The last construction task was the design:
construction
and installation:
of
this barn door:
The man door in the middle is provided so the sliding door provides a
legal handicap exit.
If the sliding door is open far enough that the
man door becomes obstructed than there is a sufficient opening to
satisfy the handicap exit rules.
Structural anlysis was done on this door because the top section is
fairly narrow 2 by 3 steel channel and a top panel with steel
plates was required to satisfy wind loads:
and the possible load of
sliding the door into an obstruction:
These plans were submitted to amend the exit route allowing egress through the sliding door of the old barn. The egress is enabled by putting a man door in the sliding door and positioning the man door so that if the sliding door is opened an acceptable egress exists when the man door passes beyond the side of the aisle opening.
Egress
Paths through the 6 bay old barn.
Top View of
sliding door assembly showing critical dimensions. This view also
shows that the sliding door track is at a slight angle to
facilitate window frame clearance.
Elevation View
showing end view of the barn with the sliding door positioned at the
critical point where the man door starts to be obstructed.
Section View
showing proposed mounting methods for the tracks.
These plans were submitted to amend the building permit a second time. They add the apartment and raise the roof in the hayloft perimeter to make better use of the hayloft space. Unfortunately the north windows of the apartment have to be eliminated to accomplish this.
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Code
Summary page 1
Code
Summary page 2
Overall
Plans
Barn
Level 1 enlarged plan
Barn
Level 2 enlarged plan
Roof
Plan (enlarged)
Overall
Building Elevations
Building
Elevations enlarged sheet 1
Building
Elevations enlarged sheet 2
Interior Elevations
Building
Sections sheet 1
Building
Sections sheet 2
Wall
Sections sheet 1
Wall
Sections sheet 2
Window
and Door Types and Details
Arena
Ramp and Egress Stair
Stair
and Ramp Details
Reflected
Ceiling Plan
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These plans were a draft of what to submit to amend the building permit to add the apartment. They add the apartment and raise the roof in the hayloft perimeter to make better use of the hayloft space. Unfortunately the north windows of the apartment have to be eliminated to accomplish this.
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Code
Summary page 1
Code
Summary page 2
Overall
Plans
Barn
Level 1 enlarged plan
Barn
Level 2 enlarged plan
Roof
Plan (enlarged)
Overall
Building Elevations
Building
Elevations enlarged sheet 1
Building
Elevations enlarged sheet 2
Interior Elevations
Building
Sections sheet 1
Building
Sections sheet 2
Window
and Door Types and Details
Arena Ramp and Egress Stair
Stair and Ramp Details
These plans will be submitted to amend the building permit of 28 December 2017 adding the first floor bathroom and the kitchenette sink..
Tack
room toilet area.
Saddle
Carosel and Tack Lockers.
Windows
to the arena
Door
to owners tack room.
Kitchenette
Toilet
east wall.
Toilet
north wall.
Toilet
south wall.
Toilet
west wall.
Laundry
east wall.
Laundry
west wall.
These plans update the overall design to remove all mention of the apartment, bathroom and fixtures that require plumbing (listed as future items in the 12/28 permit plans). They were required by the town to issue a building permit for the barn while pool septic system repair was incomplete. Everyone agreed that the plans could be amended to add the septic related systems once the pool septic repair was complete.
Enlarged
Plan Barn Level 1
Enlarged
plan Barn Level 2
Building
Sections sheet 1
Building
Sections sheet 2
Wall
Sections
These plans were submitted for a building permit on 28 December 2017.
3D Views
Code
Summary Sheet 1
Code
Summary Sheet 2
Overall
Plans
Enlarged
Plan Barn Level 1
Enlarged
plan Barn Level 2
Roof
Plan
Overall
Building Elevations
Enlarged
Building
Elevations sheet 1
Enlarged
Building Elevations sheet 2
Building
Sections sheet 1
Building
Sections sheet 2
Wall
Sections
Arena
Ramp and Egress Stair
Stair
and Ramp
Details
Ceiling
Plan
Structural
Design 1
Structural
Design 2
Structural
Design 3
Structural Analysis was done by Victor Popp. Producing these documents:
Report
on as built design
Affidavit
Fax
Cover sheet
As Built foundation plan: AsBuiltFoundation.pdf (via ftp 86Kb) by Colonial Engineering. CAD data for the As Built foundation plan: AsBuiltFoundation.dwg (via ftp 192Kb).
Final survey data showed the barn to be 6 inches off in the GLM
survey. The arena and new barn positions were adjusted to maintain
setback clearances. These new positions are reflected in the
architectural plans dated 17 September 2017 and any later updates.
