Re: OT:Pole barn post failure?

Posted by Ken Macfarlane on April 14, 2012 at 15:57:59 from (184.151.114.193):

In Reply to: OT:Pole barn post failure? posted by George Marsh on April 14, 2012 at 13:04:08:

Sister has a machine shed (pole barn) with cedar posts that appears to have been built in the 1970's, not sure. Posts rotted off about 5 years ago, we have been replacing them one by one with creosoted beams that were on the property. The soil is clay till and it is wet most of the year but frozen about 3-4 months of the wet time.

Biggest problem we have is the barn is sinking deeper and deeper in the wet clay. The siding is in the ground now. I suppose it was sinking about as fast as it was rotting. When I put a new post in I have to built a rock pad for the butt to spread the load before backfilling. We jacked the front about 2 ft, the back needs to come up about 4 ft.

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• Re: OT:Pole barn post failure? George Marsh 16:30:23 04/14/12 (0)

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