Re: PHOTO - farm building converted in house

Posted by Dan-IA on July 08, 2006 at 20:51:36 from (66.43.223.231):

In Reply to: Re: PHOTO - farm building converted in house posted by RayP(MI) on July 08, 2006 at 05:38:27:

Summer of 2003 I removed all the old hay from our barn, which had been neglected for at least 15 years. Wooden peg barn, built in 1904.

I was actually quite stunned at just how well the old hay insulated the inside of the barn. 90 degrees plus inside, but you would start to shiver as you travelled the length of the center section. Hay piled 9 feet high when I started, but when I got down to the dirt I had to quit for a few days to let the frost thaw out.

I took out two feed rooms, leaving a giant 19x17 hole in the north wall, making a machine shed of the center, and storage around the outside.

Since the barn had never been completely emptied, some of that hay could have been easily 80+ years old. Took all summer to remove it all by hand. Oh the good ol' days.

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