"IMM" wrote in message
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"Simon Hawthorne" wrote in message
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http://www.thehawthornes.org/the_lodge/barnhome.htm

Hello again
I've been out and dug a hole (inside the barn) to try and establish
how deep the footings run. I have put a photo and description on my
web site (at the bottom) - I reckon they are 2' in total - I reckon
this isn't enough? My structural engineer (who I haven't spoken to
today) told me that underpinning (if that is what is required) is not
such a bad job if you know who to ask - and needn't cost more than £3k
for a project this size.
Any thoughts/comments....?
Thanks in advance....

Best take down all the walls if stone. Number the stones. build a nice
strong foundation slab. Build a timber frame on it and the re-erect the
walls. If brick or wood you have problems. Try the selfbuild list, they
are the people to be with.


Maybe that's the way they do things on Planet IMM, but obviously time and
money are not issues in that bizarre place. I've participated in a few barn
conversions, many starting with a biulding in a worse state than the
original poster's, but not one has involved removal and re-erection stone by
stone in the original sequence. Not only would it take forever, but the cost
would be astronomical. Utterly bonkers suggestion. From the posters website
it would appear that the building has stood quite happily for at least 100
years, and has more substantial footings than my old house in Norfolk used
to have. Without seeing the barn in the flesh, but based on the pictures,
I'd reckon the most it would need is underpinning.

Cheers
Clive