Dona
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Yes I said 125 years old! I have been very fortunate in obtaining a wonderful old bank barn to move my minis into. John & I are in the process of renovating the lower part to accomodate my minis & the POA I have. This barn is amazing......was built in the 1800's with HUGE 12" hand-hewn beams, which still look like new inside! We poured concrete footers for some of the beams as they had been resting on top of boulders for support....and even tho they've been there over 100 years, some had "settled" over the years creating some sags in the ceiling in places......and we just felt "safer" with jacking them up a bit & pouring the concrete under them.
Here is a photo of the barn in the late 1800s (with John's great grand dad on the horse). The farm has been in John's family for over 200 years.
Here is a photo of the barn as it looks today. It was sided several years ago, and the lower wooden walls replaced with concrete block. This picture shows where we had a trench dug to bury water & electric lines to the barn.
The following photos show the inside after we jacked up the beams & poured concrete footers. The jacks have all been removed now & we are going to start arranging the stalls. I've decided to not build anything permanent to retain "flexibility", and to keep the "integrity" of this wonderful old barn. I will be using the portable corral panels with walk-thru gates that I got from Double Diamond, to create 8' x 12" stalls down both sides of the barn. One corner will be a bigger stall made with full-sized panels for my POA.
The barn is 40 x 60 feet....so I have a lot more room than I am used to!
I will post more photos when the whole thing is complete & I have my horses move into it.
Here is a photo of the barn in the late 1800s (with John's great grand dad on the horse). The farm has been in John's family for over 200 years.
Here is a photo of the barn as it looks today. It was sided several years ago, and the lower wooden walls replaced with concrete block. This picture shows where we had a trench dug to bury water & electric lines to the barn.
The following photos show the inside after we jacked up the beams & poured concrete footers. The jacks have all been removed now & we are going to start arranging the stalls. I've decided to not build anything permanent to retain "flexibility", and to keep the "integrity" of this wonderful old barn. I will be using the portable corral panels with walk-thru gates that I got from Double Diamond, to create 8' x 12" stalls down both sides of the barn. One corner will be a bigger stall made with full-sized panels for my POA.
The barn is 40 x 60 feet....so I have a lot more room than I am used to!
I will post more photos when the whole thing is complete & I have my horses move into it.