Building a Cidery

We do have some apples this year.  And we have a grinder.  And a press.  And fermenting containers.  But we have nowhere to do the work.  In past years, we did it in the driveway.

But now we will have a building.

Here's its future location











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Here it is in progress.
Well - it's in kit form.  D is moving the roofing.
From right to left is the door.  The cider press covered in two tarps.  The pile of components.

Hard to believe that little pile will be a 12 x 15 building!

Building the floor.  Notice that Bry now has two supervisors!

Before the 4th wall was put up, the very heavy cider press was moved in.

Working on the roof.
Ed and Bry have lost their third man!

With Ed Maynard supervising, it is fully framed the first day.
He had help from his cousin Rick and son Bryant.

Ed and Bry got the building completely framed and installed the purlins.














And reinforcements in the form of Michelle and Rick arrived to help put the green metal roof.

Day Two:  

Next come the eaves and soffit.

It's Ed and Bry working alone. 

This is becoming a really attractive building.

With the eaves trimmed beautifully, it's time to put up the siding.

The men worked two long days and accomplished all this.

They will be back another day to finish the west siding, the gables, the door, the roof vent.

We may wait to install the windows until after we figure out the best location for them.

If you are wondering how the colors were chosen. . . Ed picked them.  It's apple red and leaf green.  Perfect colors for a cidery.

DAY THREE:  Adding the finishing touches, and it's done!

This building is even better than we had hoped.  Ed came up with an excellent design.  He and Bry with help from Rick executed it perfectly.  We should be able to be operational at the end of September, 2015.