"IMM" wrote in message
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"Clive Summerfield" wrote in message
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"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.

snip drivel

Look at the thread on this a week or so back. Someone doing just that. I
have seen a barn built this way. basically a new build with the old walls
clad around. Quite cheap and effective, and no throwing money down a
deep
foundation pit.


Which isn't the same as taking the thing down, stone by stone, numbering
each one and then reassembling in the reverse order. Besides which, looking
at the photos the barn is made of bricks.

Cheers
Clive