Adjustment
showing old and new positions
Updated
barn positions in CAD (ftp 382 Kb)
Code compliance was performed by Harold Cutler. The code that applies is the Eighth edition of the Mass. building code which consists of the 2009 IBC with Mass amendments. The result of that compliance analysis was included verbatum as text in the overall architectural plans. These plans were submitted as part of the initial arena design and have been included with each sucessive set of architectural plans. On 1 February 2018 Mr. Cutler when asked if we could use his name and credentials said by email: "That’s fine. I have been an integral part of the development of the plans for the project and concur with the accessory use designation given the restriction to occupancy of the apartment by a barn manager." In actual fact the characterization of the apartment as an accessory use was first used in a draft of the code analysis by Mr. Cutler.
Wildstar installed a commercial grade fire alarm. Although the Wildstar code consultant did not believe that this was true the building inspector claimed that Massachusetts code amendments required sprinklers throughout the facility. He then encouraged Wildstar to obtain a variance to allow what the code consultant expected to be required.
Wildstar obtained this variance to allow sprinklers only in the apartment section. Part of the variance said that the Fire Offical had to approve the Fire Alarm systems. That official did not accept the original design (presented at the variance hearing) which expanded the existing house and barn alarms to the entire new facility. The Fire Official wanted a commercial grade alarm system. Rather than delay the project Wildstar installed the much more expensive commercial system.
Sirens and strobes in a horse riding area are considered by PATH to be a hazard to riders. Any triggering of these is likely to spook a horse and injure the rider. Other jurisdictions prohibit these items in a riding arena. Rather than fight this issue Wildstar has installed them as demanded by the Fire Official. Wildstar has requested of the Sherborn Fire Department that this requirement be eliminated, this has has not yet occured. (The elimination is a simple programming update to the existing system.)
A commercial grade fire alarm system is installed. This is the Fire alarm record of completion.
See the Barn Fire Panel page for zone information.
When the fire alarm system detects an alarm it is supposed to call the fire department. Apartment issues are not supposed to set off the sirens and strobes in the arena. About 10 June 2023 the alarm system correctly detected smoke in the apartment. This correctly did not trigger arena alerts, but, the fire department was not called until much later (perhaps an hour) after calls to the people! The behavior was about what we expect if the house detects smoke, but, calling for confirmation first is not supposed to be allowed for the barn system.
Clearing the alarm so it turns off the audible and strobe signalling requires a human intervention. Press and hold the Reset button in the fire panel until it says 'Output in Progress'. Then enter *259## on the panel. This should reset the alarm and turn off the signalling. NOTE: if the cause is still present the system will detect it again and trigger a new alarm.
A complete discussion of sprinkers and fire alarm requirements is in the Sprinkler Appeal page.
Civilized Solutions prepared a 31 January 2017 letter for the Board of Health discussing why the existing septic system could support an additional bedroom. The letter states that the system can support a 5 bedroom flow with a 50 percent overcapacity for the installation of a garbage grinder. No garbage grinder is installed or planned.
Wildstar's expectation in addition to this letter is that the site should be considered as a multi-structure campus in the same way as the Pope campus at 26 Bullard Street was considered. The bedroom count evaluation there was performed on a building by building basis rather than by adding up the room count of each building.
The existing house at 16 Nason Hill Lane contains four bedrooms.
The current assessment records have this narrative:
This parcel contains 11.3 ACRES of land mainly classified as ONE FAM with a CONTEMP Building built about 1980, having primarily WOOD Exterior and 8445 Square Feet, with 1 Unit, 4 Baths, 0 3/4 Bath, 1 HalfBath, 9 Rooms, and 4 Bdrms.
The health agent gets a slightly different room count by counting one of the basement rooms. He also considered the kitchen and dining room a single room.
The barn and associated apartment contain one bedroom. There are two conditioned rooms in the apartment plus the tack room and office. There is one bathroom in the apartment and on half bath adjacent to the tack room. There is also an entry-way containing a sink and washer/dryer adjacent to the tack room.
The Board of Health indicated that they would approve this system with a deed restriction when a full septic plan for the barn was proposed.
Joe Marquedant is following on from the work by Civilized
Solutions. He has completed drainage plans for the barn and
arena:
Drainage Page 1
Drainage Page 2
As well as a septic design:
Septic Page 1
Septic Page 2
On Monday 14 November 2017 the Board of Health approved these plans
giving the health agent authority to grant final approvals when
Fred King renews his license. The Board wants the pool septic
repair completed
before approval of the apartment. The pipe was lined from the
new pumping chamber up to the pool house. The final approval is
still pending a signoff from GLM. Unfortunately the septic engineer
that was doing the work has left GLM.
Lawn sprinkler systems and maps
Zone List and map PDF file
(word
document)
On 25 July 2019 Joe Marquedant submitted a Finish Grades Survey (DWG file) to the town of Sherborn completing the septic construction for the barn. This survey also included finish grades for the pool repair and completes that construction too.
