Creepy
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Post by Creepy on Oct 13, 2013 12:24:33 GMT -4
How did you jack the barn? little bottle jack and work your way around for hours? Where did you get the beams, or did you have them?
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Oct 13, 2013 19:59:40 GMT -4
How did you jack the barn? little bottle jack and work your way around for hours? Where did you get the beams, or did you have them? I hired the same guy that jacked up my old farmhouse 10 years ago when I put a new basement under the house. I act as my own general contractor, hire the smaller companies that have a really good grass roots reputation, then"" hire myself as a laborer" so I can work along with the project, save some cash, and learn as much as I can. The guy that jacked the barn had these beams and crib work, and used 20 ton bottle jacks...the old barn actually had not sunk that much so it wasn't too bad. |
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Oct 13, 2013 20:12:46 GMT -4
This pic show old foundation still I and most of hay out, and some of old rotten loft cut out...  This one shows some of old loft still on left...  Dug out ground under old foundation to check it and replace with stone and gravel, and then tamped it with a jumping jack...  |
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Oct 13, 2013 20:20:27 GMT -4
Hired a good friend to help me string it off and build the forms...  Took some more of the loft out..  . Poured footings to match up with the old ones so I could match the new block with old...  |
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jmurphy
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Post by jmurphy on Oct 13, 2013 20:51:58 GMT -4
Looking great. Got your msg. I'll be in touch when I'm home.
Jonathan
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dan
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Post by dan on Oct 14, 2013 3:54:48 GMT -4
very nice.
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Oct 15, 2013 19:42:02 GMT -4
Filled the first row of block with mortar to make it stronger and to add some mortar in around the rebar I ran up from the footing and into the blocks on the corner as I was told the corner takes most of the weight and also most logical place for foundation to try to pull apart. So better safe than sorry...   Spent some time this past two weekends cutting out the rest of the old rotten loft...  This leaves me one open space that is 42 feet long and 18 feet wide to work with. My plan is to rebuild new loft areas in this part of the barn for two reasons: storage, and to add structure back to give the building back some strength. Not sure about ceiling height/ height of the loft. I have a couple ideas in terms of work area, but open to suggestions on ceiling height? |
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Oct 16, 2013 22:19:37 GMT -4
The new block has had plenty of time to set up, so turned my attention from taking apart the inside to putting a coat of paint on the foundation to match in the new section with the existing one... Before foundation repair...  How it looks after this weekend...   The north wall...  Next on the agenda is trying to get the last bit of debris out of the barn so I can at least have a gravel floor before winter hits. Also need to get some fill to slope the land away from the foundation , as this was part of the reason the foundation shifted years ago. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2013 6:36:02 GMT -4
Will the sloped fill cover the exposed footings? I'm guessing that the on-grade footings was the initial cause of foundation failure. The layer of granular under the new footings will certainly help.
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Oct 17, 2013 19:54:32 GMT -4
Will the sloped fill cover the exposed footings? I'm guessing that the on-grade footings was the initial cause of foundation failure. The layer of granular under the new footings will certainly help. Yup, the backfill will cover the entire footing and slope away from the barn so that the water runs away from the foundation instead of sitting, sinking in around foundation, and then contributing to shifting and heaving in temperature changes. And as for the base, definitely wanted to build a good tamped base for the footings. Also lots of rebar in the concrete footing where there was none before... |
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ronin
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Post by ronin on Oct 17, 2013 20:47:21 GMT -4
great job , i've been following this build . love old barns . mine is over 140 years old but not nearly as big as yours .
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Oct 18, 2013 21:45:52 GMT -4
great job , i've been following this build . love old barns . mine is over 140 years old but not nearly as big as yours . Thanks man, as for the age of this barn, there is a rough concrete floor on the other side where they had cattle at one point. Carved into one part of the concrete floor is "1954" and some initials. |
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Post by Mint 98 TJ SPORT on Nov 4, 2013 20:31:07 GMT -4
Found some time to get back to work on the old barn. Working on making the door wide enough for a bobcat/skidsteer to get in and clean out the rest of what would take me forever to shovel out. Plus, want to see if I can get the jeep in before winter... Shot from the inside where I started tearing out rotten studs on the left...  Shot of the outside after cutting out one of the old doors and part of the wall...  Plan was to take out full block from top and bottom, half a block from middle and then cut remaining middle block flush with disc grinder...  Diamond blades are way better (and more expensive), but picked up a 15 pack of 4 1/2 inch masonry cut of wheel from Canadian Tire a while ago for dirt cheep, so used em for the cutting. The pic shows two discs, the top one was used for a few minutes and was done...  Just need to mix up some mortar to reset the top block on the right side and I will be on to the left side of the door where I will be taking out a few feet...  My plan is to make this doorway 8 feet wide and 8 feet high, which should do me for now.Long range plan is to put in a garage door on the other end once I move the existing wiring and take out old fuse panel that is in the way right now. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 7:23:28 GMT -4
It's time to get a few cross ties in to keep the walls from spreading, before there's snow or high winds on the roof.
(edit) Looking at the photos on my office screen (it's lunch break) I think I see cables tying the outside walls together already, is that what I'm seeing?
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badwithcomputer
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Post by badwithcomputer on Nov 5, 2013 9:53:52 GMT -4
The things we do for our Jeeps...
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