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Re: Rehd's "Kool" Barn recovery...
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 11/12/2002, 2:09 pm
In Response To: Re: Rehd's "Kool" Barn recovery... (Scott E. Davis)

: Solve a life long mystery for me..... I have seen the white "greater
: than and less than" marks on barn doors all my life... What is there
: signifigance? Is it just to find the handles or what?

Bracing.

If you don't have it, it will sag. Most barn doors are made of slats or planks, and need braces.

If it's not diagonal (doesn't form a diagonal with sides and top or bottom), then it doesn't form a triangle, and isn't a good brace.

If they're not on the outside, chances are, they're on the inside (or they sag!)

On newer barns or sheds whose doors are solid or plywood, braces aren't needed, but their inclusion is a nod to the style of the old, parallel plank barn doors.

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

Material: Kool-kote's cool
Wayne -- 11/8/2002, 7:59 am
Re: Material: Kool-"Seal" here!
Rehd -- 11/9/2002, 12:53 am
Re: Material: Kool-"Seal" here!
Bill Price -- 11/11/2002, 12:50 pm
Re: Off Topic: "Kool"-Barn here! *Pic*
Rehd -- 11/11/2002, 2:33 pm
Re: Off Topic: "Kool"-Barn here!
jimkozel -- 11/11/2002, 7:35 pm
Re: Off Topic: "Kool"-Barn here!
Rehd -- 11/11/2002, 8:23 pm
Re: Farmer Bill's "Kool" Barn--see it here! *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 11/11/2002, 4:41 pm
Re: Farmer Bill's "Kool" Barn--see it here!
Bill Price -- 11/11/2002, 6:30 pm
Re: The Barn (original) *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 11/11/2002, 8:01 pm
Re: The Dry Suit *LINK* *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 11/11/2002, 8:01 pm
Re: The Shark: *LINK* *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 11/11/2002, 8:01 pm
Re: Rehd's "Kool" Barn recovery... *Pic*
Rehd -- 11/11/2002, 6:09 pm
Re: Rehd's "Kool" Barn recovery...
Scott E. Davis -- 11/12/2002, 1:35 pm
Re: Rehd's "Kool" Barn recovery...
Shawn Baker -- 11/12/2002, 2:09 pm
Re: Off Topic: "Kool"-Barn here!
Bill Price -- 11/11/2002, 4:01 pm
Re: Off Topic: "Kool"-Barn here!
Rehd -- 11/11/2002, 6:21 pm
Re: More onTopic: "Kool"-Boat!
Bill Price -- 11/11/2002, 6:34 pm
Re: More onTopic: "Kool"-Boat!
Rehd -- 11/11/2002, 8:34 pm
Kool-kote, color, and building projects
Rick Allnutt -- 11/8/2002, 9:33 am
Any color you want, as long as it's black--H. Ford
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/8/2002, 10:59 pm