Posted by FarmerBlair on September 04, 2018 at 14:05:40 from (165.230.224.196):
Hi,
I have a pole barn used as a garage with a dirt floor. It's fairly damp in general and plan to have a concrete floor installed soon. There is a problem in that some of the posts are rotted where they make ground contact. A few are 6x6", and some others are 4x4". I cut one of 6x6 posts about 3 ft up from the ground, pulled it out (it just fell over) and tried digging down around it to see if there was a footer. But between the rocky ground and some solid wood still in the ground, that was near impossible and I stopped after about a foot or so.
It occurred to me that I can have them pour the concrete up to the existing posts, then install new posts sitting on top of the concrete floor and mate the old with the new by sandwiching between a couple 2x12's. I'd lose a little inside space by adding a post to the interior side of the existing posts, but not enough to matter.
What I'm not sure about is while I'll regain strength on forces pushing down on the roof, but what about lateral forces? With the new posts just sitting on the concrete, there is no resistance to say, wind. Although there are cross-members near the roof, and it hasn't had much support that way anyway since before I bought the place last year, maybe this is the wrong way to do it.
Thinking I could try to use my 3pt posthole digger and try digging adjacent to the existing posts enough to set a pole in concrete, but maybe this just going overboard?
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