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Old 01-24-2008, 10:44 PM   #1
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What Happened To This Barn?

I found this on another site, what do you think happened? Looks like it had alot of I beams in the frame of the building. I think who ever built it did some crappy work someplace.
Maybe it was one of those unlicensed contractor jobs.








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Old 01-24-2008, 10:49 PM   #2
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

Looks like the connections failed at the peak.
Poor old Farm-All!
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It got hit with a big ol' bag of what da' FAQ!


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Old 01-24-2008, 11:06 PM   #4
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

Looks like work from another unlicensed Craigslist HACK
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Old 01-24-2008, 11:07 PM   #5
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Global Warming . . .
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Old 01-24-2008, 11:08 PM   #6
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

Looks like with the I beams it was build good but Id like to know what the heck held the beams up, probably a few 4x4s
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Old 01-24-2008, 11:19 PM   #7
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

I bet they thought that they made
a "chevron" truss with the I-beams,
all depending on the top connection.
Snow load, connections failed,
walls blew out.
Probably farmer engineered,
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

Hmm.. double steel Ibeams on apex roof. supporting what appears to be 2x10's as cross beams. then 1/2" osb sheathing and single layer asphalt shingles. with snow load. all supported by 2x4 16 OC framing and clad wood siding. Yep, she's gonna fall in the first snow.
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if we take these center posts out of here, we can fit the tractors and still work on the Gremlin
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farmer engineered and built ?
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Old 01-25-2008, 03:43 PM   #11
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Maybe it was God trying to get rid of the last running AMC Gremlin.
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

Sorry mess for sure. Suppose all the 'heavy' stuff was on top without adequate support? Like somebody said steel on top of studs?
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

Snow loads here are 80psf, that snow doesnt look like 80psf and I would think they would have about the same snowload we have.
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Agricultural buildings are exempt from th ucc in pennsylvania no inspection needed just start buildin
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The gremlins did it and one wasn't fast enough,
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

The termites stopped holding hands...
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

The amish drank to much home brew the night before?

Possibly a touch of darwinism in there too?
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Re: What Happened To This Barn?

Looks like they went for a vailted cieling look so they skipped the cieling joist so there was nothing holding the walls together.
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HA! When I was 17 I drove a Gremlin. I had a lot of fun in that crazy looking vehicle. I haven't seen one in years.
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Oops! Forgot The Collar Ties
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