The Old Barn

rusty6

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Figured I better do a tour and video of the old barn before the wild winds take it down. Or somebody burns it. This was built by a great uncle in the early 1920s and was in use up into the 1960s for cattle. Then they tore out part of the hayloft floor and used it for grain storage. That weakened the whole structure and the building has a bit of a twist and lean now. I have the original blueprints if I ever decide to build a replica though. Here is the link to the video of me and a cat exploring it recently.
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Jacks Barn
 
why not put some braceing and cables in that old barn and save it rather then think about building another
 
Couldn't you gradually pull it back into shape with a few cables and trunbuckles? Then brace it back to how it was? You would be saving it and it sounds like less work and money than starting all over. And you could put a lot of tractors in there. Or even finish off part of it for a house.
 
That old barn could have 2 uses. 1 would be to pull it back into shape brace it and use the barn for what ever yo wanted to. 2 take it apart and reuse the pieces to build a nae barn with the wood. Might have more more useable space for equipment than this one. My grandpa did that with an old building way back when and made a shed with overhead grain storage. They the put an old used elevator leg and mill in to clean grain and seed. Can still clean seed with it . From corn to Alfalfa or clover seed. The shed space is to low anymore for most of the equipment now. Keep the flex head and a couple of wagons in there with a couple of low tractors.
 
Rusty6,

She was a pretty, old girl. Still beautiful in a haunting kind of way.

Love to see insides of old buildings as well as the outsides. Thanks for the barn tour.
 
Lots of old barns fall into disrepair and end up being demolished with the lumber and beams used to build something else . The foundation stones are reused and almost nothing is wasted. In some instances the whole barn is moved . If you google "Star Barn" you can see history being preserved here in PA.
 

Thanks for the tour, enjoyed seeing you and the cat explore the old barn.

I agree with some other comments to save what you can before it falls. If it's not yours, maybe the owner will let you take it apart while you can salvage the materials and use? It'll be easier and safer to work on while it's still standing and you'll get more useable wood out of it.

I was impressed with the main timbers that appear to be in good shape. Here on the east coast USA people pay ridiculous money for old weathered barn wood that they put around here and there for accents. I recently reclaimed a 12x12 main horiz support abt 15 feet long that was going in the trash. Old pine from a house built in the 1920s or earlier. Anyway, thanks again--if you take on the barn, be sure to get some friends to help!
 
(quoted from post at 17:41:26 04/25/17)
I agree with some other comments to save what you can before it falls. If it's not yours, maybe the owner will let you take it apart
Afraid its too late for that. Ideally I should have bought it 30+ years ago and moved it to my yard and it would never have got to this condition of disrepair. The land should have been my Dad's as great Uncle Jack offered it to him in 1941 if he would stay home and not join the army. But dad's mind was made up and he spent the next 4 years in the army. Came home to find the farm was sold as uncle had given up hope dad would survive WWII.
Took this drone shot of it this evening. Thats my yard in the background.
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It's a beautiful old barn on a solid foundation. If it were mine, I would try and save it. Seems like some solid beams on each end of it with some cables could stabilize and straighten and then work could be done inside to shore it up. Look at all that beautiful wood it's made from. The roof is really impressive.
 

Nice shot of your place and the barn--pretty countryside. Are there any large towns around there or mostly smaller places?
 
(quoted from post at 13:02:49 04/26/17)
Nice shot of your place and the barn--pretty countryside. Are there any large towns around there or mostly smaller places?
Your average small village or town here is around 400 people. The big city of Regina has a lot more, I have no idea how many, but its way too crowded for me.
 

Looks like good place to live, lots of room to stretch your legs. I'm out in the country but only about 45 minutes from Washington DC so there are quite a few people who live around here and work in the city. Fortunately I'm not one of them ;-)

Let us know how it goes with the old barn.
 

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