TheBudBarn Construction Pics Slideshow

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The Making of TheBUDBARN ©TM Slideshow

133 construction pics in the slideshow. 11 minutes total runtime. Click Start to run slideshow

Build It and THEY will come.
So far 26,230 did just that!
Here's some Interesting Facts about TheBUDBARN ©TM Construction...
	5.5 tons of wood went into the refit. About 3.5 went up stairs.
	28,000 nails were used 6,500 screws of various sorts.
	820 feet of wiring was added.
	A new 600 amp power panel was installed.
	A new self contained 200,000 BTU balanced hydronic central heating system with 350 feet of ducting, 12 registers have been installed.
	The entire building is 110,000 cubic feet. 2nd floor E & W walls are 60' long, N & S walls are 40' long.
	The loft dome is 72,000 cubic feet alone and is 30' tall inside providing a wonderful amphitheater experience.
	The dome air is treated by 3 Kenwood Heppa Air Ionizer Purifiers processing entire body of air twice per hour.
	The main bar floor is different from the main body floor. Bar floor is 4" thick! Main floor in living room area is 2.75" thick. T&G underlay throughout underside of entire floor is supported by 10x2" true dimensional lumber floor joists resetting on 8x8" main headers which are held up by 24 10x10" posts.
	Roughly 2.5 tons of material was removed from barn during cleaning. 5 Shop Vacuums met their demise during cleaning process.
	Specialized 30 ft 3 stage tall custom scaffolding was built to build & service the dome.
	50 power receptacles were added and 8 new circuits plus custom lighting.
	Temperature & dome humidity is strictly monitored by computer and kept at 40% to preserve delicate artifacts.
	When the collection is all lit up 5,800 light bulbs are used drawing .5 or 1/2KW of power per hour, Yikes!
	Power system also includes a self contained 5.4 KW backup power source, Thank God!
	Construction took 2.5 years with no injuries.
	This is a working farm that takes 3 people to run it.
	Likely the only barn in the world that has a highspeed wireless connection to the internet!
	Took 8 months to unpack the 1250 box collection.
	Arranging the Display took an additional 4 months.
	The lobby was renovated in 12 months including a new floor, bathroom and full kitchen.
	South & west lobby walls insulated to R40 and north wall insulated to R60.

Special Thanks to my Close Friends
Bob "Harpo" Dingle- Assitant Construction Supervisor BB Project
Rick "The Rocket" Stone- Heating & Air Balancing Preservation Specialist
Hank "The HankaTron" Resch- Mechanical, Heating, Plumbing- Supervisor
Jeff Jordenak- Web Presence Sculptor
	My Eternal Thanks For Their Help in TheBudBarn ©TM Project!
	Other Known Facts about The KingOfBud ©TM Collection...
	Estimated insured value is in the high six digit US figures.
	The collection first appeared on the Internet on April 5 1992.
	Items coming to the collection clear Customs at 5 different points of entry almost daily.
	4 days anually to dust!!!!! yikes!
	148 hours to pack the entire collection!
	1250- 2 & 4 Cubic Ft. boxes to move it!
	One 60 foot long semi trailer to move the entire collection at once!
	3,500+ push pins.
	1,400+ nails.
	1,600+ screws.
	200 feet of bailing wire for pictures.
	2,200+ feet of Electrical wiring.
	120+ power switches.
	45 Multi position power bars.
	270 electrical outlets.
	1,525 ft. of rope light.
	A variety of 22 different kinds of light bulbs are used.
	2 state of the art computers monitor the collection and property security.
	138 feet of continuous paper for the collection inventory.
	6 Infra red and 6 motion time delay laser Security Sensor Cameras.
	Silent Cellular Alarm fully self contained power source.
	8 color motion sensitive Security Cameras.
	7 motion light property sensors.
	2 VCRs for Security monitoring input.
	26,230 people from all over the world have actually visited this collection in person since 2007 when the BudBarn opened for vistorsi.
	The web site occupies over 75 Mega Bytes of Internet space.
	The web site has its own Domain and pipeline connected Fiber Optic Server.
	There are over 500 pictures of the KingOfBud©TM Collection on this site.
	BudManCanada©TM and his Wife have over a 150 different personal Bud clothing items.
	There are 26,600 known sites presently linked to this site world wide.

About TheBUDBARN ©TM Website Construction
	New web design was started early August 2008.
	Over 400+ hours had gone into development of new design prior to it's début Sept 6th 2008.
	Original concepts and graphics were conceived especially for TheBUDBARN©TM site.
	Design theme was in keeping with the "motif" and purpose to be useful and entertaining.
	Evolution of the site is always in progress.
	Six state of the art computer systems were used in site development.
	Over a dozen computer programs were used in site development.
	High speed data transfer made it possible for instant assessment.
	Over a dozen operating systems and internet browsers were used to insure compatible viewing.
	About the Making of TheBUDBARN ©TM Videos
	An additional 120 hours to develop video concepts.
	Over one gigabyte of video material was shot for subject matter.
	Six various video production programs for previewing and construction were used.
	As a result 13 video are presently ready for viewing. More to come as it happens!
Screenshots from the Making of the North & South Wall Videos .

TheBUDBARN ©TM is NOT officially, recognized, sanctioned, promoted or associated with Anheuser Busch, Budweiser or any of their Trademarks... AT ALL. Budweiser ®TM is an Official Trademark of Budweiser ®TM Anheuser Busch St. Louis MO. USA. Reference to Official Trademark names is for descriptive purposes only.
NO INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED... AT ALL... TO THIS OBVIOUSLY... VENERATED BREWER.
Nor is alcohol abuse being promoted.

The Bud Barn Museum is Directed By The Neapolis Historical Association Inc. 2006