Rick, Our sheep barn is 2 years old. The heavy corrugated steel siding is screwed to the inside of a 2" steel pipe frame. We have one big ram and he has not damaged it much. Maybe if we had more rams like him we'd experience more damage like you have...
David On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Rick Krach <rickkr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > David, I have corrugated steel siding on my current, antique barn and it > is all smashed in. I have no steel rails, however. Nearly 100% of all > barns are made of wood; I've never seen anything else, and that's why I'm > asking what most of you do about rams butting into your walls and wearing > them down. Any more suggestions? I can imagine the lower 3 feet made with > cement blocks, but I don't think that'll look good and I've seen no barns > like that either. My barn was originally build with the beautiful, inch > thick barn-wood planks which were replaced with corrugated steel as they > wore out. Now the steel panels are smashed, too. > > > > Rick Krach > in Auburn, CA > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:24:17 -0700 > > From: Rick Krach <rickkr...@hotmail.com> > > To: blackbelly Blackbelly List <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > > Subject: [Blackbelly] barn siding/building material > > Message-ID: <bay175-w1244e266a9b72861f57f65af...@phx.gbl> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > I'm beginning the process of refurbishing a 70 year old barn whose walls > have been destroyed in recent years by my American Blackbelly rams. ?I need > to know what kind of material, wall thickness, and building construction > has worked for the others of you for your barns? ?All my sheep, 6 adults > (1ram) and each year's lambs live in this barn during cold and rainy times.? > > > > > > Rick Krach > > in Auburn, CA? > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 23:39:37 -0400 > > From: David Sussman <david.gadog...@gmail.com> > > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] barn siding/building material > > Message-ID: > > <cagqr2qpzr05raxeyftrqdyxlcndfoiee+t4xoeodhdgb8hs...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Steel siding on 2" steel rails works for us... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
