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Posted by PhilcaseinWPa on October 25, 2006 at 07:06:21 from (146.186.55.48):
Hi guys, Like the post yesterday I have an old 2 story wagonshed, corncrib on my farm. We use it now for a vegetable stand but the building is in pretty bad shape in some areas. I know it would be cheaper to have someone remove it and build new but the building has a certain nostalgic value. The structural problem is on one side. It was built in 1897, post and beam, corncrib on 1 side, granery on second floor, ~20' X 30'. It has large 10" X 10" rough cut beams on each side and the rest of the building is built on top of these. These beams are supported on stone pillars. Several years ago I had to have the stone pillars on the road side replaced with block because they were leaning so bad. Now the other side is leaning also and the beam there is rotting out. The rest of the beams and posts are very solid. the siding needs to be replaced. The roof is slate. This building is literally right on the side of the road, maybe even in part of the road right of way and makes a dangerous blind spot to pull out onto the road from. So my options seem to be try to sell the building and build new. Try to fix it where it is and hope we don't have any road accidents, or have the building moved. All these will be expensive but I have to do something. My preference is to move the building after fixing it structurally, cover it with osb, insulate and then use the old siding over the osb to keep the "rustic" look. My pocketbook says try to sell it and build new to suit my needs better. So this isn't a post asking for advice as much as just puting my options in writing and asking for opinions. 
Phil
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