

September 3, 2011 at 1:21 pm

WhoooHooooo!! Congratulations!

ceciliag Says:

September 3, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Wow, that is a gorgeous new barn. And as well as being new it even LOOKS like a barn. That is great. I feel a wee bit envious actually but don’t tell my old broken down hard working flappy eared barn will you.. c

September 3, 2011 at 5:17 pm

ceciliag, thanks! I’m sure it’ll get some “aging” marks soon enough- anyone taking bets on who will be the first to put a dent in the metal siding with the tractor? 😀 We were replacing a really fabulous rustic old barn that was built in 1902, it was beyond repair and collapsed soon after we moved here, sad that previous owners were not able to maintain it. So we tried to go with the spirit of the older architecture style of the area as much as we could, and also stay consistent with the general size and dimensions of the old one.

Thanks Tammy!
Michelle

Stirling Says:

September 5, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Looks like a barn to last another 100 years easy! Nice work Michelle!

September 5, 2011 at 4:13 pm

Thanks Stirling, I wonder how long pole barns do last before the poles rot in the ground? And I wonder if there is a way to repair them once they do, or if the building becomes a tear-down at that point?
Michelle