Like the silo itself, most of the materials Lord used to build the interior were second-hand. "When you're laying in bed you can see the stars," said Lord. He then covered it all up by installing the walls of a second silo inside the first one.Īnd the port where grain was piped in from top of the silo? That's now a round skylight. It's almost like we're on vacation, every weekend. - Steven Lordīut in fact, Lord installed 4.5 inches of urethane insulation on the walls and six inches in the ceiling. Portions of galvanized steel are exposed on the inside wall giving the illusion that the building isn't insulated. He says it allowed him to increase the living space in the silo, while making it feel more open. Lord's silo has a loft with a bedroom, bathroom and skylight. ![]() "It gets really warm."Ī thermostat on the wall says it's 0 C outside and 27.5 C inside. "You have to open windows and doors," said Lord. You might wonder how warm it could be inside a galvanized steel drum in the middle of February in northern New Brunswick.īut one step inside and a blast of heat hits you in the face from the combined forces of a wood stove and heat pump. Lord also constructed a screened-in porch leading into the silo to enjoy the outdoors bug-free. When you're laying in bed you can see the stars. And it meant custom-building shelves and countertops. That meant windows and doors that would normally be installed on a flat surface had to be built on a curve. He poured a 32-by-20 foot concrete slab on the footprint of the old cabin and rebuilt his newly-acquired grain silo.īut in a world where most buildings are cubes Lord had to adapt to working inside a cylinder. ![]() In the summer of 2020 Lord took the silo apart and transported it to the exact site of his great grandfather's cabin in Saint-Basile. Also in Lord's Saint-Basile silo hangs a photo from the silo's original home on a farm in Saint-Leonard.
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