Be it ever so humble....

[kcm.MN]

Puzzle: https://jigex.com/TP8T

 

[Janicholson]

Brace that puppy on the inside, fix a few loose pieces of siding, and turn it into a slam sided house. Love it. Jim

 

[sms]

Windy? A relative of mine has a house
that used to have a gambrel roof third
story. They took the third story off and
put a gable roof on because the wind
pushed it too much.

 

[showcrop]

I have been gradually plumbing up my 200 year old barn. After awhile I could take up a little more only with some help from a northeast storm.

 

[rrman61]

Jenga anyone?

 

[Bob Bancroft]

I know what you mean. There's one old barn left here, which was apparently built before hay forks/track, because some upper connecting beams had been cut out. By the time I got the place, the barn was really spread at the eaves. I put some rods through and pulled it back together, but only so much at a time. I'd pull as much as I could, leave it for a while, then pull some more.

The whole, long, east side of the barn had settled. Prior owners had built little piers under the center of east/west connecting beams in an attempt to hold it up. The beams had bent down under the stress. I jacked up, and blocked up the east side, and removed the piers. Over time, the beams settled right back down straight!

 

[Richard G.]

I know of 2 barns that lean like that and had poles holding it up.
One is gone now.
Have not been by the other one lately.
Richard in NW SC

 

[ztrmowers]

one my old barns just came down last week, all siding boards and most of beams were salvaged. foundation we
found twelve drawn out so presume went up in 1912?. i spent everyday just about in that barn doing chores,but
it got to far gone and i now inherited that piece land so i cleaned it up. going to have some of the beams
ripped into boards with a woodmizer unit this summer

 

[Goose]

My parents had a barn like that once.

Gravity won.

 

[1946 BN IHC]

That would make a lovely work shop / house / usable building if there were other land uses and supplies [ towns] near with in reasonable
walking or driving distance. Maybe it could be "bought for a song" land and all.

 

[larbear]

O'Mara's built barns, Stokes' built sheds. Statement made by a certain gentleman a few years ago.Wonder how many timbers going cross the end? Mortise an tenoned?