Civilized Solutions proposed two possible choices for the septic layout and connection to the existing septic system. The Gravity system is the selected strategy.
Gravity
fed septic design This passes under the chicken coop and runs
entirely by gravity.
Supplement Sheet 1
Pumped
septic design This has less disturbance but requires a pump and
associated alarm.
The septic system from the barn to the D-box of the house septic system was built, inspected by Mark Oram and approved for cover. This is the as build septic plan.
When the house was purchased a cesspool was found southeast of the outdoor pool that supported a toilet and shower in the pool house. This failed title 5. The sellers provided an approved design for repair of this system that replaced the cesspool with a pumped system. The pump basin joins the house septic system. The initial design did not have a cleanout anywhere in this line and was updated to add the cleanout. The pump basin and forced main were constructed after the purchase of the house. The septic system for the barn apartment requires that this pool house repair is completed prior to approval.
Pool
septic repair initial design This design is what was presented
to the board of health. It required modification to add cleanouts.
As
built plan for pool
septic repair.
Final Compliance for this repair was recieved on 3 October 2019.
Wildstar wanted to use inexpensive Shop light LED luninares from Costco throughout the barn and arena. These fixtures are UL dust and damp rated. The electrical inspector pushed our electrician to use vapor sealed fixtures in the barn aisles. His rationale was that dust and wet rated fixtures were needed in a barn. The fixtures used were dust and wet rated with a cord that plugged in to an outlet. They cost three times what the Costco luninares cost. The inspector then wanted the fixtures to be connected by runs of conduit. The electrician modified the fixtures removing the cord, drilling holes and attaching conduit to the holes. The inspector liked this change. Wildstar believes that the change violates the wet rating and could not be used if wet rated fixtures were actually required. Wildstar consulted a friend (the electrical inspector for a much larger town) who held that only dust rated fixtures should be required in barn aisles (wet rated fixtures are required in areas of animal confinement such as stalls). Given this opinion Wildstar did not object to the fixture modifications which, after modification, were no longer damp rated.
The inspector wanted the same sealed fixtures in the arena. His rationale for this area was that three prong plugs were required. The Costco fixtures only had two prong plugs. Wildstar already owned and had temporarily installed the Costco lights. For the arena Wildstar contacted the state Board of Fire Prevention Regulations. Phone conversations were held with Paul Vigneau in early December 2019 followed by an email on December 7th 2018 with a Request for Interpretation attached. A follow up email was sent on January 11th to Richard Fredette. On May 28th, 2019 a formal response was sent that said that the "authority having jurisdiction ... shall accept listed and labeled equipment...". Long befor this letter arrived the electrical inspector allowed the Costco lights in the arena.
The surveyors provided these Pin Locations to reference where the foundation goes. This detail is important because the retaining wall does not have easy corners to pin. The locations were taken from the 17 September 2017 design.
Geotechnical Report from Harry
Berlis of McPhail Associates, LLC
Frost
Wall Drainage Ideas to supplement Berlis Report
Early GLM layout of the barn
site.
REVISED
Setbacks SKETCH - 16 NASON HILL LANE.pdf Shows 30 foot rear
setback in the area of the planned barn and riding ring. This sketch
was used in a dialog with the building inspector. It represents what
the building inspector agreed by email should be used for the lot
line setbacks and the strategy depicted is what is used in all barn planning.
Existing Conditions (a
PDF file)
15822_EMAIL1.dwg
(via
FTP)
CAD data for existing conditions
As built septic plan
Original design septic plan
(part 1)
Original design
septic plan (part 1) (a different scan of the above plan)
Original design septic plan
(part 2)
Original design
septic plan (part 2) (a different scan of the above plan)
These setback requirements (revised version) were proposed by GLM and confirmed by email with building inspector Henry Fontaine who said: 'As I review I agree with what you have with the exception of the front set-back, it is 60 feet.'. The original sketch incorrectly showed 40 foot distance at the front of the lot while calling out a front setback.
To be able to use the trees cut from the land Wildstar is has become a certified mill. This allows Wildstar to certify native lumber for structural use. This email chain with Mass. DPS shows the trials and tribulations of that process.
Stamped
Plans For the riding arena structure.
80 foot wide truss structure
70 foot wide truss structure
Riding Arena
Footings Details.pdf Design information for the prototype arena footings
Riding Arena
Footing.JPG A photo of a row of arena footings
Riding Arena Pier.jpg Close
up photo of one arena pier.
Self Drilling screw
for attaching wood to Truss
Box for screw
These plans were used for the Sherborn Zoning Board of Appeals special permit hearing.
