Day 7: Back Wall Braced

View from east door, looking west along north wall

Inside the barn there are more posts being set along the beams. It looks like the pressure of the barn structure is gradually being shifted to the posts. The entire north wall will be replaced, so the weight of the barn has to go somewhere before that wall can be knocked out. There will probably be many more posts added to hold the weight before the barn is set back on its new in some cases and improved in all cases lower walls.

Cables brace the north wall

The back wall was braced today. It has been cold and windy. Fall weather is beginning to overake the Thumb.

Day 5: Starting the Piers, Wall Collapse

On Friday the crew began framing in piers that will support the south wall of the barn. The piers will be concrete and will extend below the frost line.

 

 

The back wall (north wall) will be replaced with a completely new foundation and wall. It is in such bad condition that part of it collapsed during excavation of the outside. In the photo above you can see some of the stone that crumbled as the support on the outside was removed. The concrete block section was added at the corners by Don Blome about 22 years ago. Without that work, the barn would probably not be standing.