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<blockquote data-quote="Lee VanRoss" data-source="post: 1743934" data-attributes="member: 40072"><p><strong>TR> </strong>How is the footing (foundation) on the barn? If the foundation is OK and the support wall is not rotted at the base you may have</p><p>a salvageable building. The people who lived her previously milked cows and raised hogs. Apparently he got the idea to pave a section</p><p>of the barn yard between a hog shed and the barn. The shed set at a higher elevation. As a result when there was a hard rain the water</p><p>would carry the hog manure down and deposit against the barn. He solved the problem by cutting a hole in the barn and running the</p><p>drainage water down the milking parlor gutter. <em>ingenious huh! </em>Well there was more water and mud than gutter so the crap off the hog</p><p>yard ran into the barn and against the footing causing it to rot. He became infirm and finally had a stroke and the daughters wound up</p><p>with the place and I bought it from them. I was going to try and salvage the barn but my uncle who was also an engineer talked me out</p><p>of it. He pointed out the top was already settling in places and the rot had already affected a majority of the studs and wood siding.</p><p>There was also the matter I was going to knock the end out and store round bales. Access was going to take some serious grading.</p><p>His suggestion was to salvage as much as I could and use that for some other purpose.. It was built with yellow pine , hardly a knot,</p><p>After the foundation goes it is just a matter of time. Sort of like Alzheimer's? You live in a drier environment and thus your situation</p><p>would allow you to go ahead. <strong>LVR</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee VanRoss, post: 1743934, member: 40072"] [B]TR> [/B]How is the footing (foundation) on the barn? If the foundation is OK and the support wall is not rotted at the base you may have a salvageable building. The people who lived her previously milked cows and raised hogs. Apparently he got the idea to pave a section of the barn yard between a hog shed and the barn. The shed set at a higher elevation. As a result when there was a hard rain the water would carry the hog manure down and deposit against the barn. He solved the problem by cutting a hole in the barn and running the drainage water down the milking parlor gutter. [I]ingenious huh! [/I]Well there was more water and mud than gutter so the crap off the hog yard ran into the barn and against the footing causing it to rot. He became infirm and finally had a stroke and the daughters wound up with the place and I bought it from them. I was going to try and salvage the barn but my uncle who was also an engineer talked me out of it. He pointed out the top was already settling in places and the rot had already affected a majority of the studs and wood siding. There was also the matter I was going to knock the end out and store round bales. Access was going to take some serious grading. His suggestion was to salvage as much as I could and use that for some other purpose.. It was built with yellow pine , hardly a knot, After the foundation goes it is just a matter of time. Sort of like Alzheimer's? You live in a drier environment and thus your situation would allow you to go ahead. [B]LVR[/B] [/QUOTE]
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