Apartment
Layout
Apartment
and tack room section
Section
through Bedroom
Section
through bathroom and bedroom
Apartment area analysis
Fire Alarm
Inspection 13 November 2020 performed by Shufro
Security.
These plans are correlated with the final Mike Fillion foundation plans.
3D Views
Code Summary sheet 1
Overall Plans
Barn Level 1 Enlarged
Barn Level 2 Enlarged
Roof Plan
(enlarged)
Building
Elevations (overall)
Building
Elevations (enlarged sheet 1)
Building
Elevations (enlarged sheet 2)
Building
Sections (sheet 1)
Building
Sections (sheet 2)
Architectural
Supplement to the Foundation Drawings (page 1)
Architectural
Supplement to the Foundation Drawings (page 2)
Architectural
Supplement to the Foundation Drawings (page 3)
Arena
Ramp and Egress Stair
Stair
and Ramp Details
Site
Layout
Rebar
shop Drawing Rev 1 Sheet 1>
Rebar
shop Drawing Rev 1 Sheet 2>
These supplements show the placement of the slab in the barn area and the placement of the footings that support the ramp in the arena. They also contain waterproofing and under slab insulation details.
Architectural Supplement Sheet 1These plans are correlated with the final Mike Fillion foundation plans.
3D ViewsThese plans update the site layout for the 4 July 2017 foundation plans update.
Site Layout
A1-0-2.pdf Tiling
pattern for floor mats in main aisle.
17001
- Sheet - A0-0-0 - 3D VIEWS.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A0-0-1 - CODE SUMMARY.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A0-0-2 - CODE SUMMARY.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A1-0-0 - OVERALL PLANS.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A1-0-1 - INDOOR RIDING ARENA LEVEL.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A1-0-2 - BARN LEVEL 1 - ENLARGED PLAN.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A1-0-3 - BARN LEVEL 2 - ENLARGED PLAN.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A1-0-4 - ROOF PLAN - ENLARGED.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A2-0-0 - OVERALL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A2-0-1 - BUILDING ELEVATIONS - ENLARGED.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A2-0-2 - BUILDING ELEVATIONS - ENLARGED.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A3-0-0 - BUILDING SECTIONS.pdf
17001
- Sheet - A7-0-1 - ENLARGED RAMP AND STAIR PLAN.pdf
17001
- Sheet - PH-1 - PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A0-0-0 - 3D VIEWS.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A0-0-1 - CODE SUMMARY.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A0-0-2 - CODE SUMMARY.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A1-0-0 - OVERALL PLANS.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A1-0-1 - INDOOR RIDING ARENA LEVEL.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A1-0-2 - BARN LEVEL 1 - ENLARGED PLAN.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A1-0-3 - BARN LEVEL 2 - ENLARGED PLAN.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A1-0-4 - ROOF PLAN - ENLARGED.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A2-0-0 - OVERALL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A2-0-1 - BUILDING ELEVATIONS - ENLARGED.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A2-0-2 - BUILDING ELEVATIONS - ENLARGED.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A3-0-0 - BUILDING SECTIONS.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - A7-0-1 - ENLARGED RAMP AND STAIR PLAN.pdf
17001.00-CENTRAL
- Sheet - PH-1 - PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT.pdf
Looking East AX1.pdf
Looking South Axon2.pdf
Looking West Axon3.pdf
Looking North Axon1.pdf
Site overview PL-1.pdf
Barn Floorplan PL-3.pdf
Second Floor Floor Outline PL-4.pdf
Top view outline
17001-A100 OVERALL PLANS.pdf
Arena outline with
ramp 17001-A101 INDOOR
RIDING ARENA LEVEL.pdf
17001-A102 BARN LEVEL 1 PLAN.pdf
17001-A103 BARN LEVEL 2 PLAN.pdf
17001-A1043 ROOF PLAN.pdf
17001-A200 OVERALL
ELEVATIONS.pdf
17001-A201 BUILDING
ELEVATIONS.pdf
17001-A202 BUILDING
ELEVATIONS.pdf
17001-A300 BUILDING
SECTIONS.pdf
17001-PL-3
FIRST FLOOR BARN PLAN - PROGRESS.pdf
17001-PL1-SITE LAYOUT
- 01-30-17.pdf
17001-PL3-FIRST
FLOOR BARN - 01-30-17.pdf
17001-PL3-FIRST
FLOOR BARN - 01-30-17_annotated.pdf
17001-PL4-SECOND
FLOOR BARN - 01-30-17.pdf
Arena sections PL-2-ARENA-01-25-17.pdf
A360
3D Model
These foundation permit plans created by Michael Fillion are now out of date. See more current foundation plans above on this page.
Updated Foundation Permit Plans for Review