Posted by db4600 on August 31, 2023 at 19:54:41 from (207.191.148.60):
In Reply to: Barn Question posted by Joel Cassell on August 31, 2023 at 18:16:58:
I come late to the table. Dont be nervous about what you see. Ive seen this scenario several times due to animal and weather erosion. Ive dressed many of these back in after the wet spring dries or after manure removal.
First observation is that the foundation looks good and doesnt appear to be separating. Next is if you do not have frost problems dont over think what you have there. If you you poke a frost depth footing in the exposed corner and not the rest of the building you will see unsimilar reaction from that area and the rest of the foundation. My second observation is the old wood siding looks to be in very nice condition and I see a yellow clay looking soil so Im going to guess there is a chance you are in a more arid climate. If in fact the soil is a stable native soil and this barn wasnt moved onto an imported base soil which Im guessing it wasnt that means it has sat in this footprint for a long time and hasnt gone anywhere yet. It looks like the foundation/ slab is a floating slab with no footings so it could be as simple as packing a good binding fill back into that area. It also looks like the grade falls away and would be a challenge to keep any fill up there permanently. If you are looking to house cattle back in the barn then I may suggest an apron slab outside the doors and slab. Maybe even some rock or crushed concrete to dress the slab edge next to the slope. Many old buildings were built this way and many still stand strong. The farm I grew up on had a bank barn that experienced this same thing each spring on the walk out side. Pa addressed it with an exterior slab poured on top of rocks from the fields to fill similar voids. Our hog barn was similar and was maintained similar.
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