Since the first time I helped rebuild a settlement for Preston Garvey, I’ve been infatuated with building my own Fallout-inspired building in real life.
My first order of business was to switch the door from the north side of the barn to the south side. Where the ground was dry, and the wind blew straight in.
For the door, I used an old solid wood door that I replaced from our house when we moved in. I covered the walls in R-13 wall insulation that my father-in-law gave me from one of his projects.
After the insulation was up on the walls, I layered the rusty metal roofing horizontally, trying my best to make things look as patched-together as possible.
For the floor, I kept all of the original planks in place, filling in the bigger gaps with expanding foam and covering with straw and dirt before it dried for a “mud chinking” effect.
For heat, I’ll be using an old wood-burning stove that was also given to me by my father-in-law. It doesn’t get too cold here, so it will probably not be used much, but it’s nice to have.
As for power, it’s always had electric running out to it via a sketchy underground line from the house, but I tore out all of the old switches and bulb sockets & replaced it with a single plug outlet.