Posted by jdemaris on January 24, 2010 at 06:15:02 from (67.142.130.29):
In Reply to: OT/Old Barn posted by Burn or Salvage? on January 23, 2010 at 17:27:03:
It wouldn't be worth anything in my area of New York. We have many barns built in the middle 1800s, and many of them were built with hand hewn beams made in the late 1700s. They are often in the newspaper, "free for the taking" if professionally removed and site cleaned up. Many just get knocked down and burned. I've got one that was built in 1820. All the mortise and tenioin joints pulled out and wooden pins rotted. I've got it cabled all over the place.
A few years back, there were several companies looking to buy post and beam barns. They were reselling them as finished modernized houses. Haven't heard much about that lately, though.
Also, old barns that have Heart Pine that can be reclaimed have some value in wood. In my area, they'll usually hemlock, beech,hickory, and white pine.
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