My Old Barn

[fidler4]

Here are some photos of a barn that sits on my property.  My wife and I bought it two years ago and haven't decided what to do with the barn yet.  The previous owners had supports placed about 1 foot inside of the exterior walls to support the structure.  The exterior is wrapped in rolls of roofing asphalt.  The roof seems fairly recent but other than that not much has been done to it in recent years.

 

[Dave]

Thanks for joining in here, and for the pictures.
Sure would make a great restoration project.

[tarnished]

Fidler, Looks like there is a bit of work to do there. I would defiantly take my time and save it. Lot of character there. Looks like a lot of dry storage there if nothing else. Are the new posts setting directly on the ground do you know?

[fidler4]

Feb 4, 2013 19:38:30 GMT -6 tarnished said:

Fidler, Looks like there is a bit of work to do there. I would defiantly take my time and save it. Lot of character there. Looks like a lot of dry storage there if nothing else. Are the new posts setting directly on the ground do you know?

All of the posts are in concrete but it looks like they have been done at different times over the years.  This is a photo of the newest supports that were added by a contractor according to the previous owners.  The center support looks like an old telephone pole but it is in concrete also.  The supports continue nn the 2nd and third floors so it seems like the barn is relatively stable.

[fidler4]

Feb 10, 2013 21:44:37 GMT -6 fidler4 said:

Feb 4, 2013 19:38:30 GMT -6 tarnished said:

Fidler, Looks like there is a bit of work to do there. I would defiantly take my time and save it. Lot of character there. Looks like a lot of dry storage there if nothing else. Are the new posts setting directly on the ground do you know?

All of the posts are in concrete but it looks like they have been done at different times over the years.  This is a photo of the newest supports that were added by a contractor according to the previous owners.  The center support looks like an old telephone pole but it is in concrete also.  The supports continue nn the 2nd and third floors so it seems like the barn is relatively stable.

I just figured out how to link photos into a thread so sorry about the duplicates. 



This is a inside of the barn that is up against the lean to.




This is an old telephone pole that looks like it is in concrete. It is in the center of the barn.






This shows one of the posts that appears to be the newest support added. They cut holes in the stall flooring and embedded the posts in cement.