Have an old kit barn built in 1945 that is central portion hay mow and graineries below with alley(can fit letter series tractors in there), the two cattle working wings have had the roof give out, total loss on those portions. BUT, the central structure is in great shape. I want ideas... Does a fella doze the sides off and try to save that center structure? Anyone encounter similar dilemma?
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fixerupper
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By the time you finish he project you will have enough invested to build a new shed. If the roof is that bad on both sides I would expect rotten wood on the outside of the inner part. In 1967 dad bought a farm with a real nice tight round roof barn with full cement floors built in 1948. This barn however was too low under the haymow to fit a tractor. All manure was pitched out by hand, all bedding was handled by hand. I farrowed a lot of sows in that barn but I also had my hands wrapped around a pitchfork handle every single day of the year. In about 1990 or thereabouts the roof was leaking and in need of replacement. After pricing a new roof and considering the usefulness of the barn we burned it and buried the foundation. I was out of hogs by then and the building couldn't be used for anything but livestock cared for by hand. Dad priced a new equal sized pole building and it was hands down more practical money wise to just build a new one.
fixerupper
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I should have said I was not farrowing by that time me. I still had hogs on another farm.
showcrop
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It sounds to me like a little probing is in order. I would think that the greatest concern depends on the roof line. If it is one roof, the structure of the center should be good. If the two side roofs are lower, my concern would be that years of rain running off the upper and landing and splattering on the lower would have caused deterioration of the center structure where the lower ties in.
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