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| Water problem solved? |
Roger believes he has found the source of the water issue mentioned yesterday. Notice the dark spot slightly up and right of center in this photo. If you could get up close you would find, it is sand surrounded by gravel and clay. An old fashion tile or possibly what we now call a french drain. Whatever it is it keeps the water draining which is what it's supposed to do. The answer is to not go quite so deep for the footing. Put in a layer of gravel so the water can continue to drain way from the barn. Instead of the footing being 4 foot deep, it will be about 3 foot deep. That's enough footing to carry the barn, but just to be sure we're well below the frost line, stryofoam will be added along the footing which will make the effective depth below 4 foot which is below frost. Pretty sneaky, but builders know that trick.
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| Looking out the doors to the north. |
The upstairs of the barn haven't been this clean since the barn was build. It's clean, except for construction items and a beautiful view.
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