This project rescued a barn that had been incorporated into the main dwelling. The barn's foundations had been seriously compromised, the floor had rotted away and most of the interior beams had extensive rot or degradation. The clients decided to perform a "new school restoration." That means utilizing steel reinforcing and support brackets, and saving the good portions of the existing beams by mating them with new wood. The entrance was stabilized with a concrete footing, and the barn is sitting on concrete piles carrying steel supports bolted to the concrete and the barn's lower perimeter beams. The new floor is also supported on concrete pilings, with a massive central carrier beam. The floor is floating, i.e., not attached to the barn's lower beams, therefore enabling the structure to move without buckling the floor. The concrete pilings are five feet below grade, each with a 4-ft. x 4-ft. support "foot" and poured over a 1/2-in. steel wire-tied rebar cage. Should be good for another 200 years! Phone:
603/252-6895 |
