After countless paint jobs, Richard Henson decided it was time to something about his barn.
Built in 1889, Henson’s family originally used the barn as a cattle barn, hay storage, and shelter for the farm’s workhorses. 136 years later, it was time to either tin it, or bulldoze it.
Henson, who farms 3400 acres in with his son, father, and brother in western Iowa, hired contractor Elmer Salazar to do the work.
“We were talking about something on the doors one day,” says Henson. “I’m like, I’d really like to put a better door on here. [Elmer] says, ‘Well, I sell doors.’”
Elmer Salazar has been a dealer for Diamond Doors since 2023, selling and installing bifold doors across Iowa. “I like installing doors,” he says with a smile, “and the customer likes Diamond doors, so it’s a good thing.”
But while the hangar-style bifold door was exactly what Henson was looking for, he wasn’t sure if it was the right fit for his old barn. “That’s an old, old building,” he says. “It doesn’t get much older than that.”
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