More Progress at the Barn

Lots of things going on in the barn now. The air conditioning/heat pump and the furnace are being installed now. The duct work is hung and will be similar to what you might see in a restaurant, hanging overhead and decorative. Right now the duct work is a silver color but will be painted to look like copper. The heating system is actually two systems, a combination of a gas furnace for really cold weather and a heat pump (to capitalize on our free electric from solar) for anything above 40 degrees.

Concrete Pad is Ready for Air Conditioning Unit

Framed out and poured the concrete pad Monday for the air conditioning unit to sit on. The air conditioner will sit outside the rear of the barn and the heating unit will be inside on the second floor with duct work running along the ceiling of the tasting room in an L shape. Suzanne had seen some beautiful copper duct work online but it was extremely expensive, so we came up with the idea of painting the tin duct work with copper paint. We tested a three foot section and it came out great. I will add a few photos of it later.

Drywall is all done

The drywall is all done and ready for paint. They finished up today and everything looks great. They even scribed the drywall right into the shape of the stone along the walls.